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If I buy a wwwdomain how do I ?
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Assuming that the server is running Apache, you can either set the second name as an alias, or use ReWrite to take the incoming URL and generate a replacement.
For example any of the domains I have for sale will be redirected to a unique page. eg:
www.nosuch.co.uk
will go to
www.fcdomains.co.uk/www_nosuch.htm
This means that one site will answer to hundreds of domain names.
For example any of the domains I have for sale will be redirected to a unique page. eg:
www.nosuch.co.uk
will go to
www.fcdomains.co.uk/www_nosuch.htm
This means that one site will answer to hundreds of domain names.
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The DNSs will decide what server the domain name lands on, after that any address, including sud-directories and filenames, can be modified by the re-write rules and re-directed to any page. The page can even be on another server.
However the language the rules are written in is obscure (Regular Expressions). You will most likely need a geek. You might also need root access to the server, depending on how AllowOverride is configured.
There are some examples here:
http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/sitemanagement/urlrewriting.html
However the language the rules are written in is obscure (Regular Expressions). You will most likely need a geek. You might also need root access to the server, depending on how AllowOverride is configured.
There are some examples here:
http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/sitemanagement/urlrewriting.html
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If you don't have access to a geek and you still have the old pages on your server, the quick solution is to use a java redirect script.
Put the following code in your old pages, overwriting everything that is there at present.
<html>
<head>
<title>Redirecting</title>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="3; url=http://www.yoursite.com">
<body text="#000000" link="#800000" vlink="#FF8080" alink="#C0C0C0">
<p align="center">
<center>
You are being redirected to the new site<br>
<p><br>
If your browser does not support java, please click <a href="http://www.yoursite.com">here</a>.
</center></body></html>
Make sure you change both http://www.yoursite.com to your own landing page.
Put the following code in your old pages, overwriting everything that is there at present.
<html>
<head>
<title>Redirecting</title>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="3; url=http://www.yoursite.com">
<body text="#000000" link="#800000" vlink="#FF8080" alink="#C0C0C0">
<p align="center">
<center>
You are being redirected to the new site<br>
<p><br>
If your browser does not support java, please click <a href="http://www.yoursite.com">here</a>.
</center></body></html>
Make sure you change both http://www.yoursite.com to your own landing page.
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