I am not sure I understand domain alias. I want to have 2 independant
websites (site1.com & site2.com) but would like to host them on one account
(sharing the same resources). The way alentus.com explains it, I think
this can be done. Do I understand it correctly?

Thanks.

>-----Original Message-----
>I am not sure I understand domain alias. I want to have
>2 independant websites (site1.com & site2.com) but would
>like to host them on one account (sharing the same
>resources). The way alentus.com explains it, I think
>this can be done. Do I understand it correctly?

The host sets up two DNS entries that point to the same
IP Address. For example, my Web DNS name is
www.interlacken.com, and it points to 207.176.130.191. If
other DNS names pointed to 207.176.130.191, URLs using
those names would deliver exactly the same content.

A host can also configure a Web server so that requests
made on different DNS names redirect to subfolders. This
is useful for setting up scenarios like:

Browsed DNS Name IP Address Delivered Folder
-------------------- --------------- ----------------
www.interlacken.com 207.176.130.191 /
www.jimbuyens.com 207.176.130.191 /jim
www.celeryspears.com 207.176.130.191 /veggies

Note, however, that this scheme is dependent on the
browser including the requested servername in its
request. All modern browsers do this, but a few old
stinkers don't.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
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One other side effect of multiple domain names sharing a single domain...
It doesn't work well with FP specific content such as hit counters, navbars,
etc..... I had 2 websites sharing a domain and the navbars would only work
if I went in through the main domain and subfolder.
http://domain1.com/domain2/

Accessing the subdomain or the secondary domain directly would not show my
navbars or hit counter:
http://domain2.domain1.com or http://domain2.com
It's fine if you don't plan to use those features though. Of course,
someone may know a solution, but my host said there wasn't one.


"Jim Buyens" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> >-----Original Message-----
> >I am not sure I understand domain alias. I want to have
> >2 independant websites (site1.com & site2.com) but would
> >like to host them on one account (sharing the same
> >resources). The way alentus.com explains it, I think
> >this can be done. Do I understand it correctly?
>
> The host sets up two DNS entries that point to the same
> IP Address. For example, my Web DNS name is
> www.interlacken.com, and it points to 207.176.130.191. If
> other DNS names pointed to 207.176.130.191, URLs using
> those names would deliver exactly the same content.
>
> A host can also configure a Web server so that requests
> made on different DNS names redirect to subfolders. This
> is useful for setting up scenarios like:
>
> Browsed DNS Name IP Address Delivered Folder
> -------------------- --------------- ----------------
> www.interlacken.com 207.176.130.191 /
> www.jimbuyens.com 207.176.130.191 /jim
> www.celeryspears.com 207.176.130.191 /veggies
>
> Note, however, that this scheme is dependent on the
> browser including the requested servername in its
> request. All modern browsers do this, but a few old
> stinkers don't.
>
> Jim Buyens
> Microsoft FrontPage MVP
> http://www.interlacken.com
> Author of:
> *----------------------------------------------------
> |\---------------------------------------------------
> || Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
> ||---------------------------------------------------
> || Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
> || Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
> || Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
> || (All from Microsoft Press)
> |/---------------------------------------------------
> *----------------------------------------------------
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>
>
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