Third level domains

[Guest]

I am using FP 2003. I would like to publish information to a third level
domain as such http://test.websitename.com. I have established the third
level domain on the server. How do I publish to the third level domain?

Thank you.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

You need to point the subdomain's DNS to a folder (subweb/subsite) under you domain and then you
would publish via FP to http://www.yourdomain.com/subwebname


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[Guest]

Tom - the DNS is a shared DNS. Maybe I created an alias rather than a
subdomain.

 

[Clark]

So how does that help him if he needs an address of the form subweb.hisweb.com ?
The normal subweb, like you explained, would produce the form hisweb/subweb.com

I've been wondering for some time what exactly gives rise to a site, which seems
to be some kind of subweb, of that form subweb.mainweb.com

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

The browser sees http://subdomain.domainname.com based on the DNS entry.
FP see http://www.domainname.com/subweb-sitename, for publishing only.

However the site is still reachable from a browser at
http://www.domainname.com/subweb-sitename

If the site has FP extensions, and the DNS is not configured correctly, any FP run-time components
will not work via the subdomain, but will work just fine via the subweb/site.
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[Clark]

I guess my elevator isnt going all the way to the top today.

If I have a structure of mainweb.com/subweb, then when I look the mainweb.com
site with an ftp tool, in the root web I see all the mainweb files, plus I see a
folder called subweb.

If I had a structure of subweb.mainweb.com what would I see?

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

See inline below

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I guess my elevator isnt going all the way to the top today.

If I have a structure of mainweb.com/subweb, then when I look the mainweb.com
site with an ftp tool, in the root web I see all the mainweb files, plus I see a
folder called subweb.
Correct.


If I had a structure of subweb.mainweb.com what would I see?

You could see the same thing, as subdomain can be anywhere, even on another server.

If all deals with how the DNS is setup to point the location/folder holding the content of the
subdomain. However if you want to manage it with FP under your current web account, then is needs to
be a subweb, to which you would access via FP as indicated below.