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Old April 21st, 2004, 09:46 AM
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My forums are currently http://arialvision.com/forums and I want them http://forums.arialvision.com . Ive seen a tutorial on how to do this, but i looked and looked and could find it. Could someone tell me how to do it, or direct me to a tutorial? Thanks!
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If your host uses cPanel, there is a subdomains section there where you can add forums.yourdomain.com and it will do everything for you.

If not, you need to first create an A entry in your DNS zone that points to the same IP as your domain. Sometimes this isn't necessary if your domain is set up to accept any subdomain (*.yourdomain.com). You can easily test this by typing foo.yourdomain.com; if it shows yourdomain.com, you can move on.

You will then need to use mod_rewrite to internally rewrite requests for forums.yourdomain.com to yourdomain.com/forums.
Code:
# .htaccess in public_html (web root)

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^forums\.yourdomain\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /forums$1 [L]
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If your host uses cPanel, there is a subdomains section there where you can add forums.yourdomain.com and it will do everything for you.

If not, you need to first create an A entry in your DNS zone that points to the same IP as your domain. Sometimes this isn't necessary if your domain is set up to accept any subdomain (*.yourdomain.com). You can easily test this by typing foo.yourdomain.com; if it shows yourdomain.com, you can move on.

You will then need to use mod_rewrite to internally rewrite requests for forums.yourdomain.com to yourdomain.com/forums.
Code:
# .htaccess in public_html (web root)

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^forums\.yourdomain\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /forums$1 [L]

OK, thanks, I jut switched servers to a Windows server that has something similar to cPanel, its called WebAppliance Pro. Ill look and see if I can do it.
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mmph checked the help files, apparently not. .htaccess is disabled on the server too.....
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FYI: mod_rewrite (what's responsible for Rewrite-s above), is an Apache module. So if your Windows server is running IIS, it won't be available. There may be an alternative or something in IIS, but I wouldn't know what it is. You should probably contact your host and see what they say/offer.
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