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hiding plus.net urls for redirected domain
29-10-2010 7:54 PM
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I'm in the process of setting up a website using the plusnet webspace but with a redirected domain from 123-reg. Ideally, I don't want the visitor to (easily) see that the domain is being redirected and I'm guessing I need to use htaccess to achieve this so this leads me to my questions:
1. does .htaccess work for webspace or just for the cgi space?
2. if it does work (I haven't been able to get it working so far) is it possible to get my links (images, etc) to reference the redirected domain?
3. bonus question: how can I get the full page name e.g. www.directeddomain.com/secondpage.html to appear in address bar?
Apologies if this has been answered elsewhere. I did look.
Cheers,
Adam.
Re: hiding plus.net urls for redirected domain
29-10-2010 8:01 PM
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29-10-2010 9:49 PM
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Adam.
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30-10-2010 12:00 AM
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Then ensure your .htaccess file contains mod_rewrite rules to internally rewrite the URL if necessary to match where files are stored. You might have to set RewriteBase to ensure any URL created for redirection matches the domain name format you want to be shown on the address line.
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30-10-2010 2:12 PM
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1. domain redirected from 123reg using "Framed web-forwarding"
2. .htaccess put into htdocs directory of webspace (via ftp.plus.net)
3. htaccess tested with
RewriteEngine on
ErrorDocument 404 "<b>Page Not Found</b><p /><br /><a href="index.html">Return to homepage</a>
4. Tried to add the following but always get an error:
Options +FollowSymlinks
5. html pages containing references to pages in the root directory, like the following, always get redirected correctly
<a href="http://www.123regdomain/index.html">Home</a>
6. Any images that go through the lightbox jquery plug-in don't work if 123regdomain is referenced (they work fine for relative or absolute plusnet references).
Re: hiding plus.net urls for redirected domain
03-11-2010 2:18 PM
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I had exactly the same setup many years ago but changed for this reason.
Your best option is to use a proper hosting company for the domain and the webspace. I had some issues with 123-reg several years ago. I would personally recommend moving everything to a small hosting package with Eukhost for about £30/year and £6/year for the domain. Then you would have cPanel and all the features and options that comes with that.
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03-11-2010 8:31 PM
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04-11-2010 9:22 AM
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It was some time last year that I did this so I don't remember the details fully, but I think you first need to set your domain name (at 123-reg) to use the PlusNet name servers (I think you've already done that). You also need to get PlusNet to host the domain, and have the DNS records at the PlusNet end set such that your domain name points at the PlusNet web server. I think at least some of this has to be done by raising a ticket rather than being able to DIY because the web server has to be set up to expect requests for your domain or something.
I've tried looking back through My Questions to get the details but I can't see how to view the entire thread of a given ticket. That's unfortunate because I seem to recall that it was mucked up a bit and it would be useful if I could get at the details of what went wrong. If anyone can tell me how to view the entire threads of a raised Question I'll take another look.
Take a look at this thread for a bit more information.
Re: hiding plus.net urls for redirected domain
05-11-2010 12:36 AM
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Quote from: Boxersoft I've tried looking back through My Questions to get the details but I can't see how to view the entire thread of a given ticket. That's unfortunate because I seem to recall that it was mucked up a bit and it would be useful if I could get at the details of what went wrong. If anyone can tell me how to view the entire threads of a raised Question I'll take another look.
When the Help Assistant was updated the facility to 'expand all selected tickets' was removed. I understand it placed a high load on the server since lots of database queries were needed. This makes it more difficult to locate a particular ticket if the exact date isn't known.
However once the required ticket is located clicking the ticket number (or view on the right) shows the entire history for me.
Re: hiding plus.net urls for redirected domain
05-11-2010 8:49 AM
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The steps seem to have been:
- Change domain's nameservers (at 123-reg) to the Force9 (PlusNet) ones.
- Request domain transfer in, HOSTING ONLY
And, if pointing at the ccgi server:
- Raise a ticket requesting the CGI service to be changed to 'basic' (whatever that means)
Note that although it should apparently take no more than 4hrs for the nameservers to respond to the domain once 'brought in' to PlusNet, it took 12+ hrs for mine.
The problems seem to have been related to setting up the DNS records so that both [domain] and www.[domain] pointed where I wanted them (the ccgi server). I don't have a record of what was tried but the settings that worked were:
Left field | Type | Right Field |
[domain name] | A | 84.92.1.4 |
www | CNAME | ccgi.plus.net. [Note the trailing full stop] |
If you want to point at a server other than the CGI server, change the IP address accordingly.
Hope that's of some use.
Re: hiding plus.net urls for redirected domain
05-11-2010 12:36 PM
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My final step is to get a form mail page going. I'm sure someone must have been through the pain of setting this up from scratch before. Can anybody point me at something (forum post, tutorial, example, etc) that works well with the plus.net set up? Boxersoft talked about changing the DNS records to point at ccgi.plus.net. Is this necessary when hosting an external domain?
Adam.
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05-11-2010 3:17 PM
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Quote from: adaml Boxersoft talked about changing the DNS records to point at ccgi.plus.net. Is this necessary when hosting an external domain?
Depends what you want to do. If you just want static HTML pages then the Home Pages platform would be fine. It may provide some off-the-peg snippets that you can bolt on to give some dynamic capabilities, but I don't know. I wanted access to a programming language and database for creating dynamic pages, so I pointed at the ccgi platform that provides those services.
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