Running Multiple Sites / Domains On Abyss

Bluedog · 2003-02-11T21:28:39+00:00

Update: Now uses the new variable naming convention. I noticed it was often asked if it was possible to have addresses such as forum.mydomain.com, mydomain.com, and my2nddomain.com all pointing to different sites on abyss. Although you can't actually do this via abyss (yet), you can using this small php script I wrote. If you put it in the /htdocs of your directory, and name it index.php (or other .php index extension), depending on the url the user entered it will forward to a different website. This code is setup for 3 websites, and if neither of the addresses are entered it shows an error page of your choice. Just duplicate where indicated! To have less than three domains, simply delete 1 block of the code (from 'if' to '}') <?php //get domain entered in browser if ($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] == "forum.yourdomain.com") { //forward to appropriate page header("Location : forum/index.php"); exit; } if ($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] == "yourdomain.com") { header("Location : mainpages/home.html"); exit; } //duplicate from here for more addresses if ($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] == "yourdomain2.net") { header("Location : website2/home.html"); exit; } //end duplicating, insert below. //else show error page else { header("Location : error.html"); exit; } ?><title>Opening Your Page ::</title> if(window.hljsLoader && !document.currentScript.parentNode.hasAttribute('data-s9e-livepreview-onupdate')) { window.hljsLoader.highlightBlocks(document.currentScript.parentNode); } Common Problems: - Do not include http:// in the $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] == "whatever" field. Http:// is not part of the domain itself, and just tells the system to request the page using the web protocol. - Ensure when copying you include all "s. If you do not, the script will fail. - Any others? Let me know :) Hope this is of use to some of you, Neil

os17fan

If your talking about A redirection type domain , this does not support redirection. I tried it with my os17fan.com domain. 8)

CapFusion

os17fan wrote
If your talking about A redirection type domain , this does not support redirection. I tried it with my os17fan.com domain. 8)

These are many so reason why I do not suggest scripting to handle this kind of function.
Using Domain Name with varies HTML will do the same purpose like Index, Home, Main, Root and other in HTDOCS folder (if prefer to be place).

wayne475

Been using this script since April and works great however, well check it out for your self instead of me explaining it. Here is a game I play. I made a website for it and it uses the PHP script from DOG. HTTP://WWW.PISTOLWARRIORS.COM
you will notice it looks like www.pistolwarriors.com/pw when it comes up. Is there a way to mask it so I dont see the PW supfolder>>?

os17fan

I know a way , you have it as a sub folder in the script as /pw , it should be the full path to the folder /pw/index.php

wayne475

When I do that it shows the whole thing then. www.pistolwarriors.com/pw/index.html I want people to see www.pistolwarriors.com not the whole path.

Ailill

got the code working with only minor difficulties (need to learn to type ~laffs~)
Now question is can one have a domain point to another drive on the PC?

joeplain

I have been using abyss for about 2 years but never used the forum. I have 41 domains on my server all post eg. www.yourdomain.com . The simplest and most reliable way is to claim your website at http://registerfly.com They have more services for domain control than I can mention, all on a control panel. What I do is use their redirect with frame option. I create the directory in abyss, the go to registerfly.com and use the redirect there. I enter the exact address in the redirect field then post it. Within 1 to 12 hours I can type in www.mydomain.com it pulls it up from abyss but the address bar still displays www.mydomain.com instead of http://4.90.678.899/folder/folder/index.html or something. Also I use Globalscape cutesite builder to create pages with their container page feature. It captures a page on my server without showing the ip addres, keeping the www.domin.com in the address bar....just a thought. Some of us are not that great with script especily on Windows (Crap)XP system. :idea:

gray

Thanks a lot for this handy little script !
This script works fine with new php if you change
$HTTP_HOST to $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']
and I think it`s a good idea to use two entries for each url one with www and one without e.g.
"mysite.com" and "www.mysite.com"
it may also be worth mentioning that the urls should be pointing to the server ip , it won`t work if you`ve used webforwarding.
Does anyone know if this script affects search engine robots ? will they read the just the script or will they read the actual page the script points to ?

Daniel

How do I even get a domain on my webserver... Like.. the DNS settings.. would that be my IP? if so.. my IP changes all the time.. then what? How can I get my own DNS?

aprelium

Daniel wrote
How do I even get a domain on my webserver... Like.. the DNS settings.. would that be my IP? if so.. my IP changes all the time.. then what? How can I get my own DNS?

Use a dynamic DNS service such as http://www.dyndns.org or http://www.no-ip.com .

park

I tried to use this little script, but it seem sit doesn't work with latest edition of php (4.3.3)

Bluedog

Wow...been a LONG time since I've been on here.
I am glad my script has helped a lot of you, I originally made it to serve myself, and thought I'd give it out to you.
It seems the biggest problems is ensuring Register Globals is enabled in php.ini, and that this is saved into the system dir, ie /windows/system32
😃

Bluedog

As stevejluke mentioned some time back, replacing $HTTP_HOST with $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] will solve this problem. The script I originally posted uses the old PHP variable naming convention, basically because when I wrote it, $HTTP_HOST was standard.
Http://www.blue-networks.net/ is now my home, if anyone is interested.

os17fan

Hey Bluedog , Change your Front page script to match those varibals so people don't get confused when they install it , I have register globals off to test it and it worked fine , just change that to reflect your new varibals , do you really think people are going to read this all the way to page 3 , I don't think so. Change it now!
Note: On my tutorials , I only wanted you to put register Globals On that way if you wanted to run Bluedog's multiple domain PHP script , you could. Since he found out a way to run it with out Reg Globals On , go ahead and change that to Off if you want. Use that varible Bluedog posted

park

cool, this script works great!

os17fan

Don't forget to check out the domain form creator that I created , its posted in the tutorials. I can configure the form to handle 24 domains instead of 12 if you want. Later!

Bluedog

cool, this will be helpful for people who are not experienced with php or code editing 😃

DarkFiraga

Umm, I think I'm doing this REALLY wrong cause I'm kinda confused
Yea, I'm new to php...thats probably why.
But, I have barely started my site yet, and I'm using a just stupid page for my index (and its not even related to my site) but I wanted to do this part to get it over with.
Now heres what I have:


<?php 

//get domain entered in browser 
if ($HTTP_HOST == "www.ultimastar.net") { 

//forward to appropriate page 
header("Location : index.html"); 
exit; 

} 
if ($HTTP_HOST == "http://68.6.216.163:8475/index.html") { 

header("Location : index.html"); 
exit; 

} 
//end duplicating, insert below. 

//else show error page 
else { 

header("Location : error.html"); 
exit; 

} 

?><title>Opening Your Page ::</title>

What am I doing wrong? Or what can I correct? Help is appreicated.

TRUSTAbyss

To DarkFiraga , have you tried using my domain form , you don't have to turn register globals on for it to work and im sure bluedog doesn't mind me using a form for his site script , im just making it easier for people and thats why its on hotscripts.com called Multiple Site Creator :twisted:
http://www.multiple-sites.tk

Bluedog

yeh, it's fine, I'm glad my script's been of use. If you want, chuck a link to http://www.blue-networks.net/ on the site and I'd be eternally grateful 🙂 heh..
anyway, yeh, before submitting a problem, I'd suggest everyone tries the nice script that is now available 🙂

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