PmH 0 Report post Posted May 26, 2006 In the future for when I get a top level domain, is it possible to keep my current Xisto subdomain and have it forward to the new domain, just in case visitors do not know that the domain has changed? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Plenoptic 0 Report post Posted May 26, 2006 Yes there is a way to do that. It is a url mask which will cover over the subdomain. So of course people who try to go to the sub domain will still see the sub domain though. I would just give a notice to people that the domain is going to change a week or so in advance and you can have the domain redirect to the subdomain for a bit after the change and then get rid of the sub domain later on down the road. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuffaloHelp 24 Report post Posted May 26, 2006 The best way to do it, in my opinion, is to add-on your domain to your hosting account. This creates a separate FOLDER of your choice under your public_html.And have this index.php file with header() line under your sub-domain (in this case public_html): <?PHP header('Location: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/;This will act as forwarding all trafic that goes to your sub-domain to designated location (in this case to your domain name). OR, you can use FORWARDING option under cPanel to redirect from one place to another, i.e. your sub-domain to your top domain. But the key is to add-on your domain to your hosting account to separate the location of your files. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zabb 0 Report post Posted May 26, 2006 I use a .htaccess file in the main directory create a text doc named .htaccess the . has to be there or it wont work.all that needs to be in the file is a single line w/ this code edit as needed Redirect /olddirectory/oldfile.html http://yoursite.com/newdirectory/newfile.htmlsave and test mine is simplyRedirect /public_html/ http://newsite.com/ you could also make a html page and add a redirect page that says we've moved click here if you're not automatically redirected just add this to the head in your html doc (probably index.htm)<meta http-equiv="REFRESH" content="0;url=http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/;the zero is a timer (seconds) you can change that to say 5 and they will see the page temporarily for 5 seconds b4 the redirect. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PmH 0 Report post Posted May 26, 2006 Thanks so much! It's getting close to when I finally get my own domain! I'm pretty excited. I think I'll write an announcement a week or so before, but I'll still use the subdomain to domain redirecting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuffaloHelp 24 Report post Posted May 27, 2006 Topic has been answered and now closed. If you are the starter of this topic and would like to continue this thread, please PM any moderator and request to be reopened. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites