How Could I Cloak My Page Address?

[XIII 0]

How can i use my domain name to cloak my pages addresses?
like i have a page with address http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/, i want to cloak it so none could know the address, so for my site visitors always to see http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ instead of seeing the full address.
any idea?
this way is used by gaming sites such as hattrick.org, tycoononline.nu,......etc
i hope i can find a solution for that matter for importance

[miCRoSCoPiC^eaRthLinG 0]

Check out these two sites:

Cloaking & Making Hidden Redirect Pages

Three Easy Ways To Cloak Affiliate URLs

They discuss URL cloaking (sample code included) - and might set you off in the right direction.

[XIII 0]

Check out these two sites:

Cloaking & Making Hidden Redirect Pages

Three Easy Ways To Cloak Affiliate URLs

They discuss URL cloaking (sample code included) - and might set you off in the right direction.

 

these are really cool tools may i need them but not in that problem, exactlly, i want to hide the url people are seeing in the address bar, so they can't see an address for a main page in my site, they always see for example : http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ , not the other pages addresses, that's it.

hope anyone can help in that, i searched for that so much times, always no success uptill now.

[szupie 0]

I think the only way you can do this is to use frames in your home page. Here's the HTML code:

<frameset>  <frame src="the_real_home_page.htm"></frameset>

But if you do that, when your visitors want to view your site's source code, they will only see the mask's source, not the visible page's source. Also, they cannot bookmark specific pages because what they'll bookmark is the main page containing the frame. That's why I don't like to use frames.


If you still choose to use it, here's another thing you can do to further cloak your site. When your mouse hovers over a link, the status bar will show you where it links to. You can use Javascript to change this text:

function statustext(){  window.status='http://karlokazo.net;;  return true;}document.onmouseover = statustext();document.onmouseout = statustext();

However, this would prevent your visitors from knowing where the pages are located, therefore, they will not be able to come back to that specific page again.

Does anyone know another way to do this without frames?

[XIII 0]

But if you do that, when your visitors want to view your site's source code, they will only see the mask's source, not the visible page's source. Also, they cannot bookmark specific pages because what they'll bookmark is the main page containing the frame.

That's exactlly what i need, it's a good way to prevent visitors from seeing the source and seeing the pages addresses in the address bar.
and about the other issue, the site will be completely PHP coded so no problem they could bookmark a main page or not, it will be all dynamic pages
Thanks so much, i think it's the best solution that suits me

[miCRoSCoPiC^eaRthLinG 0]

 

these are really cool tools may i need them but not in that problem, exactlly, i want to hide the url people are seeing in the address bar, so they can't see an address for a main page in my site, they always see for example : http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ , not the other pages addresses, that's it.

hope anyone can help in that, i searched for that so much times, always no success uptill now.

These were meant only as starting guidelines. Szupie's provided you with a solution too. But following up on my last post, I used the code sample given in the First Link I posted and successfully cloaked my URL. Sometime, all you need to do is to study a given code and do some minor changes here and there and VOILA - you have your solution.

 

For an example, check out this site: http://www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=antilost&e=com

 

Study the code and see how I've used the Xisto main page address in the frameset - and that's what it loads. But your browser address-bar still shows a page address at Antilost.

<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<meta name="mssmarttagspreventparsing" content="true">
<meta name="robots" content="noindex">
</head>
<frameset border=0 rows="100%,*" frameborder="no" margintop=0 marginleft=0 marginright=0 marginbottom=0>
<frame SRC="http://forums.xisto.com/; scrolling=auto frameborder="no" border=0 noresize>
<frame topmargin="0" marginwidth=0 scrolling=no marginheight=0 frameborder="no" border=0 noresize> 
<body>
</body>
</frameset>
</html>

[XIII 0]

For an example, check out this site: http://www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=antilost&e=com

<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<meta name="mssmarttagspreventparsing" content="true">
<meta name="robots" content="noindex">
</head>
<frameset border=0 rows="100%,*" frameborder="no" margintop=0 marginleft=0 marginright=0 marginbottom=0>
<frame SRC="http://forums.xisto.com/; scrolling=auto frameborder="no" border=0 noresize>
<frame topmargin="0" marginwidth=0 scrolling=no marginheight=0 frameborder="no" border=0 noresize> 
<body>
</body>
</frameset>
</html>

 

Exactlly what i need m^e , the same address in the bar for all pages , may as you said didn't study the code well first time cause of "as i think" bad explaination they gave on it on that site.

Thank you so much m^e.

Edited April 16, 2006 by XIII (see edit history)

[miCRoSCoPiC^eaRthLinG 0]

Cool Combine Szupie's JScript code with that - and the URL won't show up in the statusbar either. That way you're completely cloaked.

[erinekath 0]

Why don't you use sites like: http://www.freedomain.pro/ or http://www.dot.tk/en/index.html?lang=en? They can cloak your page urls too and best of all, they're free. Alot of people use them. So there's no shame in using that for yourself too Most of the sites that you sign up with for a domain name AUTOMATICALLY do the cloaking for you. And when you view the source code, it doesn't show all your HTML. So there's no hassle in just doing it yourself.

[XIII 0]

Why don't you use sites like: http://www.freedomain.pro/ or http://www.dot.tk/en/index.html?lang=en? They can cloak your page urls too and best of all, they're free. Alot of people use them. So there's no shame in using that for yourself too Most of the sites that you sign up with for a domain name AUTOMATICALLY do the cloaking for you. And when you view the source code, it doesn't show all your HTML. So there's no hassle in just doing it yourself.

 

Most sites i make are commercial sites, not some homepages or personal site to make the domain name .be , .tk, ....or any thing like that, it must have its domain name in .com, .net, .org and so on of these TLDs, and the provider i'm dealing with "Netfirms" doesn't support that automatically, that's why i asked how to do it manually

[erinekath 0]

OOH!! Haha, I see. Well, you can use http://dashworlds.com/ . It doesn't use subdomains, you MAKE your own domains like pretend your were egotistic, then you'd have a domain like : http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ lol and it just automatically cloaks it for you. Just configure it in your control panel. It really works. But you have to upgrade your browser first. Lol. I don't really get it though.. maybe you will? haha.Oh wait! Nevermind, I see what you mean. So.. why DON'T you want people to see that path location? For me, if I see the pathlocation, then I know the domain is real, and not cheap . lol.

[XIII 0]

Oh wait! Nevermind, I see what you mean. So.. why DON'T you want people to see that path location? For me, if I see the pathlocation, then I know the domain is real, and not cheap . lol.

 

First of all i can't as i said before use these free stuffs, these are all commercial sites and all what i said before, i will not reply myself, i always use paid solutions for commercial sites, i don't pay, thier owners do, i just design and develope them.

Second and most important is: i must use this way to cloak the address because this site is selling downloadable stuff like software and books, ofcourse there are a lot of ways to prevent illegal downloads but also with this way to hide the address will make it better safer.

that's all

[iGuest 3]

domain name cloaking/maskingHow Could I Cloak My Page Address?If you use php access checks on your site and then use the free domain names with their cloaking/masking option it will interfere with your security. I had trouble for long time and couldnt work it out untill I turned off the cloaking and voilla my security features came back immediately. I am not sure why this happens I just know it did with several paid and free domain names. I , like so many others, will habe to find another way to mask my url as I do not want the url forwrding address to be visible when this domain name is clicked.

[akashi 0]

this topic is very old. i don't think the topic starter would read the answer. but maybe it would help other new members..

[rpgsearcherz 5]

This is an interesting topic. I personally have never cloaked a page or really understood the reason for doing so. I never even took into consideration the fact that it keeps people from being able to copy the source.