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Domain redirect question
« on: March 18, 2006, 07:25:00 am »
Hi, I setup my forum , and now I would like to setup my web host to redirect to it.

For example, my main site is www.thinkmac.net   and I would like my host to give me a subdomain, such as   'forums.thinkmac.net'   and then have it point to my forum  'thinkmac.smfserver.com'.

I asked him about this, here was his response:

"I don't think that's possible without a frame.  They're likely running
virtual hosts so if the hostname in the http request doesn't match the
actual name on the server it's going to get an error.  "

What exactly would we need to do to make this work?

Also, it's not a huge deal that forums.thinkmac.net   stays in their url bar,  but it would be nice, so they think they are on the same server, if that's possible.

Thanks!


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Re: Domain redirect question
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2006, 08:13:44 am »
Yeah, can't really do that without a pro plan. The url plays an important part in how this system works. I think the closest you can get on free plan is thinkmac.thinkmac.net

You have a nice site btw.

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Re: Domain redirect question
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2006, 10:39:10 am »
Thanks.  I may look into the pro plan, but I want to test the forums out, and see if they get used.  I know starting out, it may take awhile. I will probably go with the ad removal initially.

How easy is it to migrate a forum to the pro plan?
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Re: Domain redirect question
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2006, 11:03:13 am »
Pretty easy for me to migrate. I do the migration myself and can upgrade it to SMF 1.1 RC2 as well. Takes me about an hour to get it setup.

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