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Magsite
6th October 2005, 20:51
Hi
Just wondering. I have one hosting which allows php and msql.
I would like to have another website domain name to point to this hosting so I can use php. Can I do this?
i.e
webgamesplayer.com/index.php
anotherdomain.co.uk/index2.php
Or is this request known as Domain Name Mapping £25 on my current hosting?
TWD-Tony
6th October 2005, 20:57
You cannot host more than one website on one hosting account unless you have a multi-domain hosting account (reseller account) OFFICIALLY.
You can "fudge" it though :wink:
It is possible to host another totally different website if you are allowed to create sub-domains - basically you would have website1.co.uk and then create the sub-domain website2.website1.co.uk and then point the domain name to the sub-domain... It's not pretty and looks very unprofessional - there are probably search engine implications too.
and no - it's not "domain name mapping £25" - £25 !!!!!! Jesus - that's a bit steep for what is basically a 1 minute job to setup - other wise known as domain "aliasing", this is where you have website1.co.uk and "map" website2.co.uk to it - visitors to website 2 will see the same as the visitors to website1 but the address bar in IE will still say website2 :D
Magsite
6th October 2005, 22:10
Thanks - well explained!!
DuaneJackson
7th October 2005, 04:36
another bad workaround would be if your domain registrar does "framed forwarding". also awful from an seo perspective.
Rob Holmes
7th October 2005, 05:43
You cannot host more than one website on one hosting account unless you have a multi-domain hosting account (reseller account) OFFICIALLY.
Lisa you could always use a host that allows multi domain hosting from the same account (we do and at least 1 other on the forum does)
No reseller account needed!
Rob
MinuWeb
7th October 2005, 16:33
Lisa you could always use a host that allows multi domain hosting from the same account (we do and at least 1 other on the forum does) I must be the "at least one other" as we do as well :D
Rob Holmes
7th October 2005, 17:16
Lisa you could always use a host that allows multi domain hosting from the same account (we do and at least 1 other on the forum does) I must be the "at least one other" as we do as well :D
Yea - I think we're the only 2 that do Direct Admin ?
Rob
Magsite
7th October 2005, 17:20
Who's the cheapest? Nope only kidding I'll have a look at your packages (hosting)
I've got about 12 domain names for my lottery business. They all link to one hosting package that has nothing to do with lottery. I think this may effect my position in search engines