Domain name forwarding

May 1, 2006 1:54 PM

Domain name forwarding: I want domain y.com to forward to x.com/y i think it may be a mod rewrite issue?

I'm using cpanel and i tried using the "Parked Domains" icon, but when i used it the following happened:

domain y.com forwarded to the content of domain x.com but in the address bar it still said domain y.com ( i want this to change also) plus it only went to the index page and not the subfolder

posted by matimer to computers & internet (5 comments total)

You want the Domain Pointer, not Parked Domain. To do that you'll need to set your y.com domain to use your host's DNS nameservers. Then set the Domain Pointer to redirect y.com to the x.com root or subdirectory.
posted by junesix at 2:02 PM on May 1, 2006

some domain registrars have a "cloaked domain" thing that opens the forwarding url in a frame, try to turn that off
posted by yeahyeahyeahwhoo at 2:26 PM on May 1, 2006

matimer: some hosts have random settings on this sort of thing as well. If you can't get it to work and your host has support options, do contact them.

If you can't get in touch with them you might try via your registrar. Places with robust tools will often allow you to do forwarding.
posted by FlamingBore at 2:41 PM on May 1, 2006

Mod_rewrite should be able to do at least half of this; the part where the incoming y.com gets redirected to subfolder y on x.com.
posted by odinsdream at 5:12 PM on May 1, 2006

Er; and the first half would just be a matter of pointing y.com to the same machine, or IP address, of x.com.
posted by odinsdream at 5:13 PM on May 1, 2006