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Carol Haynes
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« on: August 21, 2010, 06:48:12 AM »
I have a CPanel account with one main domain registered (say main.com) and two parked domains (parked1.com and parked2.com).

I want to set it up so that if anyone puts any of those three domain names into a browser then the parked1.com domain is visited and the URL changed to reflect the correct URL.

Currently if I put any of the domain names into a browser the website displays properly but with the URL I entered not based on parked1.com?

Any ideas how to achieve this?

I have tried domain redirects (both in the Parked domain section, and the Redirects section) but they seem to have no effect. It may be because I have a .htaccess file which may override redirects (but I don't know a lot about .htaccess to change a complex file).
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« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2010, 11:56:30 AM »
I think you actually have to get into the HTML on your main page.
In the header area of your default page (index.htm or index.html), but a little JavaScript that looks at the actual page requested and then re-routes the browser to that page.
In this way, the user is sent to the page requested, no matter what the main page is named.
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Change your parked domains to addon domains and you'll get exactly what you want. :-)
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« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2010, 12:15:15 PM »
So something like this:

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<html>
<head>
  <script type="text/javascript">
       <!--
          if document.domain != "www.parked1.com"
              {
                document.location = "http://www.parked1.com"
              }
       //-->
  </script>
</head>

<body>



</body>
</html>

This would work if I was using HTML but it is a Joomla based website and this would mean placing this in the template and having it test every time a page is requested.

Is there anyway I can set this up in the .htaccess or in CPanel so that it happens automatically?
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« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2010, 12:59:25 PM »
As above:

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Change your parked domains to addon domains and you'll get exactly what you want. :-)"
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« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2010, 01:41:30 PM »
I just have the single domain, so I'm not familiar with these other features.  But I know there are a ton of .htaccess guides on the web.  Many very detailed.  Also you might look for a forum by your hosting service.  Many times other users will know the exact .htaccess command/feature to point you in the right direction.

Sounds like AndeT1's solution is the simplest. But I can't verify it from my limited experience. Sad
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« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2010, 02:48:42 PM »
Thanks for the feedback.

I just found a .htaccess solution that works:

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RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.parked1.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.parked1.com/$1 [R=301]

Had a bit of a puzzle where to put this in .htaccess but found it worked fine if I put it before SEF rewrites.
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