Author Topic: Any CPanel Gurus out there? (Read 4784 times)

Carol Haynes · « **on:** August 21, 2010, 06:48 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).

AndeT1 · « **Reply #1 on:** August 21, 2010, 11:56 AM »

I think you actually have to get into the HTML on your main page.<br>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.<br>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. :-)

Carol Haynes · « **Reply #2 on:** August 21, 2010, 12:15 PM »

So something like this:

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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?

AndeT1 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 21, 2010, 12:59 PM »

As above:

"or
Change your parked domains to addon domains and you'll get exactly what you want. :-)"

MilesAhead · « **Reply #4 on:** August 21, 2010, 01:41 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.

Carol Haynes · « **Reply #5 on:** August 21, 2010, 02:48 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.

Author Topic: Any CPanel Gurus out there? (Read 4784 times)

Carol Haynes

Any CPanel Gurus out there?

AndeT1

Re: Any CPanel Gurus out there?

Carol Haynes

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AndeT1

Re: Any CPanel Gurus out there?

MilesAhead

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Carol Haynes

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