RE: FN-FORUM: Disguising the path of a page

date posted 3rd March 2008 16:45

Anne wrote:
> I have a site for a local business group:
> http://www.actonbusinessforum.net/
> linked to a forum that my partner has created
> http://forums.redmason.net/ActonBusinessForum/=20
> (link on left hand column)

> The site and the forum are hosted separately and they have=20
> requested that it appears they are in the same place, ie the=20
> path does not contain redmason etc.


Hi Annie - further to the FRAME/IFRAME approach, this could be done in =
DNS,
provided RedMason.net have a configurable set up on their end.

If you set up "www.actonbusinessforum.net" as a DNS "CNAME" to
"forums.redmason.net", and RedMason.net add "www.actonbusinessforum.net" =
as
a host "alias" on their end, then:

http://www.actonbusinessforum.net/ActonBusinessForum/

Would work (assuming their forum system doesn't have the "RedMason.net" =
host
name hard-coded). There are also steps they could take to avoid the need =
for
appending the directory name on the end, but best to check they can walk
before attempting to run!

Cheers, Ben

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