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

date posted 3rd March 2008 16:51


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/
> (link on left hand column)
>
> The site and the forum are hosted separately and they have
> requested that it appears they are in the same place, ie the
> path does not contain redmason etc.

Ben Johnson (Neogic) F wrote:
> 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!


Further to the above, you could also stick a simple redirect in the default
page for:
http://www.actonbusinessforum.net

That redirects the visitor to the forum directory:
http://www.actonbusinessforum.net/ActonBusinessForum/

This avoids the need to remember the longer URL.

Cheers, Ben

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