jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Sun Jul 26 19:16:51 CDT 2009
Steve, My understanding of the SomeName.SomeDomain.com is that DNN uses exactly the same process that it does when you use an actual domain. I will go figure it out. It looked easy enough and I seem to remember actually doing it years ago. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Steve Erbach wrote: > John, > Sorry for the delay in replying...quite a bit of family activity these past > few days. > > I have not set up a website that looks like Mary.ColbyConsulting.com...I > have only used the usual capability of buying a new domain name and then > using DNN to handle the redirecting to a sub-portal on my site. That is, in > the Host account for my DNN site, if I look at any of the portals I've > created, they all have standard www.domainname.com names. They're all > "parent" portals, too. > > The "normal" DNN way of setting up subwebs/sub-portals is to create a > "child" portal using the Host super user DNN account. Once you've selected > "child" you simply type the alias as www.ColbyConsulting.com/Mary. There a > few other things to fill in, but that's the gist of it. > > I think that if you want to use the Mary.ColbyConsulting.com nomenclature, > you have to first fiddle with your domain settings. My understanding is > that that sort of URL indicates a separate server in the domain, n'est-ce > pas? It's simpler to use the /Mary style of subweb. > > Does this help at all? > > Steve Erbach > Neenah, WI > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 6:58 AM, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>wrote: > >> Steve, >> >> Could you help me do this? >> >> Have you ever used the subdomain thing where you use DNN to set up a web >> page but it is just a >> subdomain of your own domain? Like Mary.ColbyConsulting.com or >> Family.ColbyConsulting.com. If you >> type in www.family.colbyconsulting.com DNN directs you to that subdomain >> page which can be an entire >> web site just like your purchased domain names are. >> >> I know this whole DNN subdomain thing is just built-in but I have never >> done it. >> >> John W. Colby >> www.ColbyConsulting.com >> >> >> Steve Erbach wrote: >>> John, >>> >>> Have you considered using your existing DNN installation? I've set up >> few >>> sub-webs with the help of DNN. I simply purchased the domain names and >> DNN >>> handles the re-routing to subdirectories in the DNN tree. >>> >>> For example, TheTownCrank.com, NeenahPolitics.com, TheGodfatherOfLaw.com, >>> and OTIReunion.com are all subwebs under my main swerbach.com domain. >>> >>> That said, you can certainly add new tables to the SQL Server back-end >> that >>> DNN is using. I do believe that you could write a DNN module or three to >>> handle this PTA stuff and all the DNN security would be built-in. >>> >>> Steve Erbach >>> Neenah, WI >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 9:12 AM, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I need some advice. My wife is on the PTA. She (I as her husband) was >>>> tasked with a simple >>>> database for tracking volunteer work for the PTA. They have to track >> (they >>>> get "credit" for) hours >>>> that volunteers put in.