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kick52 · Oct 24, 2006, 02:52 PM

Hi.

I'm hosting some of my stuff on my PowerMac G4, with a dynamic IP.

I haven't got a domain name registered especially for that, but i do have another website with cPanel.

Is there a way to fully redirect someone to my PowerMac using a sub-domain?

When I say fully redirect, I mean redirect to my address given to me by my IP, but with the path i entered:

so "http://sub-domain.domain.com/Files/File" goes to "http://powermachostname.co.uk/Files/File"

Can anyone help me out?
I tried DynDNS, but I would like to have something like this on my own website.
I tried a PHP script, but it won't work when posting to forums and things.

Any help is *great*,
Tim

RAILhead · Oct 24, 2006, 03:13 PM

I'd turn on web sharing, organize stuff like that on the G4, then use DynDNS. I used to do that all the time until my bandwidth killed my connection.

kick52 · Oct 24, 2006, 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by RAILhead

I'd turn on web sharing, organize stuff like that on the G4, then use DynDNS. I used to do that all the time until my bandwidth killed my connection.

yeah, i can do that, but i wondered if there is a way to do this on my own webspace.

turtle777 · Oct 24, 2006, 06:05 PM

Well, can't you just forward your own subdomain to the DynDNS addrress ?

-t

kick52 · Oct 24, 2006, 06:16 PM

no, because the only redirection that cpanel can do is without path forwarding.

i just found this, its a longshot,, but will this help me?
Dnsmasq - a DNS forwarder for NAT firewalls.

skalie · Oct 24, 2006, 09:30 PM

Originally Posted by kick52

Hi.
I tried a PHP script, but it won't work when posting to forums and things.

Er, if I understand correctly.........

............. link from the forum to the script ( 301 redirect by any chance? ), which in turn redirects to the url you want the visitor to end up at.

( if I understood correctly )

besson3c · Oct 24, 2006, 10:43 PM

Originally Posted by kick52

yeah, i can do that, but i wondered if there is a way to do this on my own webspace.

Not without running your own DNS service, and I believe you'd need root to start the named (DNS) daemon.

besson3c · Oct 24, 2006, 10:45 PM

Originally Posted by kick52

Hi.

I'm hosting some of my stuff on my PowerMac G4, with a dynamic IP.

I haven't got a domain name registered especially for that, but i do have another website with cPanel.

Is there a way to fully redirect someone to my PowerMac using a sub-domain?

When I say fully redirect, I mean redirect to my address given to me by my IP, but with the path i entered:

so "http://sub-domain.domain.com/Files/File" goes to "http://powermachostname.co.uk/Files/File"

Can anyone help me out?
I tried DynDNS, but I would like to have something like this on my own website.
I tried a PHP script, but it won't work when posting to forums and things.

Any help is *great*,
Tim

What did your PHP script do? Redirect to your subdomain? Your forum will work once visitors are redirected to your subdomain, as long as your subdomain is used within your forum prefs/config.

I'm not sure I'm understanding you though.

kick52 · Oct 25, 2006, 04:04 AM

Originally Posted by skalie

Er, if I understand correctly.........

............. link from the forum to the script ( 301 redirect by any chance? ), which in turn redirects to the url you want the visitor to end up at.

( if I understood correctly )

ok.

i made an .htaccess file which handles 404s by a PHP script. This php script (incorrectly) finds out what address you were trying to visit. It then snips out the domain name at the start and puts my macs hostname in there (There is a script on my mac which uploads its hostname, and that script reads it.)

The thing is, it worked when i typed an address into the address bar, but if it has a link, it would do crazy stuff like put the place you were visiting from infront of my hostname..
Also, pictures don't work when put in one of my messages.

It would be good if there was a way to do this in cPanel, but cPanel doesnt offer variable targets.

skalie · Oct 25, 2006, 04:12 AM

Sorry once again, if I'm over simplifying, but just in case you are getting unnecessarily complicated.... ( using the links from your first post )

In http://sub-domain.domain.com/Files/File make an index.php with only this as the code.

Code:
<?php
Header( "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently" );
Header( "Location: http://powermachostname.co.uk/Files/File" );
?>

Er, if you want to make it look like you are still in domain.com, you could use a frameset maybe? *ducks for cover*

kick52 · Oct 25, 2006, 04:24 AM

yes... thats all well and good.. but it wouldnt work if i had more than one file in that folder.
because it would direct all to http://sub-domain.domain.com/Files/File.

besson3c · Oct 25, 2006, 08:56 AM

Originally Posted by kick52

yes... thats all well and good.. but it wouldnt work if i had more than one file in that folder.
because it would direct all to http://sub-domain.domain.com/Files/File.

Put a redirect in an .htaccess file located at your DocRoot (base of your website). This should work to redirect everything in a directory.

kick52 · Oct 25, 2006, 01:02 PM

Originally Posted by besson3c

Put a redirect in an .htaccess file located at your DocRoot (base of your website). This should work to redirect everything in a directory.

i dont get what you mean...

i have an htaccess in the subdomain that works fine..

but i dont get how i get it to redirect everything.. with a wildcard?

besson3c · Oct 25, 2006, 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by kick52

i dont get what you mean...

i have an htaccess in the subdomain that works fine..

but i dont get how i get it to redirect everything.. with a wildcard?

Redirect Visitors To a New Page or Site - HTML Tips and Tricks

Check out the "move an entire site" section.

kick52 · Oct 25, 2006, 05:50 PM

Originally Posted by besson3c

Redirect Visitors To a New Page or Site - HTML Tips and Tricks

Check out the "move an entire site" section.

that looks like what i need but how can i add a php variable inside a .htaccess file? because i am on a dynamic IP...

besson3c · Oct 25, 2006, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by kick52

that looks like what i need but how can i add a php variable inside a .htaccess file? because i am on a dynamic IP...

Why would your IP address or the fact you're on a dynamic IP matter, as long as the DNS name resolved to the correct IP? Have you been using your IP address to access these pages with? If so, sounds like a DNS entry is the way to go.

What is your setup like? Can you create DNS entries on the machine authoritative over your base level domain? If not, have you looked at dyndns.org?

kick52 · Oct 25, 2006, 06:00 PM

UPDATE:

my good friend hawken on IRC told me that i could write out to the htaccess file and be able to put the IP in there.

thanks hawken!

besson3c · Oct 25, 2006, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by kick52

UPDATE:

my good friend hawken on IRC told me that i could write out to the htaccess file and be able to put the IP in there.

thanks hawken!

That works too, but you'll have to update this file every time your IP changes. I suppose this is actually better than the DNS record, so long as you don't mind exposing the IP address. A DNS record would be cached for a while.

kick52 · Oct 26, 2006, 09:37 AM

Originally Posted by besson3c

That works too, but you'll have to update this file every time your IP changes. I suppose this is actually better than the DNS record, so long as you don't mind exposing the IP address. A DNS record would be cached for a while.

well i got lingon to schedule a script.. so that should work.

if you want to test and see the results go here:

Index of /

besson3c · Oct 26, 2006, 10:15 AM

Cool! Glad to hear that you've come up with a solution that works for you