Got a new domain

Da Rossa

Hi, finally I got a domain, following intense requests from some of my audience. They argue that the url http://www.darossa.frih.net/notas.html is kinda difficult to remember, and it is difficult to tell people in my classroom without spelling. So I got notasdeaula.org. Right.

The first thing is: the page titles (those you can select under http://www.darossa.frih.net/notas.html), are relevant, but since this is a frame redirecting, the url http://www.notasdeaula.org will remain on URL (desired) but the page titles, displayed on top of the browser and on the taskbar are gone. They're crucial for we students to locate ourselves. How can I get them to appear?

Also, when I open the page source @ Firefox, this is all I get:

Bondings

The reason is simple, it's because you use frame redirecting.

In my opinion the best thing would be to really use the domain (instead of forwarding). I mean point the nameservers to Frihost and add the domain in DirectAdmin.

I think your problem with the solution is that all the links go to the subdomain since you have absolute links. But you can change that to relative links (link.php indstead of domain.com/link.php) either manually or by a find/replace all instances which is a lot faster.

Da Rossa

Bondings

Da Rossa

Well, let's try
Here come two pictures, the first one is about the DNS setup and the second is about the Domain setup.

I'll translate the parts in Portuguese.

in the first one, we have:
DNS information (on left)
on center:
Use: Our DNSs/Your own DNSs (or your host's ones)
the tip in small font at the left is: "select the second option";

Then there are the four identical fields over the apply/cancel buttons at the bottom.

The second picture:
from top to bottom:
Manage the domain
notasdeaula.org

contact information
DNSs (nameservers)

And the table has the following columns names, from left to right: hostname, address, register type (frame redirecting, url redirecting, and so on)

Thats it.

On the DirectAdmin side, where do I begin? I read the domain part of the guide you indicated, but the info is too general and beginning-like. I've already "set up" the domain, meaning I got it, but that's all. I already know about the domain categories and stuff. Then the tutorial moves to the most basic html editing we have.
What's next?? Sad

Bondings

I guess for the dns, it is the option seus proprios DNSs. In the first two boxes fill in ns1.frih.net and ns2.frih.net.

For DirectAdmin, there are 2 options.

First optin, go to' Domain Administration', 'Add another Domain', fill in your Domain name notasdeaula.org and click on create. This will create it as a separte/new domain and your current subdomain and the domain may show different things. You will have to copy the files from the subdomain public_html to the domain one. (it's located in domains/domain_name/public_html)

The second option is to go to 'Domain pointers' and add the domain as a pointer. You need to use the alias option. In this case the domain will show the same thing as your subdomain, but with a different url.

The second option is easier, but the first allows you way more control.

Da Rossa

I'm almost there, I got into the domain setup page and saw the empty public_html folder. RIght. But, does this mean that I'm gonna have to upload every file twice from now on? I asking because the way I upload is not ia a FTP regular program like Filezilla, but I use NVU/Kompozer's built-in upload feature.
Look

At FIlezilla, I spotted the two domain folders: the main one, darossa.frih.net, with all the files in it, and the new, notasdeaula.org, new and fresh, with no files.

mOrpheuS

Bondings

You could also redirect everything from your subdomain to your domain (once the domain is fully working). Then you would only need to upload the new code to your domain public_html folder.

If you place the following file (named .htaccess) directly in the public_html folder of your subdomain, every page will redirect to the same one, but with the domain name replacing the subdomain. (code not tested, but should work fine)

Da Rossa

Well, let me put calmly what I'm really seeking:

- Make the notasdeaula.org the main entry point for the site, so people can get used to it.
Since there are many people that still have http://www.darossa.frih.net/notas.html in their bookmarks, so I'd like to...
- Have http://www.darossa.frih.net/notas.html display a page with the message: "we've changed. Please visit notasdeaula.org. Click here to go there if you're not redirected automatically".
- www.notasdeaula.org, http://www.notasdeaula.org or http://notasdeaula.org should display exactly what you see at http://www.darossa.frih.net/notas.html, preserved the page title, which is variable according to the date. As you can see, the title contains the date in which the page was last updated. This is because when I first got the notasdeaula.org to work, "Mozilla Firefox" was the only thing displaying at the page title, the window title and the taskbar title. But the actual title is very relevant for the purpose of the site;
- Once notasdeaula.org is working as said above, then I'd like to, when the people click on one of the class links we have in the central table, which point to that particular class (class associated to a subject and date), the wintitle should be something like: Direito Civil - 21/03/09, as you can see at http://www.darossa.frih.net/dir/direito_civil2_21-03-09.html". This is because, even after we leave the home page to access a link for a particular class, the document title at the window top/taskbar remained "notasdeaula.org" or "mozilla Firefox".

Well, I know that appear to be kinda picky, but I know that's possible once things are set up. The main problem in here is about synchronizing the understanding of directAdmin's administration panel along with "Edom's", the company from which I bought the domain.

@ Morph: I got you! But about this:

mOrpheuS

Da Rossa

Humm, I'm slow but I'm getting there.
I copied all files from the darossa.frih.net domain to notasdeaula.org, creating something like a mirror folder. Then, I deleted the file notasdeaula.org/index.html (which, under http://www.darossa.frih.net/notas.html, is the home/main page) and renamed the existing notas.html to index.html.

The result so far is: when someone goes to notasdeaula.org, they see the exact same page as http://www.darossa.frih.net/notas.html. From there, when they click any link to read a class note, they're redirected to, for example, http://www.darossa.frih.net/dir/direito_penal2_30-03-09.html.

As you can see, so far we don't have something like http://www.notasdeaula.org/direito_penal2_30-03-09.html which is what I want. And I, newbie, have all links with absolute paths, none relative... this will make things harder, right?

Moreover, the logic says that, in the current state, I'm gonna have to double upload each new file, one for darossa.frih.net and other to notasdeaula.org. Remember that the goal is to have the site display notasdeaula.org/<something> in the address bar, and have the people be redirected from darossa.frih.net/dir/<something: to notasdeaula.org/dir/<something>. What's the next move?

Edit:
Just to test I uploaded the .htaccess file to darossa.frih.net/public_html/ :

Bondings

Add a .htaccess file in the public_html of notasdeaula.org.

Da Rossa

I moving everything to the notasdeaula.org domain, leaving the http://www.darossa.frih.net domain for my old things. I'm currently under the "maintenance". I upload my files with Filezilla, right? and, under notasdeaula.org domain, I see, navigating the folders via ftp, that a public_html folder is always created under the main public_html folder. And no matter what; I delete the child folder (that contained only a cgi-bin file) and soon after it showed up again. Why?

About the .htaccess: Once it's done the moving (and changing the links from absolute to relative) I'll think about the .htaccess files.

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