> I'm hosting multiple sites under a single IP and I haven't > been able to figure out Host Headers, either. I'm missing > something somewhere.
All you have to do is right-click on each site, select "Properties", go to the "Web Site" tab, select "Advanced", double-click on whatever entries you see in there, then type in the host-header name you want, for example "www.bodafordhomes.com". That's all there is to that part. > The only way I've been able to get sites accessed is by > forwarding (masked) to the actual folder on my server > using the static IP assigned by my ISP to my router, > e.g. "www.BodafordHomes.com" would be setup at GoDaddy > to forward (again, masked) to > http://66.79.46.138/cfdocs/bodafordhomes/index.cfm. Then > the site serves. If I try to use a Host Header for the > site and call it www.BodafordHomes.com, then the forwarding > fails. I'm not sure if I'm doing what I should do with the > server or not, but perhaps I'm not setting up what I need > with GoDaddy. Their "Parked" servers handle the DNS. Is that > what you're referring to when you talk about GoDaddy handling > the DNS, or is there more. (I'll visit GoDaddy and do some > research on this, too) I don't know anything about GoDaddy, but what you need is to have all names resolve to the same IP address. Your DNS provider can do this by creating one A record pointing to the IP address, then as many CNAME records (aliases) as necessary. They shouldn't resolve to specific folders; that's not DNS, that's a redirect (as if they were using CFLOCATION). Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
