On 12/2/06, Michael E. Carluen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The next question that comes to mind is how to structure the > > domains / subdomains for the CMS's. > > Rick, How about using DNS wildcard? Lots of app-as-a-service sites > already > use it. You can register a single generic sounding domain like > realtoroffice.net. Then pre-append your client's company name on the URL > like http:// Stickfordhomes.realtoroffice.net . This way, you do not need > to > manage any subdomains. > > Michael
Be careful of wildcard settings on your sites. Yeah it's cool but Search Engins do not like it at all. The problem stems from Google, yahoo etc thinking there are more than one website with the exact same content. This of course means when someone goes to domain1.thedomain.com or domain2.thedomain.com they view the same index.cfm page as domain3.thedomain.com. Now of course if you use some #CGI.SERVER_NAME# lookups first, then set the content of index.cfm to match the domain in question you could be ok. You can even use wildcard for any site name, right... When a user registers to use your app, they get a pre-maid subdomain name from you and they can enter a domain name in their preferences and setup an "A" record that points to the IP address of this site. #CGI.SERVER_NAME# does a lookup on your customer table for the domain name and if it finds it with or without www. it's routed correctly. -- Casey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:262612 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
