> So my question is: whats the best way to handle this? The short answer is to use a redirector. You can't point a hostname to a folder on another domain directly; DNS just doesn't do that. You could setup forums.example.com and direct it to your server, then setup a virtual web site entry to answer for that hostname. That server entry would then issue a 302 HTTP redirect to the actual location at www.example.com/forums which is where the browser will go. This will, however, change the visitor's address bar.
The only way to not have it change the address bar and serve the page from another location would be to have the web server entry serve up a web page with a frameset with the inner frame directing to the actual site. This will break linking, favorites/bookmarks, and possibly search engine crawlers. I would advise choosing a location and publishing the URL to wherever you want to host it now and not worry about redirectors and what may or may not happen later on. If the location changes in the future, use HTTP 301 redirects to direct visitors to the new location (that is what they're for after all). Don't try to over-think it. If you think it will move to another server later and need its own hostname, give it its own hostname now even if they're on the same server and don't use the sub-folder on the mail domain. It will make moving it easier later if you know that's what will happen. -- Justin D. Scott dba DtDNS www.dtdns.com | +1-941-320-2402 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:326248 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
