I stand corrected! I had not actually tried it but I was positive I had read that the Alias and AliasMatch directives were good *not only* for the local file system, but could use a remote host as an alias.
Mea culpa, mea culpa! Brian O'Donnell Doctor PC www.doctorpc.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Doctor PC - Brian O'Donnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 5:18 PM Subject: Re: url forwarding > > On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Doctor PC - Brian O'Donnell wrote: > > That is one way to do it. I don't know if it is the most common or not. It > > is also possible to use Alias or AliasMatch directives to achieve that end. > > Alias and AliasMatch are Apache directives to remap files on the local > filesystem. Can you give an example about how they can be used to > redirect to a *remote* web page? > > > > "Cloaked" is just a fancy marketers term for using an HTML frame to keep > > > the domain name in the address/location bar of the web browser while > > > showing the contents of the remote site as the target frame. Basically it > > > is very simple HTML coding. > > > > > > > I know a lot on this board do some form of url forwarding for > > > > clients. I am wondering if someone can tell where I can find some > > > > information on line for doing cloked url forwarding we currently do > > > > url forwarding that is uncloked and some clients are asking if they > > > > can have the other. we are running Linux/apache servers and cant seem > > > > to find any manuals or information anywhere after a several day search > > > > if someone can direct us to a source of info or in which linux module > > > > it is done it would be appreciated. Our tech team only need a > > > > reference if available. > >
