Why would anyone do this? Just to save hosting costs?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Les Mizzell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 10:58 AM Subject: redirect opinions > I've got a client that's decided to host a bunch of different sites > under one domain. Though the hosting company is suggesting that I use a > PHP script to handle the domain redirects, I'm a PHP noob, so I'd rather > go with something I know. > > So, in the root directory I figure I can just add this to the > Application.cfm file to take care of it: > > <CFIF #CGI.SERVER_NAME# CONTAINS "abc.com"> > <CFLOCATION URL="whatever/index.cfm"> > </CFIF> > > > Is there a better solution? I've also warned the client that this is > going to make it darned hard to get the different domains spidered > correctly by the search engines, but what the heck.... > > Haven't tried it yet, but maybe include an index file with links > containing a paragraph or two with proper descriptions and keywords for > each site it's linking to. Regular users visiting the site wouldn't see > this because they'd get redirected by the application file. I'm not 100% > sure if the spiders would see it either but it's worth a try. > > -- > ----------- > Les Mizzell > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:192194 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
