Making a domain go to a certain subdirectory?

Lux

How do I do this? Normally I only use one domain for one piece of web space. But in this case, I have two domains. One goes to the main index.htm, but I want the other to go to an index.htm in a subdirectory.

I'm confused because the only way I know how to attach domains to a site is to input the nameservers & stuff, and it automatically finds the main index.html page.

Please help a layman out.

Thanks.

ProPatriaMori

That's usually configured on the server itself. I know Apache has specific configuration options to send requests for a certain domain to a specific place.

YourFatAuntSusan

You can use a simple PHP redirect.

Create index.php and put it in the root folder of your domain and enter the below text in that file.

<?php
header( 'Location: http://www.domain.com/subdirectory/' ) ;
?>

MKR

Well you see, when a daemon loves a client...

Since you don't know how, I'm going to assume you're on shared hosting. The best thing to do is check with your web host. They may charge for adding a second domain to your space, and they probably have their own process for adding it.

wasted pixels

MKR wrote: »

Well you see, when a daemon loves a client...

Since you don't know how, I'm going to assume you're on shared hosting. The best thing to do is check with your web host. They may charge for adding a second domain to your space, and they probably have their own process for adding it.

This. In your host's control panel, there will be an option to add an "addon domain" (again, you may have to pay a bit extra -- telling us who your host is would help), and it'll do exactly what you describe; you'll point the domain to your host's nameservers, they'll create a folder in your main account called /whatever.com, and you're good to go.