webgyrl Posted July 15, 2003 Posted July 15, 2003 Sorry if I missed it... but I'm going to be bringing a few more sites over to TCH in the next month and I wanted to find out how much setting up a domain alias is? The main site is for our Record Company, but I want the site to contain both our publishing companies "mini-sites" and also the management mini-site. I'd want each domain name to go to the main domian's index page (spash entry page). EG: Main site is: identitymusicgroup.com Within IMG there are 3 other companies that I want mini sites for, but all with their own domain name that points to the identitymusicgroup.com/index.htm page. Couldn't see the charge for that in the hosting plan breakdown. Is this domain alias feature available here? Mucho thanks! Nat Quote
webgyrl Posted July 15, 2003 Author Posted July 15, 2003 Out of curiosity... how do "subdomains" work and what does the url for those usually look like? If I have a subdomain can I receive email at the domain name of that subdomain? Does that even make sense? Maybe I'll have to split these all up in the end b/c I want email addresses for each company. Is something lijke that possible without buying seperate host packages for each domain name? These sub companies don't need extensive web sites... just about 4 pages each. I want to find something cost effective. Quote
TCH-JimE Posted July 15, 2003 Posted July 15, 2003 Hi, For what your proposing, if you brought a regular account, you would be breaking regs as each mini site would be different ot the main site. What you need is a reseller account package. You can have several parked domains on your account, but they must all point to the route. Sub domain names are like: http://subdomain.domainname.com or http://www.domainname.com/subdomain If you want each domain name to have its only email address you will either need a seperate hosting for each or the resellers package. Jim Quote
webgyrl Posted July 16, 2003 Author Posted July 16, 2003 Ahhh.. thanks guys. I think I'll probably end up having to get seperate hosting accounts for the 5 sites. I need to have distinct emails addys for each one, so that looks to be the only option. Thanks for the speedy answer Nat Quote
jslagle Posted July 16, 2003 Posted July 16, 2003 You should take a look at the resellers packages. You can set up each of your domains as a separate account with individual email accounts. you set how the storage space and bandwitdh are allocated between your sites and you can have an infinite number of web sites, you are just limited to storage and bandwidth constraints. You have access to whm to set up each account and then they have individual cpanels just as if you had separate simple hosting accounts. Jim Quote
SEO Posted July 16, 2003 Posted July 16, 2003 webgyrl: What you are doing could (and will) be dangerous. ... but all with their own domain name that points to the identitymusicgroup.com/index.htm page. This is a form of spamming which will be easily identified and result in rank penalty. I am speaking strictly in terms of search engines. Not sure of your specific situation but in general, search engine rank is the most important factor for generating 'real' visitors to any commercial site. There are several reads here that might be worth reviewing. I would start with the pinned threads under Web Site Promotion. Start at the bottom and work your way up (be sure to follow all links). Hope this helps. Quote
webgyrl Posted July 20, 2003 Author Posted July 20, 2003 Thanks for all the feedback. We decided to get seperate accounts for each of the domains. Your prices are very reasonable and I can get all 5 hosted seperately for cheaper than I was paying for one at the other hosting company we were using. I'm actually purchasing the packages right now. Only funny thing I'm getting is that PaySystems seems to think I'm ordering the same thing over and over even though each payment is for a seperate hosting package (each has a unique domain). I am getting the individual notices from TCH when I do the first part of the process. I assume that once the payments are processed PaySystems will have individual order numbers and those will be sent to the contact email address I used? The screen that gives tbe unique order numbers from PaySystems doesn't stay visible for long enough to print for my records as I'm re-directed back to the TCH thank you screen. Thanks again for all the help and great service. Nat Quote
webgyrl Posted July 20, 2003 Author Posted July 20, 2003 Opps.. just tried to do the third package and got this error after putting in the Payment info and submitting it: An error occurred on the server when processing the URL. Please contact the system administrator. Should I refresh? Quote
webgyrl Posted July 20, 2003 Author Posted July 20, 2003 I refreshed the screen and it processed fine. I'm starting to get the PaySystems Invoices now. I guess it just takes a bit for them to process the card and gnerate the invoices. Alright... step one is finished... now I gotta prepare all these sites and get them ova here! I'm a happy TCHer! YAY! Quote
webgyrl Posted July 20, 2003 Author Posted July 20, 2003 dsdemmin: Thanks so much for the helpful info regarding ranking. Luckily natalie brown and inmotion management rank first when you type in the names, so that is good. The other sites are new and I'll have to go about submitting them etc when they are up. All that info you have regarding backlinks is really helpful. Thanks for sharing that with us. I never knew about that link: command to find all backlinks.. that's very cool! Quote
Lianna Posted July 20, 2003 Posted July 20, 2003 webgyrl, Welcome home...again...and again...and again... Quote
rmessnerjr Posted August 5, 2003 Posted August 5, 2003 Related question, but... Our church website, tempenazarene.org, just moved over to Total Choice Hosting. Love it! We also have two other domains, both still hosted elsewhere. We're going to move them off and onto TCH. But, I was hoping we could set them up as subdomains with DNS pointing to the subdomain (would require a local DNS alias record). They are extremely low traffic sites. I know this is possible but is it allowed by TCH? I also know that we could eliminate the domain names and go strictly with the subdomain names (subdomain.tempenazarene.org) but that creates a lengthy URL. Must our church have separate domains for each? (Yeah, we're trying to save money!) -- RalphM Quote
TCH-JimE Posted August 5, 2003 Posted August 5, 2003 Hi, You may not conduct hostee or offer free web hosting to people based on your subdomains. Taken from the AUP. If it is to do with the church and the church owns the main domain name/hosting account its acceptable. You may not however point another domain name to a seperate folder or subdomain. Creating a subdomain in CPANEL will automatically do the DNS for it. Otherwise, I dont think its possible! Jim Quote
rmessnerjr Posted August 5, 2003 Posted August 5, 2003 All domains are owned by the church as are all sites and all content directly related to the church. There is no commercial activity occuring. tempenazarene.org offthewallministries.org (the youth group) portraitsofthepassion.org (our annual musical/drama presentation) To clarify: If I change DNS to point offthewallministries.org to ns1.totalchoicehosting.com (and ns2) then, will an http request for offthewallministries.org route to otw.tempenazarene.org? -- RalphM Quote
TCH-JimE Posted August 5, 2003 Posted August 5, 2003 Hi, It will route to the same place that the original domain points to. What you are suggesting I believe is possible for subdomains. Jim Quote
TCH-Sales Posted August 5, 2003 Posted August 5, 2003 Total Choice Web Hosting does not allow multiple domains to be hosted on the same plan. However we do allow for domains to be parked on top of one another, as long as they are pointing at the same page on the same domain. To achieve what you want to do you'll either need to: purchase a new plan for each domain. or set up each page as just a sub-domain. or bump up to a reseller account, where you can create as many accounts as you would want, give each it's own CPanel control. Quote
Deverill Posted August 6, 2003 Posted August 6, 2003 It sounds to me like you need the entry level reseller account for that. In fact, that's what I have done. I take care of 2 church ministries in addition to the main website. For that I got the reseller account which allows me to have different domain names under the same "umbrella" account... and for the cost it is certainly well worth it! My reseller here is less than just the 3 sites would be elsewhere AND on top of that I get to host a couple of other sites on the side to help fund my playing on the internet - uhem, I mean to bring additional funds into my small web development business. Take a look at the reseller packages and I think you'll find them most generous on the benefits versus cost. Hope it helps! Quote
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