Domain Forwarding And Hosting

[planetphillip]

Hi,

 

I’ve just finished my first month with you guys and am very happy to be part of the family.

 

I have a question regarding domain forwarding. I bought a new domain name specifically for the new TCH hosting package but I have 2 other domain names hosted on www.dayanhost.com. Whilst they were great for very cost-conscious starters like me ($5 for 10Mb a year) I would like to consolidate my hosting.

 

Here are the domains in question:

www.blazebolden.com (hosted at TCH)

www.phillipmarlowe.com (Hosted a Dayana host)

www.planetphillip.com (Hosted at Dayana Host)

 

If I create folders on my TCH package like this:

www.blazebolden.com/phillipmarlowe/

www.blazebolden.com/planetphillip/

 

have the domains forwarded with masking and use an FTP client to upload my current planetphillip and phillipmarlowe files, including any db’s etc, when a visitor types www.planetphillip.com they will be forwarded to www.blazebolden.com/planetphillip/ but will see www.planetphillip.com. Is that correct?

But what happens if the type www.planetphillip.com/gamefeatures ? Do they get taken to www.blazebolden.com/planetphillip/gamefeatures ?

 

Will I need to adjust all my links in my other sites or will the relative links still work?

 

How will this effect my CPanel control? Will I just administer them as sub folders?

 

I’m sorry to ramble on, but when you are kinda new to this hosting thing it’s easy to make assumptions and costly mistakes.

 

TIA

Phillip

[TCH-Bruce]

Welcome to the family, Phillip!

 

If you have a regular hosting plan (not a reseller plan) you are not allowed to point another domain name to a subdomain in your web space. At least that's how I read it.

 

Check out this Pre-Sales FAQ about parked domains.

[planetphillip]

OK

 

Thanks for the prompt reply.

 

Looks like I'll need to rethink things.

[DarqFlare]

The only way you can do things like that is to have a reseller account.

 

Then again, if you had a reseller account, you would probably not point them at a subdomain or folder. You'd probably just set them up with their own package and they'd have their own space aside from your main domain.