Re-directing Users To New Web Space

[kaseytraeger]

I think this is the right forum to post this topic, but if it needs to be moved, please do so.

 

This question is an extension of a forum topic I posted last month. You can find it here -- http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/i...?showtopic=8504

 

Here's my situation and subsequent question.

 

I just purchased a new domain name, new.com, and will be using it instead of my existing domain name, old.com. There isn't much in my webspace at old.com. However, I do have one directory that is actually used/accessed by users. They access this directory by typing the following URL directly into their web browser (there is no link for this directory anywhere else in my web space) -- www.old.com/folder/

 

Here's what I'd like to do. I want to change the domain name associated with my account. Instead of having the domain name associated with the account being old.com, I want it to be new.com. This would mean that the new location of the directory in question would be www.new.com/folder/

 

I still want users to be able to access this directory without having to explain to them that they now need to type www.new.com/folder/ instead of typing www.old.com/folder/ In case you're wondering why this is so, the people accessing this directory are my extended family members, and they are pretty dense when it comes to computers. Some of them are very old, and they may or may not remember that the domain name has changed, so it would be pointless for me to even tell them that it's moved. Instead, I'd rather they just be taken there directly so the move is transparent to them.

 

So what I want them to be able to do is to be referred to the new directory at www.new.com/folder/ if they type www.old.com/folder/ into their address bar. Can this be done? Like I said before, there is nothing else on this domain that anyone outside of me accesses, so it's not necessary to do this with all files and folders in my web space.

 

Thanks!

[TCH-Bruce]

Kasey, if you park one domain over the other you would be able to access the folder with either domain name.

Edited April 12, 2004 by TCH-Bruce

[kaseytraeger]

By jove, I think you've got it!

 

I already have the new domain parked in my web space, so I just tested it out as you suggested. I typed new.com/folder and was automatically redirected to old.com/folder. Sweet.

 

Thanks a bunch, Bruce!!! Thumbs Up