Redirect Retaining URL In Address Bar (no frames or CNAME)?: Redirect URL frames CNAME

Redirect Retaining URL In Address Bar (no frames or CNAME)?

Asked by: antdow

Please could someone tell me if this is possible...

I own a domain (say www.customer.com) however host the content for the site within a folder on my own server (say www.myserver.com/customer) - mostly because I have a number of hosted bits set up that I don't really wish to replicate on the new domain.

Is it possible for someone to type in www.customer.com and for the content to be served at www.myserver.com/customer but retain the www.customer.com URL in the browser's address bar?

I did try using the FRAME solution however due to the issue with IE v6 losing session variables between frames, this was not really good enough. I was also advised that a CNAME may work however my ISP doesn't allow such changes to DNS.

Any help that can be offered is very much appreciated.

Instant Access to this Solution

Plus...

30 Day FREE access, no risk, no obligation

Collaborate with the world's top tech experts

Unlimited access to our exclusive solution database

Never be left without tech help again

Trusted by hundreds of thousands everyday for fast, accurate and reliable tech support.

"The time we save is the biggest benefit of Experts Exchange to Warner Bros. What could take multiple guys 2 hours or more each to find is accessed in around 15 minutes on Experts Exchange." Mike Kapnisakis, Warner Bros.

"Our team likes having a resource that is more secure than just using Google and most experts using this service really know their stuff. It's nice to look here first versus using Google." Dayna Sellner, Lockheed Martin

"Anytime that I've been stumped with a problem, 9 out of 10 times Experts Exchange has either the accepted solution or an open discussion of the potential solution to the problem." Kenny Red, eBay Inc.

See what Experts Exchange can do for you.

Got a question?

We've got the answer.

Experts Exchange has been collecting answers to technology questions since 1996…3 million and counting! If you have a question, chances are we already have your answer.

Screenshot of Experts Exchange Knowledgebase

Need individual assistance?

Our experts are ready to help.

If you can't find the exact answer you're looking for, ask our exclusive community of 50,000 experts. You’ll get a personalized answer from a trusted professional.

Want to learn from the best?

Read articles from industry experts.

Thousands of free tech tips, tricks, how-to’s and tutorials are available in our peer reviewed articles section. See for yourself how smart our experts are, no login required.

Working on a long term project?

Store your work and research.

Save solutions to your questions, answers you’ve discovered through searching plus helpful articles in your personal knowledgebase for easy future access.

Join the Community

Give a Little. Get a Lot.

Join the community of experts here and help other tech pros by answering question in your area of expertise. You can earn FREE access to all Experts Exchange's premium features and resources.

I guess you can't simply point the IIS site to the sub-folder, otherwise you would have done that already...

nor can you move the relevant ".aspx" (or at least the home page) to the root directory?

Another way is to create a custom HttpHandler. I posted info on how to create a handler here:

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Languages/.NET/ASP.NET/Q_23999836.html

I customized it in an attempt to make it work with your scenario:

Public Class MyHttpHandler : Implements IHttpHandlerFactory
 
        Public Function GetHandler(ByVal context As System.Web.HttpContext, ByVal requestType As String, ByVal url As String, ByVal pathTranslated As String) As System.Web.IHttpHandler Implements System.Web.IHttpHandlerFactory.GetHandler
                Dim RequestedPage As String = context.Server.UrlDecode(context.Request.FilePath.ToLower())
         
                Dim TemplatePath As String = "" 'Extract the template path from the Url param make it look like this: "~/RequestedPage.aspx"
 
                'If the page requested was in the root directory, then set the TemplatePath = to the requested Page, but insert "customer" where needed
                If PageIsRootPage then 'create a function that checks to see if it's a root template
                  TemplatePath = TemplatePath.Replace("~/","~/customer")
                Else
                  
                end if 
                Return PageParser.GetCompiledPageInstance(url, context.Server.MapPath(TemplatePath), context)
 
        End Function
 
        Public Sub ReleaseHandler(ByVal handler As System.Web.IHttpHandler) Implements System.Web.IHttpHandlerFactory.ReleaseHandler
 
        End Sub
 
End Class

1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
8:
9:
10:
11:
12:
13:
14:
15:
16:
17:
18:
19:
20:
21:
22:

Select all Open in new window

Question

Redirect Retaining URL In Address Bar (no frames or CNAME)?

Subscribe now for full access to Experts Exchange and get

Instant Access to this Solution

Redirect URL frames CNAME

Web Application Hosting

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

Programming for ASP.NET

Trusted by hundreds of thousands everyday for fast, accurate and reliable tech support.

See what Experts Exchange can do for you.

Got a question?

We've got the answer.

Need individual assistance?

Our experts are ready to help.

Want to learn from the best?

Read articles from industry experts.

Working on a long term project?

Store your work and research.

What Makes Experts Exchange Unique?

Trusted by the world's most respected brands.

Faithfully serving IT professionals since 1996.

Related Solutions

Free Tech Articles

Cloud Class Webinars

Join the Community

Give a Little. Get a Lot.

Answers

3 Ways to Join

The Experts

The Experts

Testimonials

Testimonials

Testimonials

Business Clients

Business Clients

In the Press

In the Press

In the Press