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url masking/unmasking question on apache 2.0.42

Asked by: filibuster1015

I have apache 2.0.47 sitting on a windows xp machine and http is running from port 3361. I'm using www.no-ip.com for my domain name. At this point, I am "masking" my url so that regardless of how users browse their location bar always reads www.wnystudentexchange.com. So... for instance... if a user is on my home page and they browse to /house/index.php they still see www.wnystudentexchange.com in the location bar.

If I take masking off of my url, then users who go to my site are immediately redirected to http://76.180.83.117:3361/bcs/. A user who then browses to house/index.php is taken to http://76.180.83.117:3361/bcs/house/index.php and they're able to see the entire url in their location bar.

Here's the problem. I want to be able to take masking off of my url but I don't want users automatically taken to http://76.180.83.117:3361/bcs. I want their location bars to continue to read www.wnystudentexchange.com and when they browse to house/index.php, I want thir location bars to read www.wnystudentexchange.com/house/index.php. So far, this seems impossible to do. How can I make this happen? I figure there might be some settings in apache that might help. Or maybe I need to do something with no-ip. Or, maybe yet something else.

All feedback is welcome. Thank You.

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by: m1tk4Posted on 2007-08-30 at 20:20:43ID: 19805731

 

by: samriPosted on 2007-08-31 at 02:48:19ID: 19806869

hi Filibuster,

I am not particularly sure on the "masking" term that you use.  Apology on my ignorance.

 

by: filibuster1015Posted on 2007-08-31 at 04:33:41ID: 19807241

m1tk4,

If I use the proxypass statement would I turn masking off? or leave it on to reach the desired effect? I'm not seeing it clearly.

Thanks so much!
Phil

 

by: filibuster1015Posted on 2007-08-31 at 04:54:13ID: 19807344

m1tk4,

As I read further, I'm not so sure how this is going to solve my problem. Can you explain, and/or provide more detail?

If I turn masking off, users will be redirected from www.wnystudentexchange.com to  http://76.180.83.117:3361/bcs and I don't want that. If I leave masking on, then although users see www.wnystudentexchange.com all browsing is masked and they see no url progression.

Thank you so much.
Phil

 

by: m1tk4Posted on 2007-08-31 at 06:42:33ID: 19808034

You need to leave masking of, and configure your Apache that serves www.wn.... to proxy requests to http://76.180....

 

by: samriPosted on 2007-08-31 at 11:16:08ID: 19810210

hi phil/mi1tk4,

I think what Phil wants is to have to user URL location address always show http://www.wnystudentexchange.com/ even though the actual pages is http://www.wnystudentexchange.com/bcd/whatever.html

I think there are two main problem here --
1.  To keep the URL to www.wnystudentexchange.com (avoiding it to switch to http://76.180.83.117:3361/
-  ProxyPass/ProxyPassReverse may work for this reason.
some prev discussion : http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Web_Servers/Apache/Q_22795782.html

2.  To keep the URL stays at http://www.wnystudentexchange.com/ regardless where the user clicked and navigate.
-- Hmm.. you could probably use Frame to achieve this.
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Web_Servers/Q_22782868.html


HTH

 

by: filibuster1015Posted on 2007-08-31 at 12:58:44ID: 19811072

Hi Samri,
Actually, no... http://www.wnystudentexchange.com/bcd/whatever.html would be just great! That's exactly what I want!

Currently, with masking on, users ALWAYS see in their location bar http://www.wnystudentexchange.com regardless of where they browse to.

If I take masking off, users can see their path, but unfortunately www.wnystudentexchange.com no longer displays in their location bar. Instead, they see my url and port number followed by the remainder of the path.

I want them to see my domain name+path. I do NOT want them just seeing my domain name or NOT my ip address+port number+path.

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