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How can we create a Subdomain using ASP?
I am looking forward for some help to create a subdomain using classic ASP.
for eg. I have a domain named http://www.mydomain.com and want to create a subdomain that would show like http://subdomain.mydomain.com
Thanks
for eg. I have a domain named http://www.mydomain.com and want to create a subdomain that would show like http://subdomain.mydomain.com
Thanks
ASKER
Hello Geir,
Can't the subdoamin be created by coding in ASP?
-Peupy
Can't the subdoamin be created by coding in ASP?
-Peupy
No, I'm afraid not.
more info:
Say you have the domain: somedomain.com registrered via some registrar.
That registrar also controls the NameServers (DNS) for this domain..
You could do the following:
If you control your own web-server, you can ask the registrar to point the A record of the sub-domain wanted, to the IP address of your server. (NOTE! your server needs to be configured to answer requests on said domain.)
If your website is hosted on your registrar's server, you can create a folder on the same level as your normal web-site, you can ask them to point the A record to that folder
-Geir
more info:
Say you have the domain: somedomain.com registrered via some registrar.
That registrar also controls the NameServers (DNS) for this domain..
You could do the following:
If you control your own web-server, you can ask the registrar to point the A record of the sub-domain wanted, to the IP address of your server. (NOTE! your server needs to be configured to answer requests on said domain.)
If your website is hosted on your registrar's server, you can create a folder on the same level as your normal web-site, you can ask them to point the A record to that folder
-Geir
Why don't you just use it as:
http://www.mydomain.com/subdomain
It's not quite what you want but it would be pretty much easyer and cheaper... :)
Alex :p
http://www.mydomain.com/subdomain
It's not quite what you want but it would be pretty much easyer and cheaper... :)
Alex :p
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Hello John,
I would like some help from you regarding the implmentation of this feature. It would be nice if you could help me with the steps to achieve it.
Thank you :)
I would like some help from you regarding the implmentation of this feature. It would be nice if you could help me with the steps to achieve it.
Thank you :)
1) See if you already have a "*" DNS record for your domain, some ISP's will create it for you. Go to whatever.mydomain.com and see if you get to your site, or at least get a 404 error. (you could also try ping or nslookup, you may not get a response, but if it finds the IP address, you are good).
2) If you don't get an IP address for whatever.mydomain.com, you need to create a "*" record. You need to know who has the name server for your domain. If it is a hosting service, the hosting service probably has the names. They will either allow you to add the DNS record yourself through your administration page, or you can ask their support to create it for you.
3) Once you get the "*" record working, the rest is easy. In your default home page, probably default.asp, put in code like the following. This is assuming you have predefined subdomain names. If you want to dynamically create subdomains, you just need to create a mechanism to decide what home page each domain should go to. You could store the subdomain and corresponding home page in a database, or you could parse out the subdomain name and use that as a home page name, or maybe your subdomain name specifies a user, in which case you'd store it in a session variable and you later pages could reference it.
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE></TITLE>
<%
sname = Request.ServerVariables("S
sname = ucase(sname)
if InStr(sname,"subdomain1") <> 0 then
response.redirect "/SubDomain1/default.htm"
elseif InStr(sname,"Subdomain2") <> 0 then
response.redirect "/SubDomain1/default.htm"
elseif InStr(sname,"Subdomain3") <> 0 then
response.redirect "/SubDomain3/default.htm"
elseif InStr(sname,"Subdomain2") <> 0 then
response.redirect "/SubDomain3/default.htm"
end if
%>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
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</HTML>
2) If you don't get an IP address for whatever.mydomain.com, you need to create a "*" record. You need to know who has the name server for your domain. If it is a hosting service, the hosting service probably has the names. They will either allow you to add the DNS record yourself through your administration page, or you can ask their support to create it for you.
3) Once you get the "*" record working, the rest is easy. In your default home page, probably default.asp, put in code like the following. This is assuming you have predefined subdomain names. If you want to dynamically create subdomains, you just need to create a mechanism to decide what home page each domain should go to. You could store the subdomain and corresponding home page in a database, or you could parse out the subdomain name and use that as a home page name, or maybe your subdomain name specifies a user, in which case you'd store it in a session variable and you later pages could reference it.
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE></TITLE>
<%
sname = Request.ServerVariables("S
sname = ucase(sname)
if InStr(sname,"subdomain1") <> 0 then
response.redirect "/SubDomain1/default.htm"
elseif InStr(sname,"Subdomain2") <> 0 then
response.redirect "/SubDomain1/default.htm"
elseif InStr(sname,"Subdomain3") <> 0 then
response.redirect "/SubDomain3/default.htm"
elseif InStr(sname,"Subdomain2") <> 0 then
response.redirect "/SubDomain3/default.htm"
end if
%>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<P>Thank you for your interest in DataBanque. Please
select the division you are interested in</P>
<P><A href="http://www.databanque.com">DataBanque Building Product Manufacturer
Services</A></P>
<P><A href="/DBResearch">DataBan
</BODY>
</HTML>
ASKER
Hello John,
Thanks a lot :)
Regards
Peupy
Thanks a lot :)
Regards
Peupy
Sure, BTW, I just noticed a bug in the code above. I did a UCASE, so testing for the subdomains should be in caps, e.g. if InStr(sname,"SUBDOMAIN1") <> 0 then
Also I used subdomain2 and subdomain3 twice, oops.
Also I used subdomain2 and subdomain3 twice, oops.
you can ask you domain-registrar to create such a sub-domain.
-Geir