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How do I use folders to define websites?

I want to host several websites on my local machine. So I have created multiple folders under wwwroot for each site. For example:

wwwroot/site1
wwwroot/site2

Now when I hit the url www.site1.com I get the index.html under wwwroot not under wwwroot/site1. How do I do that? Or am I on he wrong track here.

geowrian

I'm assuming you are using IIS as the web server. If so, open the Internet Information Services Manager, expand "Sites", and create a new site. Then point it at each of those folders.

See: https://support.comodo.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=776 (IIS 6)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772350%28v=ws.10%29.aspx (IIS 7)

Jagadishwor Dulal

That is correct the web should not show you the root directory. As you mention it is correct wwwroot/site1 is www.site1.com why you need wwwroot there it have been managed by domain name which look for the root folder and your root is site1 so it retrieve file index.html and show to your user. Similarly second site is www.site2.com and others.

sclarkny

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geowrian:

how do I do this using Win 7 Pro?

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sclarkny

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I am running IIS7

geowrian

The instructions above should work fine, then. So should the second link in my earlier posting. Let us know how it works out.