I am developing a login and account system for use with an existing website, this will run on a subdomain under the main site url.
I would like to use a subdomain that is generic enough so it isn't tied to an account system but not off-putting to users.
I was thinking of www2 but I am concerned people will see this and think its not "legitimate".
Thanks
Some more context.
The new site is currently used for the login and account system but I will eventually migrate the whole website to the new system, this means the services and pages served by the subdomain will very a lot so it can't be specific to one thing.
Try something generic in the interest / knowledge domain of the existing website. What does the existing website do or provide? This can help you determine a proper subdomain.
Some generic examples:
info.domain.com
account.domain.com
auth.domain.com
app.domain.com
to.domain.com
Providing a better subdomain is going to require some more context.
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I'm a member of a small society with an html website (cmyf.org.uk) built many years ago -most of the information is static and very rarely edited but we would like to add blogging and other functionality. My question is, should we set up a CMS site under a new domain name, or is there a way to combine the existing static site and a new section with modern CMS under the same domain name, without needing to import existing content into the new CMS? We are working with a very small budget so would like to save on domain hosting costs.
You can easily create a dedicated subdomain, i.e.blog.cmyf.org.uk, and set up any cms just for blogging purposes (e.g. WordPress or Ghost CMS). Ask your domain provider or server admin for help - by definition creating and configuring a subdomain is free (in comparison to registration a new domain).
Most of the common off the shelf CMS/blogging software can be relatively easily configured to run from a subdirectory under the webroot.
That would be one way to have both sites co-exist happily, on the same webhosting package and domain.
There may well be other or more desirable ways to accomplish the same thing but they all depend on the details (which software/blogplatform, what webhostingcompany and what kind of features they offer, etc.)
I'm new to coding, quite obviously. I created a web design using HTML in Adobe brackets. How do I create my own website from here? Like getting a domain or host. Not sure if those are even the right words to use
Welcome to the wonderful world of web development! Congrats on making your first HTML site.
I am not sure how much you know about the topic, so I will try to explain the basics of getting a site "online".
Websites essentially allow you to access other people's HTML documents in a file directory. You have probably noticed some URLs in the form "www.example.com/file.html". This means that to get your site online, you will need a computer to "host" your HTML files from. Since you probably don't want to leave your computer on 24/7, you will need to use a web hosting service. There are loads of web hosting companies that offer similar services, but they all have the same goal essentially - providing the means for people to remotely access your files. My hosting service of choice is Digital Ocean because they offer a decent price on a small web server. Through your web server (which is essentially a computer running Linux in a warehouse somewhere), you can install web server software (like Apache) which will allow you place your html files into a special directory which will can be accessed from a web browser (something like /var/www/html). Once your files are uploaded to your server, you can access your website through your server's IP address (some esoteric number in the form of http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx).
Of course, you don't access websites through an IP address (at least most humans don't). This is where a "domain name" comes in. The web provides a nifty feature (DNS) which allows you to map a domain name to an IP address. So you can go to your favorite domain purchasing website (something like GoDaddy, which you have probably heard of) and purchase an open domain name of choice. Once you purchase the domain (something like DragonFire09.com), you can map this domain name to your web server's IP address.
These are the two main steps to getting a site online! I hope this provides some insight. Note that getting a website online costs money because you need to pay for a hosting service and a domain, however its a great experience because along the way you will get your hands dirty with Linux and other parts of the web stack.
Of course, you can always create files locally and test them through your own web browser free of charge.
Good luck!
Presently, we host our java/j2ee web application with a third party hosting company.
Application URL is like abc-xyz.com
This primary domain abc-xyz.com is going to expire in couple of months. Client doesn't want to use this domain anymore and wants to register completely a new domain. In order to accomodate primary domain change, what needs to be done? Thank you.
This is a very broad subject.
If your client is willing to pay for the service why not just let the hosting company move the contents to the new domain. As far as what to do with the web application it really depends on where and how paths have been declared.
Some developers use static paths. I have seen some sites store the domain name in a text file and reference it through out the site, so a path would look like this where
x='new domain name'
<img src="x/images/yourpic.png">
However using static paths can be very frustrating. It is better to use relative paths in respect to the root of the domain. So the above would look like this instead:
<img src="../images/yourpic.png">
Another thing to consider are the paths to the datasources. If you are running something like cold fusion the datasource is set in the cold fusion administrator so moving a site can be as simple as moving the tables and pages then ensuring that the datasources are set correctly. In php developers typically will set a connect function for all database connections in one file.
This may or may not answer your question but the bottom line is that it really depends on how the site is structured and what type of platform is being used.
Okay, here's the situation. I've had a bluehost account for several years and am happy enough with it I'm unwilling to move without a really good reason. However, I'm finding more and more that the best solution to the main use for one of my domains is to have a fairly simple rails app running to cover that.
The rails app could easily be front-ended by two forms on the landing page, each with a couple of follow-up pages, but I want the URL always to show "mysite.com" rather than "myapp.heroku.com". I also want to continue to use my email addresses with this site. I don't expect the app to see heavy usage, and am unlikely to go over the 750 hr/mo free time on heroku.
I currently use Rails 3, and would likely have trouble stepping back to rails 2 in my thinking. I'm also not very good at programming in rails, or anything else for that matter, so I'd like not to confuse myself any more than necessary.
So what's my solution here? Transfer the whole domain to Heroku? Embed partials of the app in the landing page? Can I keep email addresses working with Heroku? Can I transfer just the www.mysite.com to heroku, but have everything else involved with the domain hit bluehost?
I'm open to advice.
Heroku doesn't provide any email hosting/sending itself - so you either bring your own or use one of the Heroku addons like SendGrid for sending mail from your application.
Of course, you can just leave you email etc with Bluehost provided that you can modify the DNS and change your www record to be a CNAME to proxy.heroku.com (after you've added the custom domain addon to your Heroku application)
I just did this with blue host and heroku where I hosted my app on heroku and wanted to keep email on blue host. I am using DNS Made easy so your mileage may vary but I had to create an A record pointing to the ip address 69.89.31.63, you name the A record mail.yourdomain.com
and then create an mx record pointing to 69.89.31.63. I am on the cedar stack.
I am learning the html course from the available tutorials on the internet. And with that knowledge I have developed some html files and I believe there is more to go. These files consist of our old school friends and their present condition and what they're doing. I have created a bunch of html files. Like I have created a website for now named as www.mypage.com
Arjun
So in the href I'm just giving the path but those files are in my desktop pc itself. How do I put them on internet and share with my friends who are living somewhere out of this town. I want to reunite all of my school friends using these files. But where do I upload them and make it like a webiste to my friends? Is there any free way to do that? Or any possible way to reach it.
And I'm saying sorry if the question is not for the tag I mentioned. Please let me know and I remove the tag. I don't know what is the link to wikiposts to share my views. If you know then let me see the link. Thank you.
Find a web hosting service (Google knows lots)
Sign up
Follow their instructions
Arjun
And use relative uris
I use http://webhosting.uk.com ... for about £32 a year you get asp.net hosting and access to sql server.
then you simply ftp up to your website something like this (using windows explorer) ....
ftp://mysite.com <-- not a real link
... that would then open up the remote server as if it was a local folder so you could drag and drop your files straight over.
there's an online chat link on the top right of the homepage, the support staff will walk you through getting setup.
don't forget though ... the cost of the domain name that's the bit that turns your server ip address in to stuff like google.co.uk ... I highly recommend them.
I shall just expand on Quentin's answer, because it is clear that you are new.
What you need is a web hosting service. This is a service which hosts your html pages, meaning stores them in their own computers, and also displays them to the world as webpages. Web hosting services are usually paid, but there are some excellent free services if your content is not too big. A simple and free service that I would recommend is Google Sites. You could also try Google App Engine, where you have more freedom and control over your content, but for the same reason it is a little more advanced. But since you are learning html, I believe it is a wise idea to learn more about these services and related concepts.
When you upload your files, the html links need to be changed. They can no longer point to files in your hard drive. When you upload these files, there will be a directory structure in it. All you need to do is place hyperlinks with relative addresses.
And about what your website will be called, www.whatever.com, that is quite another business. For that, you need to register your own domain name, for which you must pay. If you don't want to, then your website will be labelled something under the hosting service domain name. This forum is not adequate to go into a more elaborate explanation of all this, but I think I have mentioned all the key terms, so do some research!