AW: [ic] Different Domainnames for one Shop

[Ed LaFrance (New Media E.M.S.)]

At 06:04 PM 10/12/2004, you wrote:

> > >Hallo Tom.
> > >
> > > > I am not sure what you are asking exaclty, or what your purpose
> > > > is, but cant
> > > > you just set up ServerAlias in the httpd.conf file
> > > > ServerName example.com
> > > > ServerAlias example.net example.org example.jp example.fr 
> www.example.com
> > >
> > >Thanks for your idea.
> > >
> > >The problem is not the HTTP server, it's more an Interchange problem that
> > >you configure a static server name in the variable database.
> > >Example :
> > >You open the url www.example.com. The SERVER_NAME is set to 
> www.example.net.
> > >In the moment you hit a link on the website the url will change from
> > >www.example.com to www.example.net.
> > >Some users can be confused about that.
> > >
> > >I'll have a look about that what Sandy had written a few days ago.
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >
> > >Lars
> >
> > I coded this before, for a client, some time ago. I'm not sure if the ever
> > used it. The basic approach was to first set apache to use the same IP,
> > document root and script alias for the various different domain names. Then
> > the key variables, such as SERVER_NAME, were defined directly in
> > catalog.cfg (instead of variable.txt) with their initial values. Finally, a
> > block of Perl in an Autoload would examine the inbound URL modify the
> > values of the key catalog variables accordingly. In the case of this
> > client, store names, logos, order emails, and other things were dependent
> > on the domain name, my code did a lookup in a table that was keyed on
> > domain to get the other values.
> >
> > I spent a bit of time looking through my archives to see if I could post it
> > for you, but I was unable to locate a copy, and it has been so long...
> >
> > - Ed
>
>Hi Ed,
>
>I'm very interested in setting something like that up.  Any advice on
>getting it running?  Potential pitfalls?  Was it as straightforward as
>you make it sound?
>
>What would the value for SERVER_NAME be with a multiple-domain setup like 
>this?
>
>- Grant
>

I recall that it worked fine, but it was some time ago. The variables that 
are to be assigned dynamically, like SERVER_NAME, can have any arbitrary 
initial value, since they are reassigned immediately anyway. There may be 
pitfalls, I really don't know.

- Ed


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