AW: [ic] Different Domainnames for one Shop

Grant emailgrant at gmail.com
Wed Oct 13 11:37:28 EDT 2004


> > > >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

Sounds good.  I'll be working on this soon and I'll report to the list.

- Grant


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