How To Mask URL?
I want to mask the URL displayed on the ADDRESS BAR how can I do like that? Say.. I want to redirect the domain name ABC.COM to say XYZ.COM but I want to show the URL ABC.COM on the ADDRESS BAR instead of XYZ.COM. Plase help me...
I want to mask the URL displayed on the ADDRESS BAR how can I do like that? Say.. I want to redirect the domain name ABC.COM to say XYZ.COM but I want to show the URL ABC.COM on the ADDRESS BAR instead of XYZ.COM. Plase help me...
kazimmerman posted this at 13:26 — 29th January 2009.
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Well, assuming you have mod_rewrite on (you can check phpinfo(); to see), you can place the following in a file called ".htaccess" in your root folder.
RewriteEngine OnRewriteRule ^ABC.COM$ XYZ.COM [NC,L]
You would change ABC.COM to the full URL you want to appear in the address bar and XYZ.COM to the URL you want to actually be accessed. NC simply means that the string is case-insensitive, and L means that if this rule is matched, stop; that's really most important if you have multiple rewrite rules.
Kurtis
pr0gr4mm3r posted this at 14:25 — 29th January 2009.
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Why would you want to mask the actual domain?
decibel.places posted this at 13:52 — 1st February 2009.
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I have a client who is an ad agency
I built a "Leadtracker" site with Drupal to collect and analyze campaign data, primarily with webforms and Google Analytics (we're also testing Clicky and Woopra)
The main website has its own domain name (which should only be viewed by admin), and we're running a few multisites off the same code. There are several "satellite" sites on and off the Drupal site that drive traffic to the main site for various campaigns.
Many campaigns have their own "masked" domain name - useful for analytics and tracking
We are masking them with the GoDaddy URL mask feature, which places the masked url in a frame (I did not pick GoDaddy, but this is a convenient tool). You could alternatively set up your own framed/masked url.
It works...
jane0109 posted this at 11:04 — 1st February 2009.
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Can I use a tinyurl generator?
decibel.places posted this at 13:51 — 1st February 2009.
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tinyurl is a neat way to shorten a long meaningless url
however, it is not that good for SEO
sasakakee posted this at 15:24 — 20th February 2009.
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try doing a 301 redirect if you want to redirect one domain to another..
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