web names (multiple domains on one hosting account)

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Hi Everybody hope you can help? i have a web site already and would like to set up a new one with a different name but want to know if i can use the same web area as my original one as i only use a small amount of the allocated space is this possible? and how do i set it up?

example: nms mortgages.co.uk is the original and as 250mb of space which i only use 50mb
and major fascias.co.uk is my new one but i want it uploaded on the same space using the remaining 200mb

hope you can help
thank you very much

shaun

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It really depends on what your webhost allows. You'll want to check with them to see if that kind of thing is allowable.

Many do allow this, including Pair ([url]www.pair.com)[/url], the webhost I personally use.

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shaun333;210956 wrote: Hi Everybody hope you can help? i have a web site already and would like to set up a new one with a different name but want to know if i can use the same web area as my original one as i only use a small amount of the allocated space is this possible? and how do i set it up?

example: nms mortgages.co.uk is the original and as 250mb of space which i only use 50mb
and major fascias.co.uk is my new one but i want it uploaded on the same space using the remaining 200mb

hope you can help
thank you very much

shaun

Just put your new url as an addon i have about 20 addon's at the moment it just points the url to a specific folder

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Some hosting companies allow it such as Godaddy for their top two hosting levels. You can also get a reseller hosting account. The keep is to look for unlimited domains or a specific number that are allowed.

Best of luck.

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the host i use is free for 6mths and the just £2.50 a month thereafter and offer unlimited adons and mysql which is perfect for me as i rent out db's

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Hi all,

Similar problem: this is what I am currently trying to do too.

I have DomainOne.com and DomainTwo.com with my hosting on DomainOne.com. DomainTwo.com is currently forwarded to DomainOne.com/DomainTwo

I read in thread 31569 that you, timjpriebe, have this (or similar) for your two websites in your signature, correct?

This is what is currently going on with my two sites, but there is more I want to do as I don't want 'framed forwarding' with DomainTwo.com as currently, if I go to DomainTwo.com/PageOne.php it forwards straight to DomainOne.com/DomainTwo and that is also displayed in the address bar.

What I want is to be able to click on DomainTwo.com/PageOne.php and it is forwarded to DomainOne.com/DomainTwo/PageOne.php but DomainTwo.com.PageOne.php is displayed in the address bar. Is this even possible?

Sorry about the thread-jack, but I think this is a similar problem though!

Thanks,
fakelvis

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Fakelvis, that type of setup is usually no problem if your web server lets you have multiple domains on one hosting account. When it asks you to enter a path for the domain you're setting up, you just enter the appropriate path.

Say your site is at /usr/fakelvis/public_html/DomainOne.com

When you go to set up DomainTwo.com, just enter the path /usr/fakelvis/public_html/DomainOne.com/DomainTwo.com

Of course, this assumes your web host lets you specify exactly where in your directory structure the domain will point to.

And yes, I do have a the two domains in my signature under one hosting account. Plus about 25 or so other domains.

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