Hi All,

Here is what I want to accomplish:

A user signs up with a company name "Bob's Chiropractor".  I want to automatically genereate a subdomain: "bobschiropractor.mydomain.com" that will have an end result of redirecting to "mydomain.com/web/web.php?cid=1165".

Tom coms along, and the same thing:  Company name "Tom's Chiropractor".  I want to automatically genereate a subdomain: "tomschiropractor.mydomain.com" that will have an end result of redirecting to "mydomain.com/web/web.php?cid=1166".

My basic idea is:

-Create a subdirectory, along with an index.html file that has a META tag to redirect to the proper .php page
-Modify the vhosts file, creating a new entry with every company to link subdomain to new subdirectory

Questions become...
-Will this even work?
-What security do I also need to auto generate in which directories
-What piece of vhosts do I need to create (anyone have a sample copy I can mock up?)


Thanks so much for your time in advance!


Kyle

Hi Perestrlka,

I did the redirect with wildcard, from http://mysubdomainX.domain.com to a subdirectory with mysubdomainX files, but I would like to want to keep http://mysubdomainX.mydomain.com as URL. Instead, I have the URL as http://www.mydomain.com/mysubdomain/mypage.php.
1) Is it possible?
2)Can you show me how to do the script?

Tankyou in advance

Hi Perestrelka,

Thank you for your reply.

Sory about my english - my first language is portuguese - I have some dificulties with it.
My main domain is http://www.webmemorial.com.br
My useres can create his own pages (unfortunely it is in portuguese, so I suppose that you will have dificulties to do it) as, for example a memorial for Ayrton Senna, a famous brazilian Formula-1 pilot. So, the subdomain created is http://ayrtonsenna.wbememorial.com.br.
In fact, my php script creates a subdirectory, not a subdomain, an, when the user types the URL as http://ayrtonsenna.webmemorial.com.br it is redirect to http://www.webmemorial.com.br/inicio.php?endinter=ayrtonsenna. (please, try it) It works so fine withi all the new "subdomains"  (in fact subdirectories) created by the users.
The problem is that I would like the URL in the the browsers keep the adress as a subdomain not as a subdirectory. In the case above, http://aystonsenna.webmemorial.com.br instead of http://www.webmemorial.com.br/inicio.php?endinter=ayrtonsenna
Do you know some way to do it?
Tank you in advance.
Omar
o.daier@gmail.com

Hi Perestrelka,

Yes, I created the wildcard virtual domain for the subdomains.

Hi Perestrelka,

Thank you for your reply again.

It is better that I explain to you that I am hosting my pages in a VPS with Apache, managed by Paralles Control Panel manager.

I have made some modifications in httpd.conf (wildcard virtual domain in one of then).
The UseCanonicalName Off was setted by default.

I am sending to you my httpd.conf, so you can verify all the entrys ?  (plese tell me if I am abusing of your help - and, again sory about my english)

Regards,

Omar

Hi Perestrelka,

Oops! 
Sory, I just forgot to send it.
 now I am sending the httpd.conf (httpd_conf.txt)

Regards,

Omar

Hi Perestrelka,

In fact, the inicio.php is the first page of a site, taking data from an MySql DB
So, when the user type ayrtonsenna.webmemorial.com.br, the progran identify (via a RewriteRule in .htaccess file) a code to link datas in the DB. So, instead a creat a subdirectory for each site (or subdomain) it only takes the specific data for that page in the DB file. Did I made it clear? (I have to learm more english before learn mor php or apache).
Regards,
Omar

Hi Perestrelka,

I am sory, I have meade the confusion.
I will try to be more clear:
The first idea was to create a subdomain for each user, but I did not found a way to do it   at the same time the user genereat a new account. I just know how to create a new subdomain only by Paralles Control Panel manager - so, in this case, create by me.
So, the idea change to create a subdirectory that contais some kind of data - images, sounds, films - that the user can upload an mantain the site organazed.
But, and a big but, all the pages are the same, in the main directory, changing only personal datas (name, age, etc) recordered in a DB with an ID for each user.
But, with the wildcard virtual domain idea, The user can acess his data using a "subdomain" name created by him (you can see the idea in action if you visit two or three "diferents" pages with diferent adress:
http://ayrtonsenna.webmemorial.com.br
http://beatriz.webmemorial.com.br
http://ricardo-bicudo.webmemorial.com.br
Eache one of this users (or adresses) has hs own subdirectories to images, sounds, videos, but the main files are the same - like inicio.php - although the apearence are diferent, changing only css properties and the data of each person that are in the DB.
The new user - and I am working to translate creation files to english - can create a new internet page with a lot of options, including an exclusive adress  - and use this adress to access the page just at the next moment.
OK, they can acess the pages using the exclusive adress they created, but the URL that they see in not the exclusive adress but  http://www.webmemorial.com.br/inicio.php?endinter=hisadress as the first page and the other pages with almost the same -as you can see if you click for instance videos in Ayrton Senna's page  you will see the page http://www.webmemorial.com.br/videos.php?endinter=ayrtonsenna
I don´t like this way to show the pages. I would like to show tham like subdomais.
I hope that with this explanation you can undrestand it. If not, please tell me that I can ask for a help here to someone hera that has a better englesh that I.
Thank you very much for your patience
Regards,

Omar