huggies
05-16-2009, 05:42 PM
Hi everyone, I apologize if this has been asked in similar manner...I did a chat with bluehost a few weeks ago and I ended up more confused than when I started.
My setup:
1. kiddo_one.com -> My main domain. It's a wordpress blog, that's stored at root (directly in public_html)
2. familyname.com -> Recently purchased, currently a parked domain. NOTE: I am using a wordpress plugin that allows 2 or more different domains to be displayed in address window (i.e. masked URLs) regardless of the url setting within wordpress. With this plugin, right now, both kiddo_one.com/x and familyname.com/x show the same content with different domains in address window.
3. kiddo_two.com -> recently purchased, currently nothing yet. I own it but it's not set up in bluehost yet. (kiddo #2 coming in July)
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What I am trying to accomplish:
Use the one wordpress blog to now contain information about both kids. In general, they should be masked (act like parked domains) with the exception of:
A) familyname.comn (currently parked) never redirects. It always points to /public_html (i.e. the full wordpress blog).
B) kiddo_one.com/ (just root URL) redirects to familyname.com/tag/kiddo_one (in other words, goes to a specific URL of the familyname.com domain). Only the main homepage URL of kiddo_one.com...everything else in kiddo_one.com domain would be a mask of the familyname.com.
C) kiddo_two.com/ (just root URL) redirects to familyname.com/tag/kiddo_two (in other words, goes to a specific URL of the familyname.com domain). Only the main homepage URL of kiddo_two.com...everything else in kiddo_two.com would be a mask of familyname.com.
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Now, when I did a chat with Bluehost, they said I could NOT redirect my main domain (currently kiddo_one.com) to a specific URL within a parked domain (currently familyname.com) because behind the scenes, the parked domain is doing a masked redirect back to main domain anyway...so trying to do this in essence would create a redirect loop error.
Then I asked about changing the familyname.com FROM parked TO main, and changing kiddo_one.com FROM main to parked. However, that ultimately won't work for my purposes, because you can never redirect a parked domain to anything other than /public_html/.
THE FINAL OPTION GIVEN BY BLUEHOST:
1. Change familyname.com (currently parked) to an add-on domain
2. do a CNAME entry from familyname.com to (still main) kiddo_one.com (in essence making it like a parked domain)
3. do a redirect of just the root of kiddo_one.com/ to familyname.com
According to them, this would achieve the flexibility of mostly doing a masked domain (like a parked), while still being able to redirect a specific (i.e just the homepage) URL.
However, reading some more, a cname entry seems like it only applies to subdomains? Does it even make sense to "Do a cname entry" from one whole domain to another?
Any ideas for achieving what I'm trying to do?
Much thanks in advance.
My setup:
1. kiddo_one.com -> My main domain. It's a wordpress blog, that's stored at root (directly in public_html)
2. familyname.com -> Recently purchased, currently a parked domain. NOTE: I am using a wordpress plugin that allows 2 or more different domains to be displayed in address window (i.e. masked URLs) regardless of the url setting within wordpress. With this plugin, right now, both kiddo_one.com/x and familyname.com/x show the same content with different domains in address window.
3. kiddo_two.com -> recently purchased, currently nothing yet. I own it but it's not set up in bluehost yet. (kiddo #2 coming in July)
===================
What I am trying to accomplish:
Use the one wordpress blog to now contain information about both kids. In general, they should be masked (act like parked domains) with the exception of:
A) familyname.comn (currently parked) never redirects. It always points to /public_html (i.e. the full wordpress blog).
B) kiddo_one.com/ (just root URL) redirects to familyname.com/tag/kiddo_one (in other words, goes to a specific URL of the familyname.com domain). Only the main homepage URL of kiddo_one.com...everything else in kiddo_one.com domain would be a mask of the familyname.com.
C) kiddo_two.com/ (just root URL) redirects to familyname.com/tag/kiddo_two (in other words, goes to a specific URL of the familyname.com domain). Only the main homepage URL of kiddo_two.com...everything else in kiddo_two.com would be a mask of familyname.com.
====================
Now, when I did a chat with Bluehost, they said I could NOT redirect my main domain (currently kiddo_one.com) to a specific URL within a parked domain (currently familyname.com) because behind the scenes, the parked domain is doing a masked redirect back to main domain anyway...so trying to do this in essence would create a redirect loop error.
Then I asked about changing the familyname.com FROM parked TO main, and changing kiddo_one.com FROM main to parked. However, that ultimately won't work for my purposes, because you can never redirect a parked domain to anything other than /public_html/.
THE FINAL OPTION GIVEN BY BLUEHOST:
1. Change familyname.com (currently parked) to an add-on domain
2. do a CNAME entry from familyname.com to (still main) kiddo_one.com (in essence making it like a parked domain)
3. do a redirect of just the root of kiddo_one.com/ to familyname.com
According to them, this would achieve the flexibility of mostly doing a masked domain (like a parked), while still being able to redirect a specific (i.e just the homepage) URL.
However, reading some more, a cname entry seems like it only applies to subdomains? Does it even make sense to "Do a cname entry" from one whole domain to another?
Any ideas for achieving what I'm trying to do?
Much thanks in advance.