need help with multi-hosted domains setup...

[LargoChuck]

Just purchased the Gigadeal. I am able to log in and see the CPanel, I can FTP and so on.

My main domain name will be www.pphs.net (right now it is currently just an IP address).

I want to host 2 other domain names I have (www.deesdenlounge.com & www.justbostons.com) that are currently pointed to another hosting company (I am leaving).

How do I accomplish this through Multi-Hosted Domains?

I read the following in the setup and have no clue as to what to put for the username/directory/subdomain name....

3 Enter the name of the directory which conatins the subdomain you are using the addon domain with in the blank field next to Username/directory/subdomain Name:

I don't want all 3 URL's to point to one webpage, they need to have their own seperate websites. I am a newb, I hope I'm making sense.

Chuck

[Ron]

First create a subdomain to hold each of the multihosted domains.

ie: create subdomains ddl and jb

Then go into the multihosting area and point each one to the proper subdomain

(i.e. <your uname>/www/jb and <your uname>/www/ddl)

Notes:
1) In the above example, replace <your uname> with your actual JAG username!! lol
2) You'll have to point all the domains to JAG's nameservers (currently suggested ns3.nocdirect.com and ns4.nocdirect.com)


I think this is what you're looking to do. Let us know how it works out!

[jason]

The new CPanel-based multihosted domain setup is brand new and I haven't had the opportunity to try it out yet.

It looks as though three things will be set up automatically when you set up the multihosted domain: a subdomain, an ftp account, and of course the multihosted domain. The username/directory/subdomain field determines what will be used for your FTP username and the subdomain (dogs.cats.com if cats.com is your primary domain name and you enter dogs in this field). Password would be the FTP password you'll use to access that directory by ftp (you can also use your primary account to access it. When you set this up you'll end up with the following:

an FTP account to access only the multihosted site (not your entire account)
a subdomain address to access this site through
a directry inside your public_html where you can put the files for this site

So, say you are currently hosting cats.com and you want to multihost dogs.com. In the form enter:

New domain anme: dogs.com
Username/directory/subdomain name: dogs
Password: whatever you want

Don't do anything with the redirection settings.

Then you be able to access your dogs.com site by dogs.cats.com or just dogs.com once the DNS is switched and it has time to propagate. You can upload your site either using the "dogs" ftp account or your main site's.

At least that's how I understand it from looking at the page. I'll likely be setting up a new multihosted domain in the next week or two, but as of right now I haven't used that feature.

--Jason

[Connie]

I just recently set up three multihosted domains. Not sure if it was the old or New CP set up. Here is what I did. In CP I set up the folder for the mutlithosted domains. Then I opened a support ticket to inform support. Final step was to change the DNS at the registrar for the domain names to Jag.

Ron and Jason know a lot more about this than I do. Just sharing an experience which was pretty simple and painless.

[Gwaihir]

That's the old way, Connie. With the new way you should be able to handle this without needing support.

[jason]

I tried the new multihost setup feature yesterday and found that it won't work with existing sites. When you try to set up a multihost it checks the DNS settings for the host you are setting up. If it finds any that do not match with JPC's servers, it back out and doesn't set anything up. So much for moving sites with zero downtime.

A quick ticket and a few minutes wait for Masood's response get the site set up for me the "old fashioned" way. If you're sites already exist, I'd recommend doing as Connie suggested in his post.

--Jason

[mgroot]

I too keep having problems with setting up multi-hosted sites.. I was able to do one myself, every other one (as well as parked domains) have required the support people to set it up.

[Broker]

Now let me quick as a cleaving question to all of this…and excuse myself but I am a newbie to all of this…but I having fun with this….

I have set up www.xyz.com as a main domain name and I have another website called www.abc.com and want it to be on the same exact server as the www.xcyz.com .

I need to add a folder to the www.xyz.com website for the www.abc.com website to sit in, but I can pull www.abc.com website up as an independent website without having to have a direct link to the www.xyz.com website?

Am I understanding this correctly, this would be then a Multi-Hosted (Addon) Domain?

[JPC-Masood]

Am I understanding this correctly, this would be then a Multi-Hosted (Addon) Domain?

Yes that is correct.

[Vin DSL]

AFAIK, a multi-hosted domain needs to be in a sub-domain, not just a regular folder.

For Instance:

http://vindsl.com/

http://vindsl.lenon.com/

Am I wrong about this?!?!?

[Broker]

AFAIK, a multi-hosted domain needs to be in a sub-domain, not just a regular folder.

For Instance:

http://vindsl.com/

http://vindsl.lenon.com/

Am I wrong about this?!?!?

To my understanding theses are two different things.

A sub is directly connected to the main domain and is part of the main domain and a multi is a second website just using the same server. .....I think....

[Daniel_DBS]

Yes Vin,

To have a multihosted, addon domain, there must be a subdomain created for it. Since cPanel automatically does this, there is no real need to confuse the newcomers with it.

[Vin DSL]

cPanel automatically does this, there is no real need to confuse the newcomers with it...

Thanks for verifying... (I just woke up and didn't have any Black Magic yet)

I'm not trying to obfuscate the situation - I'm trying to exemplify it!

Dude, I could swear I wrote a HOWTO on this. Basically...

1. Let cPanel create a subdomain for you - don't create a folder and tell cPanel to convert it to a subdomain, otherwise it will take forever to propagate.
   
   
2. Point the domain (that you want to multi-host) to JagPC servers, at your domain registrar, and wait for it to FULLY propagate (around the world) - this can take 2-3 days, so don't rush this step!
   
   
3. Once EVERYTHING has propagated, have cPanel convert the subdomain to a multi-hosted domain.

That's basically it...

If you're in a hurry, I *think* Tech Support can slipstream the process, but they cannot do anything about world-wide domain name propagation!

Besides, it's more fun to do it yourself...

[jason]

CPanel can automatically create the subdomain and multihosted domain (as well as an FTP account for the multhosted domain) all in one step.

In the "old days" before JPC added multihosted domains to cPanel we would have to create a subdomain and then ask support to add the multihosted domain on top of that. Now it call all be done with one form in cPanel.

@Broker: there is one caveat to all of this, though. If the domain you want to multihost already exists in a DNS server somewhere else (i.e. the site is up and running on a different server) you won't be able to set up multihosting on it yourself. Instead you'll have do as I said in the above paragraph (the "old way"): create a subdomain and then ask support to manually set up the multihosting. This is a limitation of cPanel for security purposes--it prevents you from setting up a fake "microsoft.com" or something like that.

--Jason