Best way to hide URL

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  1. #1
    Hello,

    I was wondering what is the best way to display a site of someone alse and have your url in browser? For example I work with an affiliate program and I want people to bookmark my URL, not theirs and also try to make it look like it is still my site (affiliate site is co-branded).

    Now I use frams with one frame set on top and I make size of this frame only 1 pix, and than their site displays in main window. Is this good option, or is there any better alternative?

    Reps given for all legitimate answers.
     
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  2. Wicked Sushi

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    Yeah, it sounds like doing the frame thing would be the best option for you.
     
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    For what you are trying to achieve I would suggest using frames as well
     
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    Most of the merchants don't allow frames. I used that few years ago, they send me warning about that.
     
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    Katy Moderator Staff

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    You could simply rewrite the URL with mod_rewrite. ;)

    So that if someone clicks on alien.com they see human.com in the URL bar.

    Google for some tutorials.
     
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    This is now blocked in some newer browsers due to the use of this in phishing sites. It is frowned upon.
     
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    Katy Moderator Staff

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    I'm using that on my site and it works perfectly in all browsers, both new and old. :p
     
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    Use a php code in a php file.
    Rename site.com to the site you want the php file to redirect to.
     
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    Note ...that i had tried doing this with one affiliate program. Later I realised that no registrations were registered against my name. It was then that the affilate informed me that their program could not track my affilate id if it was put in frames.
    The solutions would really depend on how their back end would have been developed.
    So you could use FRAMES, IFRAMES, POP-UPs
     
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    Thanks for your help, I guess I'll go with frames, sice it is simple and it worked for me in the past.

    Reps given to everyone.
     
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