How to fix the URL in adress bar of visitor's browser?

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by ravianz, Dec 26, 2005.

  1. #1
    hi,
    i was unable to find any apropriate subforum for this post anyway my Question is that i want to fix my url in adress bar of visitor's browser. for example when a visitor comes to www.thedesktopfun.com and then moves on to some internal page like www.thedesktopfun.com/cricket/ , he reaches to the next page but url diplayed is not changed in his adress bar. i have seen this with pakranks.com, how can i do it?
     
    ravianz, Dec 26, 2005 IP
  2. cagintranet

    cagintranet Well-Known Member

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    its an option in the control panel of your host if you are using the domain forwarding feature. I think its called "Masking"

    example:
    i have a domain: pittsburghsource.net
    when i goto that page, i end up seeing the URL: pghsource.cagintranet.com
    --- because i have "Masking" turned OFF
     
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  3. tflight

    tflight Peon

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    I'm not sure why you would want this to happen, but it is accomplished by using frames. If you view the source of the site you mentioned you will see how the frameset is setup.
     
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  4. cagintranet

    cagintranet Well-Known Member

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    Oh, yeah - that'll do it too. But i agree - there really is no good reason to do it. I always felt that it would confuse the end user.
     
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  5. sixty6

    sixty6 Well-Known Member

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    Your right. I used Yahoo! Domain Registration and it had a masking option. I also know that cPanel allows you to redirect pages in your site to other pages easily.
     
    sixty6, Dec 26, 2005 IP