Please help me with ServerAlias and ServerName issues

Discussion in 'Apache' started by locals, Aug 30, 2009.

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    I am trying to use wordpress mu on a godaddy shared hosting server, with subdomains and not sub folders.

    IT CAN BE DONE . . . i have actually accomplished it once, but it was with the help of godaddy, now they are avoiding the topic and I can remember how i did it.

    I have already set up the wild card in the dns and also created the subdomain in my control panel area HOW EVER

    when i go to THESUBDOMAIN.mywebsite.com

    i get a 403 error - possibly to do with the htaccess file.

    But my problem comes in because i have to edit ServerAlias and ServerName somewhere and i dont remember how or where i did it.


    when i add

    
<VirtualHost dedicated ip>
DocumentRoot /home/content/myinfo/html/myfolder
ServerAlias *.mysite.com
ServerName [url]www.mysite.com[/url]
</VirtualHost>
    Code (markup):
    to my htaccess file

    
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /

#uploaded files
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/$ index.php [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/(.*) wp-content/blogs.php?file=$2 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule . - [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-.*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]


<IfModule mod_security.c>
<Files async-upload.php>
SecFilterEngine Off
SecFilterScanPOST Off
</Files>
</IfModule>
    Code (markup):

    i get an internal server 500 error.

    So my question is WHERE DO I POSSIBLY EDIT or can apply please remember i am on shared hosting so i can not access the httpd.conf file

    ServerAlias *.mysite.com
    ServerName www.mysite.com

    please remember i am on shared hosting so i can not access the httpd.conf file




    THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP !
     
    locals, Aug 30, 2009 IP
  2. szalinski

    szalinski Peon

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    Well first of all you can forget about adding any <VirtualHost> containers into a htaccess, it's not allowed. You'll most likely find how to use a htaccess to map subdomain requests to subfolders on the httpd wiki, that's about all you can do on shared hosting anyway.
     
    szalinski, Aug 30, 2009 IP
  3. locals

    locals Well-Known Member

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    thanks for your quick response. . . so i have heard a little about this domain mappping, how ever can you explain more . . . i would like something similar to:

    myblog.mysite.com

    to show up in the search engines. If i have to set everything up in a subfolder first then that is what I am willing to do but I would really like the subdomain to be shown in searches rather than the subfolder THANKS AGAIN !
     
    locals, Aug 30, 2009 IP