Maybe silly question, using different URL to FTP etc

corena · January 31, 2011, 01:14:19 PM

Hello,

Am in a partnership and this is how things work.

My friend has website with his own FTP and URL. I will host a forum, but we want to be able to use my FTP to have the forum installed on but use his URL.

So he has his website with his FTP and URL like:
hxxp:myfriend.com [nonactive]

And then we have our SMF forum located on my FTP but with his URL set-up like:
hxxp:myfriend.com/forum [nonactive] (or hxxp:myfriend.com/index.php?action= [nonactive])

Is this possible and how do you set-this up.

Bare in mind very new to this stuff.

Masterd · January 31, 2011, 01:15:18 PM

Can you be more specific?

Illori · January 31, 2011, 01:19:35 PM

you wish to have more then one ftp account with different folder access? you would have to set this up in the control panel provided to you by your host. this has nothing to do with the way smf works if i understand your question correctly.

corena · January 31, 2011, 01:21:12 PM

So he has his website with his FTP and URL like:
hxxp:myfriend.com [nonactive]

his website is on hxxp:myfriend.com [nonactive] (just an example) on his own FTP and URL.

And then we a SMF forum located on my FTP (not his) but with his URL set-up like:
hxxp:myfriend.com/forum [nonactive] (or hxxp:myfriend.com/index.php?action= [nonactive])

So we want to set-up a SMF forum on my FTP but use a URL this is in use on a different FTP and website.

How can I be more specific?

Ok to new reply, I don't want two folder set-ups.

To put simple, I want to install SMF forum on my FTP but use a different URL (myfriend.com) that's located on a different FTP/Website.

Hope you understand, very new to this.

CapadY · January 31, 2011, 01:43:19 PM

Are those url's on the same server ?

corena · January 31, 2011, 01:45:40 PM

No,

FTP1: Main website with main URL set-up as hxxp:myfriend.com [nonactive]
FTP2: SMF forum Install with URL of hxxp:myfriend.com/forum [nonactive] (or whatever sub link SMF produces for it)

This is how we want it.

Illori · January 31, 2011, 01:49:22 PM

so ftp2 is on a different host/server so you are paying for hosting the /forum separately from the main website?

corena · January 31, 2011, 01:59:33 PM

Quote from: Illori on January 31, 2011, 01:49:22 PM
so ftp2 is on a different host/server so you are paying for hosting the /forum separately from the main website?

Yes and yes.

The main website and forum would be two separate FTP's paid separately. The main website is on one FTP with the main url, the forum is on my separate FTP which we will like to use the same url but with the sub url SMF will create (myfriend.com/index.php?action=forum)

Illori · January 31, 2011, 02:01:47 PM

usually it is not possible to use a sub folder of a domain with a separate server, you would redirect the root of the domain to another host/server but not parts from what I have seen.

corena · January 31, 2011, 02:21:49 PM

Okay so not possible then? bummer?

Maybe someone else knows if it's possible?

Illori · January 31, 2011, 02:25:06 PM

you could try googling it, or asking your host they would know best if it is possible at all.

CapadY · January 31, 2011, 03:05:58 PM

No, it is not possible to use the same url at different servers, unless they are physicaly linked.

What you want is an url on one server and a sub of the same url on another server. Not possible.

corena · January 31, 2011, 03:48:17 PM

Yeah, want URL on one ftp server, and then a sub URL of that URL on another ftp server.

I checked on google cant find much apart from one person saying it's possible but no guide as to how.

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Maybe silly question, using different URL to FTP etc