subdomain of addon domain in addon directory, is it possible ?

[Hadoken]

Hello,
I would like to know if it is possible to create a subdomain of addon directory in addon directory ?
Here is an exemple of my directory :

public_html              (www.primarydomain.com)
    addondom             (www.addondom.com)

I would like to create img.addondom.com, but each time I try to create this subdomain, 'img' directory is created under public_html and not under addondom , like that :

public_html             (www.primarydomain.com)
    img                 (img.addondom.com)
    addondom            (www.addondom.com)

What I want, it's 'img' subdomain directory is created under addondom directory like that :

public_html                  (www.primarydomain.com)
    addondom                 (www.addondom.com)
        img                  (img.addondom.com)

How can I do that ?
Thank you very much

Have a great day.

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Hadoken

[whatrevolution]

Originally Posted by Hadoken

How can I do that ?

Can't.

The subdomain configuration in cPanel is posting the data you enter in that form to a CGI script, which does the work of writing and deleting lines in httpd.conf, BIND named.conf, and resets the BIND daemon.

The fact that the subdomain's directory is ~/public_html/subdomain/ is something which is written into those CGI and shell scripts, and as such, is not something HostGator techs are likely to change for you. That would damage the consistency of their system, possibly break other scripted procedures, and you can guarantee it would confuse most Support Techs who happened across it, later... if they noticed at all.

[slapshotw]

Whatrevolution isn't correct on this one. You can easily do a subdomain on an addon domain with cPanel. Just make your addon domain, then go to "subdomains." You'll have the addon domain in the dropdown box and can choose the folder structure you want.

[Hadoken]

Hello,
Thank for your answer everyone.

slapshotw : I tried different things but I still have the problem. The directory of the subdomain is always created under the primary domain.
Here is what I did :
subdomain.addondomain.com : subdomain was created under primary domain.

subdomain.addondomain.primarydomain.com : subdomain was created under primary domain again.

What can I do ? Can you try it on your own ? Thank you .


whatrevolution : thank you very much for these precision. I think I will link to the directory of the primary domain. But it's not very good about my script that are stored in addon domain, the php $_SERVER_ROOT thing will not be the same on addon and subdomain. I hope slapshotw will find a solution.

Have a great day,

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Hadoken

[Goddess Dix]

Originally Posted by Hadoken

subdomain.addondomain.primarydomain.com : subdomain was created under primary domain again.

What can I do ? Can you try it on your own ? Thank you .

have you actually tried to access it without the primary domain? your control panel shows it that way (and it's accessible that way) for addons, but it's probably also accessible without the primariy domain. i've never added a subd. to an addon, but with any addons, it always lists them like subs in the control panel anyway.

[Hadoken]

Hello Goddess Dix,

Yes I tried to access them, there is no problem on this side.
The main problem is that the directory is not created on the right path. It's always created under the public_html directory like that :

public_html/subdomain

What I want is that the subdomain should be created under addon domain directory like that :

public_html/addon/subdomain

Thank you.
Best regards

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Hadoken

[eLIANT]

Originally Posted by Hadoken

What I want is that the subdomain should be created under addon domain directory like that :

public_html/addon/subdomain

Why?

If you want visitors to access http://sub.addon.com (which is how subdomains are supposed to be accessed) then do as Slapshot instructed. It's not necessary for the subdomain's directory to be located below the the directory of the addon. DNS takes care of serving the pages to the browser when the visitor requests the URL using the format above.

If you want visitors to access http://addon.com/sub then what you want is simply a directory under addon (which is not a true subdomain) and all you need to do is create it using filemanager.

[whatrevolution]

This is a matter of file organization, not domain accessibility.

Godess Dix, slapshotw, and eLIANT are correct in their own right that there are ways to mostly accomplish what Hadoken was asking about. Hadoken's specific request, so far as I have seen, is still not available for the reasons I described.

1) You can have sub-directories of an addon domain, which aren't sub-domains of it.

2) Or you can have sub-domains of the addon domain, which aren't sub-directories of it.

It may not be NECESSARY to have both together, but it's annoying that we can't, and it could be confusing to many.

[penguin]

any result on this yet?

Would like to have a subdomain too in a directory that is not located under the public_html directory

I know this is possible with the x3 theme of cpanel, but the x theme doesn't seem to like that...

ps pretty new around here (look at my postcount )
So I hope this isn't regarded as digging up an "old" thread )

[episkey]

Suppose I have addon1.com and addon2.com. Now I want to create the subdomains members.addon1.com and members.addon1.com. What happens?

[RainbowViper]

I assume that's a typo, and you want members.addon2.com, not two copies of members.addon1.com....


Assuming that's true, and if addon1.com and addon2.com have been added in the Addon Domains page and are "live", you go to the Subdomain Creation page, where (now) addon1.com and addon2.com will available choices in the drop-box for base domain selection. Create them both as you wish.

I have 6 domains. 1 Main, 4 Parked and 1 Addon, plus two subdomains of Main. One of them is in the form sub.addon.com and it works fine.

There *IS* a small gotcha I found out today, just for everyone's FYI.

I wanted sub.main.com and addon.com to go to the same directory, and set it that way.

IT WORKS FINE, but then you can't differentiate traffic by either domain when using Awstats, Visitors Today, etc.

The logs list the *total* access from that directory by both of them, and make no distinction between addon.com's and sub.main.com's individual use, which is annoying but not too much.

Hope that's what you were asking.

[slapshotw]

Originally Posted by penguin

Would like to have a subdomain too in a directory that is not located under the public_html directory

Have you asked HG to change you to x3?

[penguin]

Originally Posted by slapshotw

Have you asked HG to change you to x3?

didn't realize HG would(could) allow that (former provider didn't). Shall do it immediately

[whatrevolution]

Originally Posted by slapshotw

Have you asked HG to change you to x3?

Originally Posted by penguin

didn't realize HG would(could) allow that (former provider didn't). Shall do it immediately

You can set a "document root" for each subdomain, but only when you create it, it seems. Existing ones have to be deleted and remade. The document root folder must be within /public_html/, still. Otherwise, it will be forbidden for the webserver to view the file.

RewriteRule in .htaccess is needed to enforce primary domain.tld/folder referral to subdomaintofolder.domain.tld

[penguin]

well, not sure if you're refeering to x or x3,
but with x3 you can choose any folder you want (outside public_html too).
Even if it doesn't exist it will be created an proper rights will be given automatically

small note: HG switched my theme allready. I feel I'm going to like HG

[Jordanlw]

Originally Posted by penguin

well, not sure if you're refeering to x or x3,
but with x3 you can choose any folder you want (outside public_html too).
Even if it doesn't exist it will be created an proper rights will be given automatically

small note: HG switched my theme allready. I feel I'm going to like HG

Offtopic: Welcome To HG!

[penguin]

Offtopic: thx

Ontopic: please continue