Addon Domains?

[Ryutso]

Does an addon domain mean that I can host 2 domains from one account as long as I point them at the heliohost nameservers?

[Byron]

Yes

 

[Ryutso]

Yes

 

So one will point to a folder called "sfajkadfhkdfjhg" and the other will point to a folder called "thkjuhslvjk" right?

 

But will it say "www.site1.com/sfajkadfhkdfjhg" in the URL?

[Byron]

This is how I have my addon domain set up on my site.

 

Addon Domain:

http://alpha1omega.uni.cc

 

My main domain and addon domain folder:

http://byrondallas.heliohost.org/alpha1omega/

 

Does that help you understand?

 

 

[Ryutso]

This is how I have my addon domain set up on my site.

 

Addon Domain:

http://alpha1omega.uni.cc

 

My main domain and addon domain folder:

http://byrondallas.heliohost.org/alpha1omega/

 

Does that help you understand?

 

Oh so people will still be able to get to the addon domain from the main domain.

 

Would I have to do something to have 2 totally separate sites on my 1 account?

 

Like I want site1.com and site2.com to be hosted in my root folder.

[Byron]

Oh so people will still be able to get to the addon domain from the main domain.

 

That's correct.

 

Would I have to do something to have 2 totally separate sites on my 1 account?

 

Like I want site1.com and site2.com to be hosted in my root folder.

 

You can't have two totally seperate domains in your root folder. You'll have to create another folder to have an addon domain. That folder will then have it's own cgi-bin and ftp.

 

You can add another Parked domain and have two seperate domain names going to your heliohost account.

 

[Ryutso]

Oh so people will still be able to get to the addon domain from the main domain.

 

That's correct.

 

Would I have to do something to have 2 totally separate sites on my 1 account?

 

Like I want site1.com and site2.com to be hosted in my root folder.

 

You can't have two totally seperate domains in your root folder. You'll have to create another folder to have an addon domain. That folder will then have it's own cgi-bin and ftp.

 

You can add another Parked domain and have two seperate domain names going to your heliohost account.

 

So I can't host two totally different, completely separate sites under one account?

[Byron]

So I can't host two totally different, completely separate sites under one account?

 

Yes you can. I think your getting confused. With my account here:

 

http://byrondallas.heliohost.org

 

I can create a seperate folder called alpha1omega and turn it into an addon domain called:

 

http://alpha1omega.uni.cc

 

and people will go to that domain through that domain name and it will be a totally seprate account. It will have it's own ftp so that you don't even go through the main accounts ftp.

 

 

[Ryutso]

So I can't host two totally different, completely separate sites under one account?

 

Yes you can. I think your getting confused. With my account here:

 

http://byrondallas.heliohost.org

 

I can create a seperate folder called alpha1omega and turn it into an addon domain called:

 

http://alpha1omega.uni.cc

 

and people will go to that domain through that domain name and it will be a totally seprate account. It will have it's own ftp so that you don't even go through the main accounts ftp.

 

But people can still get to http://alpha1omega.uni.cc by typing "http://byrondallas.heliohost.org/alpha1omega". I don't want that. I don't want people to be able to type "site1.com/site2" and get to the second site.

[Byron]

But people can still get to http://alpha1omega.uni.cc by typing "http://byrondallas.heliohost.org/alpha1omega". I don't want that. I don't want people to be able to type "site1.com/site2" and get to the second site.

 

You can stop that with your htaccess.

 

 

Here's something else to keep in mind. The folder name and domain name don't have to be the same. I could have named the folder any name I wanted, I just kept them the same for the sake of simplicity. So nobody has to know it's an addon domain unless you tell them.