[Solved] Alias request Add new domain for "karvp"

[karvp]

Hello,

Please help me add "nap.bunrieucua.com" as an alias for my "ygo.heliho.st" domain or as a separate domain for my account.

Thanks!

[KazVee]

Do you want it added as an alias or do you want it added as a separate domain?

The best way to decide which way you want it setup is: Do you want to have one set of files for both web addresses so visitors to each domain see the exact same content? If yes, you probably want an alias. 

If you want to have each website different from the other and for each site to not share the same files and content, you want an addon domain.

We can add it either way for you, so just let us know which setup you want. 🙂

[karvp]

Thanks for the explanation 🤗 <33

I think that using a separate domain would double the memory usage hehe. I'd like to have an alias please.

[KazVee]

You're very welcome! This support request is being escalated to our root admins who can set up the alias for you.

[karvp]

Hii! Are there any updates?

[wolstech]

Alias added. Please be sure to configure DNS. It can take up to 2 hours to start working.

[karvp]

Thanks! One more thing, can you help me lock the ygo.helioho.st domain so that the website is only accessible through nap.bunrieucua.com?

[wolstech]

The easiest way to do that will just be to use rewrite rules in .htaccess to redirect it. 
 

There are some examples here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1945568/htaccess-redirect-all-pages-to-the-homepage-on-a-new-domain (if you try the one in the recommended answer, omit the line that starts with "options" or you'll get a 500 error)

[Krydos]

The best way to do that is to set nap.bunrieucua.com as an addon domain, not an alias, and then put 301 redirects on ygo.helioho.st so everyone who goes to the old URL will get a permanent redirect to the new domain. This is part of the reason I try to talk people out of setting domains up as aliases. This is also the reason I didn't want to waste my time adding it as an alias for you, and waited for Wolstech to do it instead. Now that it's already added as an alias it would be an even more waste of our time to remove it and re-add it as an addon.

I'm just typing all of this for anyone know who searches and finds this. The only reason to add a domain as an alias is if you're planning on using both domains forever, and are not retiring either. For instance, I have krydos.com. If I wanted to add krydos.net to have exactly the same content and functionality as krydos.com, and I wasn't going to redirect anyone from one domain to the other, it would make sense to add it as an alias. Maybe the documentation on the wiki can be improved to help people realize that they probably don't want an alias.

[Krydos]

On 9/21/2025 at 10:33 AM, karvp said:

I think that using a separate domain would double the memory usage hehe. I'd like to have an alias please.

Nope. If one domain is just redirecting all requests to the other domain, it will use basically zero memory.

[karvp]

I'm so sorry. It's my mistake I haven't mentioned clearly what I wanted to do and my limited knowledge about managing domains. Thank you for your help, I will adapt the .htaccess method.

Edited 12 hours ago by karvp

[Krydos]

It's ok. Don't worry about it.