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  • November 23, 2012 at 7:53 pm #40959
    Rugg
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    Hello Everyone!

    Here is the situation:

    Say I have subdomain like so **subdomain.website.com**
    I want to hide the parent directory from the URL so it simply displays as **subdomain.com** (using the .htaccess as a preferred method)

    Essentially this is a cheap trick to having multiple website names under the same domain and directory. Does anyone have a solution to this? Is it even possible?

    Any help and guidence would be greatly appreciated. Thank You.

    November 23, 2012 at 7:57 pm #115288
    TheDoc
    Member

    Definitely never heard of somebody doing this before.

    November 23, 2012 at 8:10 pm #115292
    chrisburton
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    @NSR I agree, I’ve never heard of this. Why not purchase a domain? They’re only $5-$30.

    November 24, 2012 at 12:43 am #115300
    __
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    There is **no way** to make this work. If you *own* both domains, obviously you can redirect one to the other. At that point, however, it is no longer “multiple websites” – it’s *one* website that has several domain names pointing to it.

    Also,

    > I have subdomain like so subdomain.website.com I want to hide the parent directory from the URL

    There is no “parent directory” (no “directory” at all) in that URL. If you meant something else, perhaps you could explain further.

    November 24, 2012 at 2:27 pm #115345
    chrisburton
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    I use GoDaddy strictly for my domains. Some people will advise against them but so far I’ve had no issues.

    November 25, 2012 at 1:34 am #115382
    chrisburton
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    @NSR Just to be clear, you’re not going to host the same content for each domain, correct? I’m still confused by the nature of your question.

    November 25, 2012 at 10:22 am #115433
    pmac627
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    @NSR – I’m glad you are choosing to purchase the domains because hacky attempts at changing the URL are never a good idea as far as I’m concerned. To anyone who notices the hacky nature of the URL, its a red flag. I’ve seen hacky URL stuff kill SEO and as you pointed out, usability can be impacted.

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