Robert O'Connor wrote:
A slightly off ZOPE topic and BASIC but anyway: Basic URL def:
ACtually it has nothing to do with Zope ...
protocol://subdomain.second-level-domain. top-level-domain:port/directory/filename
So you get and register a second-level -domain name such as "mysite" with a top-level-domain such as "org". Good!
Now say you want to set up multiple subdomains, for example:
- tarzan.mysite.org - jane.mysite.org
you just register names tarzan and jane in the DNS server for mysite org. they can point to anything. like: make zope point to www.zope.org, so that you can access zope.org as zope.mysite.org (it may interfere with named virtual host setup, which is broken in current Zope anyway :) (ie. the base url gets constructed with numeric IP address) make warez point to 127.0.0.1, so that warez.mysite.org points to each users own computer
Can these subdomains be in totally different locations hosted by different hosts?
yes
Say I have a primary site
- mysite.org hosted by HOST1
Can I use HOST2 in another location to host: - tarzan.mysite.org and - jane.mysite.org ?
yes DNS is juat a name to IP address mapping, where the address can point anywhere
Does HOST1 have to do something to re-route to subdomain HOST2?
absolutely nothing
What about e-mail? Can I get email at HOST1 in the form - bob@mysite.org and also different email at HOST2 - bob@tarzan.mysite.org
yes, although this is a somewhat different matter, involving DNS MX records which can be separate from real IP addresses ---------------------- Hannu