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Support forums => Installation / Update help => Topic started by: stanjohn123 on July 18, 2013, 09:12:40 am
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Dear all,
I posted this thread in the general help section and didn't get much help. Guess it was the wrong section to start this topic as some friends tried their best to help me. So I'm posting it here to see if someone can offer better help.
"So basically what I want to do is move my existing URL from www.website.com/classified to new subdomain www.classified.website.com
The thing is, I easily moved my myBB website url to new subdomain as they had step by step guide or documentation on their website and cpanel configuration was as easy as taking a walk in the park.
But for OSclass I could not find any info for configuration on the OSClass admin configuration. Can someone please guide me how to do this.
Also can some one tell me how I can disable the old URL so it does not show in google search index."
Thanks.
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Hi.
In .htaccess try this
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^website.com/classified [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://classified.website.com/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.website.com/classified [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.classified.website.com/$1 [L,R=301]
</IfModule>
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Hi.
In .htaccess try this
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^website.com/classified [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://classified.website.com/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.website.com/classified [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.classified.website.com/$1 [L,R=301]
</IfModule>
Hi Raess,
Thanks for the help. I tried the above code but once I enter classifieds.wheelnmotor.com ,but it still redirects me to my home website www.wheelnmotor.com , the only change I did was I put the actual website where you have mentioned website.
What do I do now ?
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are you actually at www.website.com/classified ??
or is this an an example? when visiting www.website.com/classified or classified.website.com
looks like a service of some sort..
so on to the next, did you actually create a sub-domain called classifieds?
in the config file you need to change the path of the site
last line
define('WEB_PATH', 'http://classifieds.whateveryourdomainname is.com/');
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are you actually at www.website.com/classified ??
or is this an an example? when visiting www.website.com/classified or classified.website.com
looks like a service of some sort..
so on to the next, did you actually create a sub-domain called classifieds?
in the config file you need to change the path of the site
last line
define('WEB_PATH', 'http://classifieds.whateveryourdomainname is.com/');
Hi DC,
Sorry for not being clear. That was just an example. My website is www.wheelnmotor.com/classifieds . I have created the subdomain already which is classifieds.wheelnmotor.com . However I do not know what settings I should change to make it work.
I tried changing the path of the site as you have mentioned above but I'm getting an error as "this webpage has a redirect loop" , Please help :(
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@stanjohn123
Did you edit config.php file (domain change) ?
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@stanjohn123
Did you edit config.php file (domain change) ?
Dear Frosticek,
Can you please tell me what exactly to change in the config.php file ?
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For http://www.vbazare.sk I have in config.php this:
define('WEB_PATH', 'http://www.vbazare.sk/');
when I want to move to subdomain classified.vbazare.sk, I would change it to:
define('WEB_PATH', 'http://www.classified.vbazare.sk/');
Yes i tried this but I'm getting an error , " THIS WEBSITE HAS A REDIRECT LOOP " , Maybe there is something else also I should change. Can some one please tell me what else other than this that I should change ?
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try Clearing your cookies for this site
sometimes is folder permissions....
can you try with different browser?
and are you using Chrome?
list you url?
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try Clearing your cookies for this site
sometimes is folder permissions....
can you try with different browser?
and are you using Chrome?
list you url?
Hi DC,
Yes I am using chrome. I cleared all my cookies , still not working. I tried same thing in Internet Explorer, even that is not working.
My URL is www.wheelnmotor.com/classifieds and my new subdomain is classifieds.wheelnmotor.com
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seeing you already have the site in a folder called 'classifieds' making a sub-domain with that same name """should""
just do the dns switch and all be fine, as is now when I go to classifieds.wheelnmotor.com, I get looped back to the main site wheelnmotor.com.
again what does your config.php say on the last line?
this should be in that path
classifieds.wheelnmotor.com
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seeing you already have the site in a folder called 'classifieds' making a sub-domain with that same name """should""
just do the dns switch and all be fine, as is now when I go to classifieds.wheelnmotor.com, I get looped back to the main site wheelnmotor.com.
I'm very sorry , I changed the last path of the config file back to initial setting because I don't know when you would see it and my users would think something is wrong if they tried entering it as it's weekend here and users will use more these days. Please post here when you see this and I will change it to classifieds.wheelnmotor.com and keep it like that for 8-10 hours , after that I will change back to whatever you tell me.
Or here is a screen shot attachment when I change the last line as below on Chrome and IE,
Here is the code for last line for the errors i got as per photos.
/** MySQL hostname */
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
/** Database Table prefix */
define('DB_TABLE_PREFIX', 'os_');
define('REL_WEB_URL', '/classifieds/');
define('WEB_PATH', 'http://www.classifieds.wheelnmotor.com/');
?>
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sud-domains are created in the control panel and add a dns switch
In theory, this subdivision can go down to 127 levels deep, and each DNS label can contain up to 63 characters, as long as the whole domain name does not exceed a total length of 255 characters
so a sub-domain will act the same as domain name
when installing a script the path isnt mydomain.com/myscript but myscript.mydomain.com
Please try this and post back when you have it up, ok?
define('REL_WEB_URL', '/');
define('WEB_PATH', 'http://www.classifieds.wheelnmotor.com/');
dont think you need the www. either ......but maybe
like this
define('REL_WEB_URL', '/');
define('WEB_PATH', 'http://classifieds.wheelnmotor.com/');
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sud-domains are created in the control panel and add a dns switch
In theory, this subdivision can go down to 127 levels deep, and each DNS label can contain up to 63 characters, as long as the whole domain name does not exceed a total length of 255 characters
so a sub-domain will act the same as domain name
when installing a script the path isnt mydomain.com/myscript but myscript.mydomain.com
Please try this and post back when you have it up, ok?
define('REL_WEB_URL', '/');
define('WEB_PATH', 'http://www.classifieds.wheelnmotor.com/');
dont think you need the www. either ......but maybe
like this
define('REL_WEB_URL', '/');
define('WEB_PATH', 'http://classifieds.wheelnmotor.com/');
Dear DC,
Thanks a Ton. It really worked without putting www as you said. Can't believe it.
But now the issue is when I enter the my old link www.wheelnmotor.com/classifieds it goes to http://classifieds.wheelnmotor.com/classifieds/ instead of just classifieds.wheelnmotor.com and I get the error page as attached.
Also when I tried to do a redirect in my cpanel from the old link to new subdomain i get the following error.
You cannot redirect "classifieds" to "http://classifieds.wheelnmotor.com" as this will cause a redirection loop because "/home/wheeln5/public_html/classifieds" is at the same place as "/home/wheeln5/public_html/classifieds". How do I solve this so my customers will be redirected to my new subdomain ?
Thanks for your patience and support DC. Couldn't have done anything without you.
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well eventually all will go to classifieds.wheelmotor.com
but normally after changing a sub folder to a sub-domain, the switch is auto and if typed in the old way should still revert to classifieds.wheelmotor.com.
I know because I did the same as you, I had in a sub folder off the public_html folder, decided to make it a sub-domain
then either way I typed the url it came as classifieds.mydomain.com
try this with and without the www
define('WEB_PATH', 'http://www.classifieds.wheelnmotor.com/');
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also I am getting returned to wheelmotors.com if I click the WNM Homepage text
so still a pathing trouble
did you in fact create a subdomain thru your control panel?
ALSO
disable and re enable your permalinks
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also I am getting returned to wheelmotors.com if I click the WNM Homepage text
so still a pathing trouble
did you in fact create a subdomain thru your control panel?
ALSO
disable and re enable your permalinks
I put www also , its still not working. When I type the old link it redirects me still to http://www.classifieds.wheelnmotor.com/classifieds/ , I think we just have to do one more small tweak to the config.php file and this will work.
The WNM home text page was intended to go to wheelnmotors.com , I set that in OSclass like that, no issues there. I don't think that is causing this problem.
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I actually think I made a mistake in my .htaccess file while enabling permalinks , maybe you can have a look at my code for that. Something could be wrong there too.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
and the error page I now get is different. Please see attached.
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not getting that, disable permalinks please
actually everything seems ok
except the wheelmotor.com/classifieds
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not getting that, disable permalinks please
actually everything seems ok
except the wheelmotor.com/classifieds
Disabled permalinks. It's working now but URL is showing http://www.classifieds.wheelnmotor.com/classifieds still.
Also just note to get to the classifieds home page just click the logo. I know its not user friendly so will change later
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odd, still goes to the site but adds the extra classifieds at the end ???
so you in fact created a "subdomain' thru the control panel?
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odd, still goes to the site but adds the extra classifieds at the end ???
so you in fact created a "subdomain' thru the control panel?
Yes I created the subdomain through the control panel only. Is this something to do with my host ? If you want I can request them to look into it. I am paying them for their service anyways.
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tis a puzzle lol
whats left in your .htaccess file?
Im wondering if......... ???
if its still as was, try to rename it, just add an extra . to the front or something
asking the host isnt a bad idea but then you may not know the reason if they fix, I am that sort of person that likes to solve the issue or at least know what was the culprit ::)
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Hi DC,
When I remove permalinks it automatically deletes the .htaccess file. Is this normal ?
You got me this far. I'm ready to do whatever you say. If you want to find out what the actual problem is just tell me and I won't contact my host until you find out the problem :-)
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When I remove permalinks it automatically deletes the .htaccess file. Is this normal ?
I would hope not, would if I had some special cool 8) code in there, like to speed p my site, and then found it all missing?
but this may be an issue that only the host can solve, whenever I make a sub-domain and the folder was already there, it just does its dns thing and everything is ok, but yours is acting like it sees the sub-domain and the folder as if they were separate,
check spelling on the folder, by chance there isnt two folders, are there?
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When I remove permalinks it automatically deletes the .htaccess file. Is this normal ?
I would hope not, would if I had some special cool 8) code in there, like to speed p my site, and then found it all missing?
but this may be an issue that only the host can solve, whenever I make a sub-domain and the folder was already there, it just does its dns thing and everything is ok, but yours is acting like it sees the sub-domain and the folder as if they were separate,
check spelling on the folder, by chance there isnt two folders, are there?
There is just one folder named classifieds, nothing else.
Is there a problem for my site if it runs without .htaccess ? If yes , can you please provide me with the code for .htaccess as I think I did not take back up of that file :-( .Because if I turn OFF permalinks the .htaccess file is getting deleted. The .htaccess file however comes automatically if permalinks is ON but the code in it is not the same as before.
I will just have a chat with my host and see if they can do something about the URL issue and keep you updated.
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So I spoke to my host and they tried as much as they could but could not redirect my old URL to the new subdomain properly i.e without the /classifieds part attaching to the subdomain. They said the issue has to be with .htaccess file or a php file. So this is how my .htaccess file looks like right now ( It just came back miraculously when my host was working on redirection ) , see if you can modify anything on this.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
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Osclass takingcare of url redirect from city subcategary to city subdomain. If you have question to setup the subdomain using osclass let me know. Subdomain works like charm in classified website http://adzhome.com (http://adzhome.com)