Subdomain Redirect Question (keep subdomain visible)

[casbboy]

I have a subdomain redirect that works like:

iphone.mysite.com

I have an iphone web app setup here. The only problem is that when people type iphone.mysite.com they get forwarded to the actual redirect in the address bar.

Is it possible to display the page iphone.mysite.com/index.html or whatever other file without showing a change of address in the status bar?

Example:

right now it does this...

iphone.mysite.com becomes

www.myfileserver.com/iphone/

what I want to happen is have

iphone.mysite.com to show the page without forwarding the address bar.

Possible?

Ryan

[Dan Grossman]

Yes, use mod_rewrite. You'll find tons of examples in this forum of how to rewrite URLs. You need a condition that the subdomain is iphone, then send all requests to /iphone.

[dklynn]

cas,

Dan's got it right! You can't do a thing with it unless your subdomain is properly configured. Further, I've got to assume it's pointed to the iphone subdirectory of the main domain - but that's not necessary because it can be located ANYWHERE! A subdomain is another domain for the purposes of setting it up and it should NOT redirect to your domain/iphone directory!

Info about subdomain setup, control panel (e.g., cPanel), etc., would help.

Regards,

DK

[casbboy]

After searching it I've come to realize that a mod redirect from a subdomain to another domain/IP entirely always shows the change of address in the address bar.

I'm just going to put everything into the proper folder on my primary server now, no redirect.

Thanks
Ryan

[dklynn]

cas,

Actually, it sounded like you WANT to use the subdomain (without displaying the domain/subdomain_folder) which can be done if the subdomain setup is correct. Otherwise, you're set.

Regards,

DK