[Typo3] What is the best way to set up a multiple site with subdomains?

[Gilles Deacur]

Gilles Deacur wrote:
> Gilles Deacur wrote:
> 
>> Michiel Roos wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 19:34:46 -0500, Gilles Deacur wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Man, can I just say I am glad I found this group.  I've been pulling 
>>>> my hair out the last 2 weeks due to the frustrating and confusing 
>>>> navigation on the Typo3 site.  This newsgroup looks very promising.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hope we can help you.
>>>
>>>
>>>> This is my situation:
>>>> I have a main domain sunshinelocksmith.com. I want to install typo3 
>>>> into a subdomain called admin-maint.sunshinelocksmith.com.  I did 
>>>> that and the site worked fine from the subdomain.  But I want to 
>>>> have typo3 run multiple domains.  A few would be subdomains such as 
>>>> critterpal.sunshinelocksmith.com, deacur.sunshinelocksmith.com, 
>>>> monkeywithatypewriter.sunshinelocksmith.com, etc.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Understood, this is possible.
>>>
>>>
>>>> I imagine this all can be done, but my real problem comes with the 
>>>> URL in the browser bar.  I don't want the address to read 
>>>> "critterpal.sunshinelocksmith.com/this-page/" but rather 
>>>> "www.critterpal.com/this-page/".  I'm having troubles with this at 
>>>> the moment and suspect this is because I have the typo3 installed in 
>>>> a subdomain.
> 
> 
> Oops... my mistake.  I just checked (don't know why I didn't proofread 
> this yesterday), but the address doesn't say 
> "critterpal.sunshinelocksmith.com/this-page/", it says 
> "admin-maint.sunshinelocksmith.com/this-page/".
> 
> What I want is for it to say "www.critterpal.com/this-page/", not having 
> the the "admin-maint" stuff in there.
> 
> 
> 
>>>
>>>
>>> Why is this a problem? You own the names critterpal.com and
>>> sunshinelocksmith.com.
>>>
>>> To make Typo3 recieve all the requests for the subdomains etc, your 
>>> vhost
>>> entry should look something like this:
>>>
>>> <VirtualHost sunshinelocksmith.com:80>
>>>   ServerName sunshinelocksmith.com
>>>   ServerAlias critterpal.sunshinelocksmith.com
>>>   ServerAlias critterpal.com
>>>   ServerAlias deacur.sunshinelocksmith.com
>>>     DocumentRoot /home/httpd/htdocs/typo3Root
>>>   CustomLog    /home/httpd/logs/sunshinelocksmith.com/access combined
>>>   ErrorLog     /home/httpd/logs/sunshinelocksmith.com/errors
>>> </VirtualHost>
>>>
>>> Then it is Typo3's problem to answer the requests with the correct
>>> content. Therefore, you must specify domain entries for all your sites.
>>> If you want your location bar to read "www.critterpal.com/this-page/",
>>> make your links point there.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Am I correct?  Does this need to go into the root to work like I 
>>>> want, or can this work like I want from a subdomain?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I don't understand your problem here.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>>
>>> Michiel
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Oooo... yah... well, I'm on a shared server with cpanel.  Is there a 
>> way I can access that file?
>>
>> I have a .htaccess file that was edited to run the RealURL.

I'm going to clarify the situation...

The user types in "www.critterpal.com".

"critterpal.com" is an addon domain that I have setup in a subdomain of 
my main account that can be accessed as either 
"critterpal.sunshinelocksmith.com" or "sunshinelocksmith.com/critterpal".

In cpanel I set up a redirect in the Addon Domains section so that 
"critterpal.com" points to 
"http://admin-maint.sunshinelocksmith.com/index.php?id=1" which is the 
root page of the critterpal site.

I have Typo3 installed into a subdomain of "sunshinelocksmith.com" 
called "admin-maint" that can be accessed by typing in 
"admin-maint.sunshinelocksmith.com" or "sunshinelocksmith.com/admin-maint".

Typo3 then identifies the page id and serves the site.

This all works good, but every page has the 
"admin-maint.sunshinelocksmith.com" in the browser and not 
"critterpal.com" like it ideally should.

What trick do I need to do to correct this?