IIS/URL/DNS Redirect

1) Create a single site within IIS.

2) Configure your name servers to point all involved host names to the IP
address on which IIS is listening.

3) Put a simple ASP conditional redirect on the home page to check the host
value in requests and redirect if the host value contains .com.

ASP redirect.

"Ben" <bwarner.DeleteThis@fairfield-city.org> wrote in message
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 > This is what I want to accomplish:
 >
 > If someone types "fairfield-city.com" or "www.fairfield-
 > city.com" in a browser, I want that URL to be redirected
 > to "www.fairfield-city.org". I just purchased the .com
 > domain. The trick is...I want the URL to change in the
 > browser itself to <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.fairfield-city.org." target="_blank">www.fairfield-city.org.</a> AND, the
 > requests go to the same web server with one valid public
 > address.
 >
 > Ideas?
 >
 > Thanks<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Hi,

Use host headers to host multiple web sites.
In IIS Manager, right click the <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.fairfield-city.com" target="_blank">www.fairfield-city.com</a> web site and click
Properties.
Click on the "Home Directory" tab.
Select "A redirection to an URL"
Type in <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.fairfield-city.org" target="_blank">www.fairfield-city.org</a>
Set it to be a permanent redirection.
Make any other changes you would like to change.

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"Ben" <bwarner.TakeThisOut@fairfield-city.org> wrote in message
news:0b2901c377d2$77899a50$a001280a@phx.gbl...
 > This is what I want to accomplish:
 >
 > If someone types "fairfield-city.com" or "www.fairfield-
 > city.com" in a browser, I want that URL to be redirected
 > to "www.fairfield-city.org". I just purchased the .com
 > domain. The trick is...I want the URL to change in the
 > browser itself to <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.fairfield-city.org." target="_blank">www.fairfield-city.org.</a> AND, the
 > requests go to the same web server with one valid public
 > address.
 >
 > Ideas?
 >
 > Thanks<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: IIS/URL/DNS Redirect 

On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 12:33:52 -0700, "Ben" <bwarner.TakeThisOut@fairfield-city.org>
wrote:

 >If someone types "fairfield-city.com" or "www.fairfield-
 >city.com" in a browser, I want that URL to be redirected
 >to "www.fairfield-city.org". I just purchased the .com
 >domain. The trick is...I want the URL to change in the
 >browser itself to <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.fairfield-city.org." target="_blank">www.fairfield-city.org.</a> AND, the
 >requests go to the same web server with one valid public
 >address.

This is exactly the purpose of the CNAME alias record in DNS. Add a
CNAME in the fairfield-city.com DNS for both the www host and the
parent or blank host to <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.fairfield-city.org." target="_blank">www.fairfield-city.org.</a>

Jeff<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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 > This is exactly the purpose of the CNAME alias record in DNS. Add a
 > CNAME in the fairfield-city.com DNS for both the www host and the
<font color=purple> > parent or blank host to <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.fairfield-city.org.</font" target="_blank">www.fairfield-city.org.</font</a>>

The only problem with this is that the client will still see the .com
address. A CNAME record would take the client to the right place, but would
not alert the client to the fact that they have used the wrong address.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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