Posted by NC on 01/18/06 22:25

tarscher@gmail.com wrote:
>
> I want to create a website (www.example.com) where people kan get
> create an account. The account gives them access to
> accountname.example.com or www.accountname.com (if available).
>
> My question is: Can I change the ww.example.com with
> accountname.example.com or www.accountname.com?

These are two separate questions. Let me answer them one at a time.

In order to create a new domain (e.g., accountname.com) you must
register it, which takes a few days to process and involves paying a
fee to a domain registrar. Additionally, the domain name your user
wants may already be taken.

Creating subdomains (e.g., accountname.example.com) is in fact very
possible, but you need to be able to change your HTTP server's
configuration file(s), which implies root access privileges. The
Apache manual has a section on virtual hosting:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/vhosts/examples.html

Cheers,
NC

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