If you read what I'm saying in my message, I'm NOT slamming you. I'm mearly trying to comprehend your logic, and I offered a sensible solution.
Sorry, maybe I was just overly tired, but it sure does sound like you didnt take the time to consider it. eh? :?
1) Me to create a subdomain called
http://bb.celicasupra.com then...
2) You want me to move the forum to this new location...
3) Because it would be easier for you to type
http://bb.celicasupra.com compared to
http://celicasupra.com/phpBB2
That's the meat of it yes. The exact URL is unimportant. Here's a couple suggestions:
xx.celicasupra.com
board.celicasupra.com
forum.celicasupra.com
We can take a poll if you care to.
My mistake though, you dont need to do jack shit to the nameserver. Just use this general format (see below) in Apache's prefs to set up VirtualHosts to make this work, not "move the forum" in some grand pain... jeez, that's why we use *NIX right?
ServerName server.domain.tld
NameVirtualHost *
<VirtualHost *>
DocumentRoot /www/domain
ServerName
www.domain.tld
...
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *>
DocumentRoot /www/subdomain
ServerName
www.sub.domain.tld
...
</VirtualHost>
And hey, it wont even break bookmarks, they will still work! I'm no guru, and it only took me 5 min to find the solution on Google and then another 5 to implement it as a test on my server.
I don't understand the benefit in this. I wasn't trying to "patronize" you...but what you're wanting serves no purpose. I mean, subdomains are good for organizational purposes, like when a company has several main product lines like
http://phones.fredselectronics.com or something like that.
See that blanket "serves no purpose" statement tickles my angry/offended bone.
The exact reasons that you think it is useless and dismiss offhandedly is the same ones that makes me think it is useful. Organization and ease of use.
Perhaps take groups.yahoo.com, mail.yahoo.com, or board.whatevercaryoucanthinkof.com as examples... you begin typing a URL and in 3-5 keystrokes or less you have what you want.
The current alternatives are:
I start typing "www.cel". Netscape or IE finds the site and fills that URL, then I can click or use an arrow key to deselect the text, and then begin typing "phpBB2", which will finally give me what I want.
Not to mention since you use UNIX to host this, if you just plunge through and type
http://www.celicasupra.com/phpbb2/ you get a 404, since it's case sensitive, and oops I forgot to capitalize my letters. Gimme a break!
So inevitably, I just type "www.cel" the rest of the URL pops up and I hit enter and then click through the main site into the board. Inelegant and sloppy compared to the alternative.
It really makes more sense for you to bookmark the exact URL of the forum and problem is solved.
I guess it's vaguely easier for you is what you mean.
Certainly, I have bookmarked it, but with several hundreds of bookmarks to scroll through (even in an organized folderized format) it's still much slower and less elegant than to type 2-3 letters and hit enter. Especially for something used on a daily basis.
It should also be mentioned that if Mike is ever forced to migrate the board to a seperate machine, it will make life simpler if there is direct URL that everyone is already using, rather than doing re-directs and breaking links.
One additional note...if you are going to offer a suggestion in the suggestion box, that's great...but bro...expect to see an intelligent/educated reply to your suggestion too ok?
Unless that is not what you were looking for.
I wasnt miffed because I believed that I got an intellegent and/or educated reply.
So why not spend 5 min editing httpd.conf and I can type the first two letters of the URL, and you can use your bookmarks to your heart's content.
Look! We'll all be happy then!
-Sten
