View Full Version : Domain masking using htaccess
RichieBoy67
02-14-2014, 03:01 PM
I still am not so good with htaccess so I am not sure if this is even possible.
Say I want to forward blahblah.ouch to blahblah.com but I want it to still appear as being on the blahblah.ouch domain.
Is this possible and what would I do with htacces to accomplish this?
Thanks!
Max Taxable
02-14-2014, 03:01 PM
I do that in my domain manager, forwarding with masking option.
RichieBoy67
02-14-2014, 03:27 PM
I thought Godaddy had that but it did not work that way for me. When I tried it it showed the masked metatags but the domain still switched. I have to check and see if maybe there is something already in the htaccess that is interfering.
The masking is supposed to keep the original domain showing? Right?
Max Taxable
02-14-2014, 03:31 PM
I thought Godaddy had that but it did not work that way for me. When I tried it it showed the masked metatags but the domain still switched. I have to check and see if maybe there is something already in the htaccess that is interfering.
The masking is supposed to keep the original domain showing? Right?Yep that's how it's always worked for me.
RichieBoy67
02-14-2014, 03:36 PM
Ok, I thought so. That was the first thing I tried. Either there is something in the current htaccess stopping it or maybe godaddy is taking awhile to make the full change.
Max Taxable
02-14-2014, 03:39 PM
Ok, I thought so. That was the first thing I tried. Either there is something in the current htaccess stopping it or maybe godaddy is taking awhile to make the full change.Sometimes it takes quite awhile for the change to propagate.
RichieBoy67
02-14-2014, 03:45 PM
I just thought it was done because the change shows at godaddy and I already see the tags. Will wait awhile though and see what happens.
I would still like to learn how to do it with htaccess as well seeing as one of my goals for 2014 is to get better with htaccess but for now if this works than that is great.
Max Taxable
02-14-2014, 03:51 PM
I just thought it was done because the change shows at godaddy and I already see the tags. Will wait awhile though and see what happens.
I would still like to learn how to do it with htaccess as well seeing as one of my goals for 2014 is to get better with htaccess but for now if this works than that is great.I'm pretty sure I have seen that code for .htaccess but can't remember details of it or exactly where I saw it.
RichieBoy67
02-14-2014, 05:49 PM
I'm pretty sure I have seen that code for .htaccess but can't remember details of it or exactly where I saw it.
Same here..
The godaddy masking is working now. It took a long time. Normally minor domain changes are pretty quick with them.
Max Taxable
02-14-2014, 06:03 PM
Can be up to 48 hours for total propagation.
RichieBoy67
02-14-2014, 06:42 PM
Yeah but that is rare and happens mostly when registering new name servers. This was nothing that major but it was weird how the meta tags were showing but the domain wasn't masking.
I had to register new name servers last week on a server set up and it took about a day. It has taken longer though in the past...much longer.
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