Creating a user subdomain with a wishname .. read more

[suryoyena]

Hey people

I've got an idea, but dont know how to built that.

At the moment in vB you have a standard profile page for each user and you can reach it about the URL 'http://www.domain.com/member.php?u=1'.

My idea is that the user have the option to choose after their registration in the usercp a name and send it. This name would be a subdomain or alternative (if that's impossible with the subdomain) a new folder with a link to their profile page.

Example:

-- Choose the word 'johny' (This user have e.g. the uid 73)
-- The script creats the subdomain 'http://johny.domain.com'
-- 'http://johny.domain.com' will redirect you to 'http://.../member.php?u=73'
-- By the way: The name for the subdomain can be a different as the original vB-Username*

*Many user have in their nicks special characters like ? or § etc.

How you design later the profil page is your option. It's not important for this hack.

What do you mean to this request? Sounds it possible to do something like that?

I really don't know how it work with 'creating a subdomain' with a script.
The other option sounds more realisable: While choosing a name (johny), the script creates a folder named 'johny' with a htaccess-file, which redirects to the root-profile-page (member.php?u=73).

It would be very nice if it's possible too to see only the new url in the browser (and don't switch to 'http://.../member.php?u=73').

I hope my english is clear enough. If not, ask me please the unknowable parts.

Greets,

Chris :squareeyed: