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anybody else use godaddy on a shared linux with hosting configuration 2.0

i'm trying to set up a subdomain to redirect:

site.com/chat

...to...

chat.site.com

i have followed every tutorial possible and read at least one hundred google links to try to figure out this problem.

it seems simple,

do subdomains need time to propogate?

do i need to set up dns settings?

my hosting and domains are at godaddy on their servers. (there customer service is non-existent which is why i figured i would ask other myBB users)

You've to change your cookie settings.

it's not cookies.

chat should be here: http://www.chat.thelonelylife.com

not here: http://www.thelonelylife.com/chat/

Subdomains do need time to propagate through the networks just like regular domains.

Also, your router/system (dns service if you're using google dns or opendns) cache dns results, so if you tried to access chat.site.com before the propagation came through you'll continue to see the cached version until cache expires even though the domain may have propagated through in between.

You could try flushing dns cache or trying from a different network, or just wait for the cached dns to expire which is usually just a few minutes to a couple of hours.

it was a dns issue.

got my subdomains running now.

new problem with godaddy. you are not allowed to have "www" in front of a subdomain. i wish i had a .htaccess workaround (or ANY workaround for that matter).

because anybody who goes to http : // www . sub . domain . com............will not see the site.

i did a whole lot of reading, seems its just an issue with godaddy, other webhosts allow "www" on subdomains.

You can't use www on subdomains...

Some domain managers do allow you set a sub-subdomain or have a wildcard.subdomain which you can then setup as www but using www infront of a subdomain is pointless and kinda lame imo

from what i've read, GoDaddy is one of the only webhosts that disallows redirecting of "www" to the "non-www" subdomain.

it's not that i want it to have "www" in front of it, it's that most people type (by instinct) "www" in front of ALL web addresses. in my instance, those people will not be able to find the website. which is kind of disturbing.

i know there are other people out there who have dealt with this because all you have to do is google "www, godaddy, subdomain, problem" and you will find dozens of pages about it.

i figured maybe somebody here that uses myBB on a godaddy server has figured out a workaround. i'm hopeful.

but thanks for the responses.

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this is possible at godaddy.

you have to create two subdomains.

1. http:// sub . domain . com /

and

2. http:// WWW . sub . domain . com /

in two different directories on your server.

then you need to redirect the non-WWW to the WWW with an .htaccess file.

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that's what i need help with now, lol....

anybody know how i would properly redirect:

http:// sub.domain.com/

to

http:// www. sub.domain.com/

* these are actually two different subdomains, each with it's own index.html file, each with a different web address, each in a different directory. *

convoluted.

TDNAM has been working fine for me all day. Hope it isn't a wide-spread problem.