[Nfb-web] Pointing to Multiple Hosts

[Chris Westbrook]

Pete, I don't think what you are asking to do can be done.  I've had some 
hosts give me an IP address to use until your domain name gets pointed to 
the correct nameserver or in your case the site is ready for prime time.  I 
would suggest putting an under construction page up on the domain name at 
default.htm, and developing a site in a subfolder of the domain called test 
that only the people wanting to see the site can access.  Then when you want 
to go live you can just copy the files from the test folder to the root 
directory for live viewing.  Hope this helps.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFB Webmaster's List" <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] Pointing to Multiple Hosts


>
> Hello John and listers,
>
>    What this amounts too is a lack of knowledge of how to build a site on
> another server while keeping the existing site viewable by the public. 
> This
> is another example of Marine Captain Pete Donahue going in first and
> conquering new ground for our cyber presence. Your explanations go a long
> way to helping me understand how to do this. I once said that you'd be a
> great I.T. professor. Thanks for the assistance.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Berggren, John" <JBerggren at nfb.org>
> To: "NFB Webmaster's List" <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 9:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] Pointing to Multiple Hosts
>
>
> Hi, Pete.  I'm not certain what you're trying to accomplish by pointing
> the domain to multiple hosts.  There are techniques for failover--should
> the primary host fail, a secondary host will kick in so the site remains
> available.  I don't get the impression, however, that this is your
> intention.  To build a site while the original is still up and running,
> you could use a temporary domain as a place holder and access it through
> this temp domain name.  When everything is ready to go, you move the
> files to the correct domain.  If you can bind an IP to the domain name,
> you can use the actual domain and access the new site via IP address
> until it's ready to go live.
>
> Regarding your questions:
>
> 1. As far as I know, a domain can exist in only one place (aside from
> the failover situation)
> 2. Keep the DNS records as they are now and people will continue to see
> the site they've always visited.
> 3. When your new site is ready for prime time, you change your DNS
> records to point to the new host.  The shift will typically take 12-36
> hours to propagate.
> 4. Colocation typically refers to a data center that leases server space
> (physical or virtual) to multiple companies.
>
> Regards,
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-web-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-web-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Peter Donahue
> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 6:26 PM
> To: nfb-web at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Coldfusion Development; blindwebbers at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Nfb-web] Pointing to Multiple Hosts
>
> Hello everyone,
>
>    I have a Web site we're making over during the next few months. One
> of the individuals receiving this email developed her own content
> management system that runs under ColdFusion. Unless I'm informed
> otherwise our current
> host doesn't support any flavor of ColdFusion.     The organization all
> ready has a registered domain. Our question is is it possible to point
> the domain to multiple hosts so we'll have all of the functionality
> available on the new host when a domain is pointed to it, but keep the
> current Web site as the default site visitors see when they visit the
> organization online while the new site is being built? When the new site
> is ready to go live we would redirect visitors to it. My original
> question breaks down in to
> several:
>
> 1. Can we point the current site domain to multiple hosts?
> 2. How do we keep the current Web site as the default site people see
> when they visit us online?
> 3. Once the new site is ready to go public how do we redirect visitors
> to it?
> 4. Isn't this what is commonly referred to in the Internet World as a
> colocation?
>
>    Thanks for educating all of us on what to do,a nd ow best to do it.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
> "I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten"
> Joel 2-25
>
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