how is this possible? website with www loads a different page - GoFuckYourself.com

Antonio · 12-16-2005, 02:35 PM

than the same site (url) wihtout the www part:
(example)
http://www.mysite.com
loads one page but
http://mysite.com
loads a different one

wtf? I contacted my host but this is something I have never seen before, there's no htaccess there, there's only ONE html file and that's index.html and no other files whatsoever

I got the site couple of days ago and pointed the DNS to my host, now when I type:
http://www.mysite.com
it loads the page that was there before I purchased the site
and when I type:
http://mysite.com
it loads the right page (the one and only index file that I uploaded) ???

p.s. this is not a browser cahce, I cleared the cache and even tried from one of my other PCs just to make sure

Antonio · 12-16-2005, 02:36 PM

don't click the links - I have no idea what's there (in case there are some nasty popups or shit) - they are just an example

who · 12-16-2005, 02:37 PM

'www' is just a subdomain (generally the only and default subdomain used)

KrisW · 12-16-2005, 02:40 PM

because the host configured the dns wrong
if you try and ping it, I bet it resolves it to different IP's - if it does, then I'm right

Antonio · 12-16-2005, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by who

'www' is just a subdomain (generally the only and default subdomain used)

ok, but that still doesn't explain anything

I own thedomain, the DNS servers are my host servers, there's no htacces there so
http://www.mysite.com and http://mysite.com should load the same page, and how come http://www.mysite.com loads the page that used to be there 3 or 4 days ago???

TheDoc · 12-16-2005, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KrisW

because the host configured the dns wrong
if you try and ping it, I bet it resolves it to different IP's - if it does, then I'm right

Aye, that's it.. I have had this happen to me on a few domains before.

datatank · 12-16-2005, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KrisW

because the host configured the dns wrong
if you try and ping it, I bet it resolves it to different IP's - if it does, then I'm right

They could both be on the same ip just different folders on the server. I would suggest having your host fix it. Its most likely in your named file or your apache. Sorry I do not remember the exact file names I am not a tech ;-)

Antonio · 12-16-2005, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KrisW

because the host configured the dns wrong
if you try and ping it, I bet it resolves it to different IP's - if it does, then I'm right

just pinged the two urls (with and without www)
it resolves to the same ip address

arggggggggggg

who · 12-16-2005, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antonio

just pinged the two urls (with and without www)
it resolves to the same ip address

arggggggggggg

check the folders your web files are located in. You may have a 'www' folder and a 'public_html' forlder (for example) which are not actually the same thing, although in most cases a www folder is not allowed.

latinasojourn · 12-16-2005, 02:54 PM

apache setup issue. have your host fix.

Antonio · 12-16-2005, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by who

check the folders your web files are located in. You may have a 'www' folder and a 'public_html' forlder (for example) which are not actually the same thing, although in most cases a www folder is not allowed.

that's not the case either:

(the test file got created couple of minutes ago by my host - just to test something I guess, I'm still waiting for them to fix it though)

directfiesta · 12-16-2005, 03:16 PM

httpd.config

the virtual host is not setup properly, so one goes to the default, the other to the good page.

KrisW · 12-16-2005, 03:17 PM

then its your host

directfiesta · 12-16-2005, 03:24 PM

example:

Quote:

<VirtualHost 65.98.84.xxx>
ServerAlias www.griffincater.com griffincater.com
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot /home/griffin/public_html
BytesLog domlogs/griffincater.com-bytes_log
ServerName www.griffincater.com
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/griffin/public_html/cgi-bin/
User griffin
Group griffin
CustomLog domlogs/griffincater.com combined
</VirtualHost>

Note the second line:

you have " www.griffincater.com "

as well as " griffincater.com "

In SSH, this file can be adjusted. This happens once in a while with a WHM/Cpanel account creation.

3M TA3 · 12-16-2005, 03:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by directfiesta

httpd.config

the virtual host is not setup properly, so one goes to the default, the other to the good page.

restart apache and try again

Nookster · 12-16-2005, 03:53 PM

could be easily done with php. Grab whatever text is in the url, make redirects based on the string. HTML files can be parced by the php processor by the way.

fris · 12-16-2005, 04:01 PM

admin error ;)

Antonio · 12-16-2005, 04:17 PM

ok, now it's getting weird, the guy from my host tells me that both urls load the same page, he tried in Firefiox and IE

I tried in Opera, K-Meleon, and IE and both urls load two different pages
I tried on two other PCs and get the same shit (although all my PCs share the same connection)

anyone willing to test the two urls for me, please post your ICQ
ONLY IF YOU HAVE ANTIVIRUS etc, the one that I get (which is not mine) has 3 or more pop-ups chained and could have some other shit

teksonline · 12-16-2005, 05:01 PM

what's a domain?

Manowar · 12-16-2005, 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by teksonline

what's a domain?

what is the interweb?

12-16-2005, 02:35 PM	#1
Antonio Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Spartaaaaaaaaa Posts: 14,136	how is this possible? website with www loads a different page than the same site (url) wihtout the www part: (example) http://www.mysite.com loads one page but http://mysite.com loads a different one wtf? I contacted my host but this is something I have never seen before, there's no htaccess there, there's only ONE html file and that's index.html and no other files whatsoever I got the site couple of days ago and pointed the DNS to my host, now when I type: http://www.mysite.com it loads the page that was there before I purchased the site and when I type: http://mysite.com it loads the right page (the one and only index file that I uploaded) ??? p.s. this is not a browser cahce, I cleared the cache and even tried from one of my other PCs just to make sure

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12-16-2005, 02:36 PM	#2
Antonio Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Spartaaaaaaaaa Posts: 14,136	don't click the links - I have no idea what's there (in case there are some nasty popups or shit) - they are just an example

12-16-2005, 02:37 PM	#3
who So Fucking Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ICQ #23642053 Posts: 19,593	'www' is just a subdomain (generally the only and default subdomain used)

12-16-2005, 02:40 PM	#4
KrisW For cybersex, do I need a hole in my monitor? Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 201	because the host configured the dns wrong if you try and ping it, I bet it resolves it to different IP's - if it does, then I'm right

12-16-2005, 02:54 PM	#10
latinasojourn Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,191	apache setup issue. have your host fix.

12-16-2005, 03:17 PM	#13
KrisW For cybersex, do I need a hole in my monitor? Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 201	then its your host

12-16-2005, 04:17 PM	#18
Antonio Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Spartaaaaaaaaa Posts: 14,136	ok, now it's getting weird, the guy from my host tells me that both urls load the same page, he tried in Firefiox and IE I tried in Opera, K-Meleon, and IE and both urls load two different pages I tried on two other PCs and get the same shit (although all my PCs share the same connection) anyone willing to test the two urls for me, please post your ICQ ONLY IF YOU HAVE ANTIVIRUS etc, the one that I get (which is not mine) has 3 or more pop-ups chained and could have some other shit

12-16-2005, 05:01 PM	#19
teksonline So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: At My Desk Posts: 2,904	what's a domain?