Hello,

I'm planning to use subdomain module in taxonomy mode without enabled wildcard subdomains but instead with pre-configured subdomains. That means every time one creates a taxonomy term for a subdomain this subdomain needs to be configured beforehand.
This will be necessary since I'm not allowed to configure wildcard subdomains on my webspace account.
So I want to know: is this possible with subdomain module?
Any help or alternative ideas regarding this problem will be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

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setvik commented

It should be possible,

you just need to make sure that your manually configured subdomains point to your drupal directory

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setvik commented
Status: Active » Fixed

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

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bsherwood commented
Status: Closed (fixed) » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

My web host doesn't offer Wildcard DNS services so while I am able to add the DNS record, they will not change the httpd.conf settings.

I am looking to have my OG groups point to a subdomain. Regular users will not be able to create groups and I will manage the groups exclusively. My question is, if I am manually adding the subdomains, what do I have to do in order to get the results of using Wildcard DNS?

Do I just have to redirect(mirror?) the subdomain to my drupal directory? What about any changes to .htaccess?

Example:

Create group 'test'
set up 'test.example.com' to redirect to /public_html/drupal

Thanks!

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setvik commented

Correct, redirecting subdomains to your root drupal directory (e.g. /public_html/drupal) should do the trick. You shouldn't need to make any changes to your .htaccess file.

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finex commented

I confirm this workaround: I've just done this. Be sure to set the exact name of the subdomain to the taxonomy term :-)

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setvik commented
Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Closed (fixed)