[Stealth]

Any campaigns (or prominent individuals in the community who want forwarded to their *Freespace related* site) that want a sub-domain, or for example:

*whatever*.hardlightproductions.com/

this will forward to whatever URL you want.

Go ahead, ask:

[Galemp]

I'm frightened. You can't just be buying domain names and offering free webspace out of the goodness of your heart. What's in it for you?

[Stealth]

the goodness of the community.

helping and offering services to the community is what's in it for me.

by the way, since when did i offer free webspace

[Sandwich]

Stealth, check PMs.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Stealth, you are frighteningly generous.

[Warlock]

Guys he's offering a forward address, all it really does is allow ppl to type in "blah.hardlightproductions.com" and it directs them to what is really "blah.****ty-geocites-like-host.com"

the site they actually access will still be your original webserver and everything.

Not that's it's not cool for him to offer, just wanted to help clear it up since some think he's giving out webspace lol

[Petrarch of the VBB]

But surelt he's still having to register domain names.

[Warlock]

Not always. Some hosts allow you to set up alias and forward accounts. Pretty much the same as an email address forward. But only Stealthy here and answer that one

[ZylonBane]

Originally posted by GalacticEmperor
I'm frightened. You can't just be buying domain names and offering free webspace out of the goodness of your heart. What's in it for you?

The "subdomains" are free.  Due to the way URLs are parsed, jamming stuff in front of the actual domain name gets treated as additional local address information, just like the stuff after the slash.

AT&T Worldnet supports this. For example, the normal URL to Freespace Rawhide is--
http://home.att.net/~clay.h/fs2/rawhide.htm

But using the "vanity URL" feature, I can also write it as--
http://clay.h.home.att.net/fs2/rawhide.htm

[Stealth]

i'm not doing anything at the moment, because i don't have the admins' decisions on this, i'm just taking names at the moment... for example, if inferno wants inferno.hardlightproductions.com

i'm just seeing the demand for this at the moment, and i'll present the list i get here to Shrike and the admins, and see what they think... so i'm not making any promises

EDIT:  Zylon's right, i don't pay for each individual sub-domain.  here's how sub-domains work:

You have the main domain, for example, in this case:  hardlightproductions(.com).

You can then add things to the front, such as:
www
or
mail
or
FTP
, so when you type in "mail.hardlightproductions.com", it's substituting "mail" for "www"... it's hard to explain... i could make :
www3.hardlightproductions.com

you understand?  damn this is hard to explain

[Stealth]

i should've made it more clear from the start that i'm just getting information, and you should have a CAMPAIGN that's currently hosted on HLP to get a subdomain.

for example:
inferno.hardlightproductions.com (i.e. campaigns)
can apply, but:

Knight_Templar.hardlightproductions.com (i.e. individuals)
can not.

just seeing who wants it and who doesn't

[an0n]

an0n's guide to IP's and domains[/u][/i]

Every computer across the world is identified by way of an IP block. There is a regulatory body (I forget who it is) which dishes out IP blocks to whoever can afford them.

So some hosting place may buy the entire IP block for 215.89. Then whenever someone tries to access a computer with an IP starting with 215.89, they will be directed to whoever bought the domain block where they will be presented with some form of nameserver (I forget the proper name for the IP ones so I'll refer to them as nameservers) and the following happens:

215.89: Hello, I serve everything under 215.89. What IP do you want?
YourComp: I want 215.89.123.46
215.89: Ah, okay, I know where that is. Gimme a minute. *sends you to 215.89.123 nameserver*
215.89.123:[/u] So you want 215.89.123.46, eh? Just a second..... *sends you to a specific computer*
215.89.123.46: 403, Forbidden. *closes connection*

So you get the registered server for the first block of numbers, which sends you to the server for the second, which sends you to the third and finally the the fourth which is usually a standard computer. So as you add numbers to the end, you narrow down the number of computers until you end up with a single one. However, domains work the other way round.

I think it's Verisign that owns all the top level domain (.com, .net, .org) and say you wanted ftp.3dap.com, the following would happen:

.com: What do you want?
YourComp:[/u] I want ftp.3dap.com. Know where I can find it?
.com: 3dap, eh? Sure. Gimme a second. *directs you to the registered nameserver for 3dap.com*
3dap.com: You're the guys wanting ftp.3dap.com, right? *sends you to the appropriate computer for ftp.3dap.com*

Now, if ftp.3dap.com was running a nameserver, then you could have money.ftp.3dap.com. So every time you wanted to create a tree of addresses under you, you would add them to the beginning of the name.

[Stealth]

you did a better job explaining it than me

[Knight Templar]

Originally posted by Stealth
i should've made it more clear from the start that i'm just getting information, and you should have a CAMPAIGN that's currently hosted on HLP to get a subdomain.

for example:
inferno.hardlightproductions.com (i.e. campaigns)
can apply, but:

Knight_Templar.hardlightproductions.com (i.e. individuals)
can not.

just seeing who wants it and who doesn't

Honestly.. i'm actually feeling threatened for the first time in my life. Do you have some sick obsession or fetish about me?

[an0n]

Who doesn't? ;)

[Lonestar]

Actually Stealth is giving webspace, but only to those people who need it for high rendered pics and models, i beleive. I sent him upload scripts to do it.

[Shrike]

Originally posted by Stealth
i'm not doing anything at the moment, because i don't have the admins' decisions on this

On......?

[J.F.K.]

Originally posted by an0n
an0n's guide to IP's and domains[/u]

I never actually understood IPs and domains before that. Thanks.

And I must say, Stealth, it's excellent of you to offer this sort of service. Never seen this sort of thing anywhere else before.

[Stealth]

Originally posted by Shrike
On......?

certain people using the sub-domains.

remember the ICQ message about a day ago?  i said i'd compile a list and you could choose which people (campaigns) you wanted to have a subdomain and which you didn't.

[kasperl]

i know this isn't a camp, but what about, minimod.hardlightproductions.com, and forward it to http:\\vakwerk.df2u.com\hlpminimod\
it might be easier, and altough not a camp, the minimod dbase is still part of the community's efforts, right?