URL Masking causes website trouble

[Colin Dixon]

Sorry for the long description. Say my main domain is
[url]www.it.com[/url] with a sub directory [url]www.it.com/sub/[/url]. I have
another domain called [url]www.this.com[/url] which is forwarded to
[url]www.it.com/sub/[/url]. When someone types in [url]www.this.com[/url] they
go to [url]www.it.com/sub/[/url]. When you forward a domain like
this you can ask for URL masking. This means when a user
types [url]www.this.com[/url], even though they go to
[url]www.it.com/sub/[/url] their address bar says [url]www.this.com[/url]. As
they navigate around /sub/ the address bar stays at
[url]www.this.com[/url].
With publisher 2003, you get forwarded correctly but when
you try and navigate using the navigation bar you get
blank pages (no errors, just blank pages.) Go directly to
[url]www.it.com/sub/[/url] and everything is fine.
Anyone seen this issue?

[tech27]

I think you have to make the nav buttons point to the absolute path, not
just the default path. In other words, the path to your pages should point
to where they actually reside as [url]www.it.com/sub/wankers[/url], not
[url]www.this.com/wankers[/url].

"Colin Dixon" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Sorry for the long description. Say my main domain is
> [url]www.it.com[/url] with a sub directory [url]www.it.com/sub/[/url]. I have
> another domain called [url]www.this.com[/url] which is forwarded to
> [url]www.it.com/sub/[/url]. When someone types in [url]www.this.com[/url] they
> go to [url]www.it.com/sub/[/url]. When you forward a domain like
> this you can ask for URL masking. This means when a user
> types [url]www.this.com[/url], even though they go to
> [url]www.it.com/sub/[/url] their address bar says [url]www.this.com[/url]. As
> they navigate around /sub/ the address bar stays at
> [url]www.this.com[/url].
> With publisher 2003, you get forwarded correctly but when
> you try and navigate using the navigation bar you get
> blank pages (no errors, just blank pages.) Go directly to
> [url]www.it.com/sub/[/url] and everything is fine.
> Anyone seen this issue?

Interestingly, I have the left hand navigation bar and
the bottom one. The left hand one doesn't work. The
bottom one does. They both point to the same default
path. Odd behaviour. You're probably right though, my
british friend. An absolute path to wankers it is! Thanks
for swift reply.

>-----Original Message-----
>I think you have to make the nav buttons point to the

absolute path, not

>just the default path. In other words, the path to your

pages should point

>to where they actually reside as [url]www.it.com/sub/wankers[/url],

not

>[url]www.this.com/wankers[/url].
>
>"Colin Dixon" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>

wrote in message

>news:010901c47a7b$fa72cc50$3501280a@phx.gbl...

>> Sorry for the long description. Say my main domain is
>> [url]www.it.com[/url] with a sub directory [url]www.it.com/sub/[/url]. I have
>> another domain called [url]www.this.com[/url] which is forwarded

to

>> [url]www.it.com/sub/[/url]. When someone types in [url]www.this.com[/url]

they

>> go to [url]www.it.com/sub/[/url]. When you forward a domain like
>> this you can ask for URL masking. This means when a

user

>> types [url]www.this.com[/url], even though they go to
>> [url]www.it.com/sub/[/url] their address bar says [url]www.this.com[/url]. As
>> they navigate around /sub/ the address bar stays at
>> [url]www.this.com[/url].
>> With publisher 2003, you get forwarded correctly but

when

>> you try and navigate using the navigation bar you get
>> blank pages (no errors, just blank pages.) Go directly

to

>> [url]www.it.com/sub/[/url] and everything is fine.
>> Anyone seen this issue?

>
>
>.
>

[tech27]

Sorry if I mislead you.
I'm not British, just a wanker.
(-;

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Interestingly, I have the left hand navigation bar and
> the bottom one. The left hand one doesn't work. The
> bottom one does. They both point to the same default
> path. Odd behaviour. You're probably right though, my
> british friend. An absolute path to wankers it is! Thanks
> for swift reply.
>

> >-----Original Message-----
> >I think you have to make the nav buttons point to the

> absolute path, not

> >just the default path. In other words, the path to your

> pages should point

> >to where they actually reside as [url]www.it.com/sub/wankers[/url],

> not

> >[url]www.this.com/wankers[/url].
> >
> >"Colin Dixon" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>

> wrote in message

> >news:010901c47a7b$fa72cc50$3501280a@phx.gbl...

> >> Sorry for the long description. Say my main domain is
> >> [url]www.it.com[/url] with a sub directory [url]www.it.com/sub/[/url]. I have
> >> another domain called [url]www.this.com[/url] which is forwarded

> to

> >> [url]www.it.com/sub/[/url]. When someone types in [url]www.this.com[/url]

> they

> >> go to [url]www.it.com/sub/[/url]. When you forward a domain like
> >> this you can ask for URL masking. This means when a

> user

> >> types [url]www.this.com[/url], even though they go to
> >> [url]www.it.com/sub/[/url] their address bar says [url]www.this.com[/url]. As
> >> they navigate around /sub/ the address bar stays at
> >> [url]www.this.com[/url].
> >> With publisher 2003, you get forwarded correctly but

> when

> >> you try and navigate using the navigation bar you get
> >> blank pages (no errors, just blank pages.) Go directly

> to

> >> [url]www.it.com/sub/[/url] and everything is fine.
> >> Anyone seen this issue?

> >
> >
> >.
> >