Fire Site 21 Virtual Domains

FireSite Virtual Domain Manager Welcome to virtual Web site hosting with FireSite! The FireSite Virtual Domain Manager is the most advanced single-IP-address virtual domain system ever created. We believe you be pleased with the power it gives you, but also with the quick and straightforward setup. The FireSite Virtual Domain Manager is simple to use: you provide the Internet host names that you will be serving, and designate which folder on your server contains the files for each virtual Web site. From there, everything can be automatic, or you can modify a few optional settings if you wish. When properly configured, FireSite can serve an unlimited number of virtual Web sites to every user on the Internet. The FireSite Virtual Domain Manager is available as a stand-alone product. It can also be combined with FireSite Web Site Accelerator, Speed Booster Edition to create multiple high- performance virtual Web sites on a single server. The Standard and Multimedia Editions of FireSite Web Site Accelerator have the Virtual Domain Manager built-in. Overview The FireSite virtual domain system is the most advanced single-IP-address virtual domain system ever created on any platform. Power • Serve an unlimited number of virtual domains from a single IP address • Does not create “messy” URLs in any modern browser • Compatible with absolutely all “Web crawlers” and Internet search engines • Provides flawless performance when accessed by any modern Web browser such as Netscape Navigator 2.0 or later, or Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.1 or later • Even when accessed by “old” browsers such as Mosaic, over 95% of all requests are usually served instantly; others require one extra click • Automatically makes all other Web server plug-ins and CGIs “virtual-domain-savvy”, even custom CGI scripts Ease of use • Fully-graphical interface is extremely straightforward to use • Can be administered locally or over the Internet (password protected) • Easy to upgrade from older virtual domain systems Internet DNS Single IP Web FireSite VDM Web Site Host Names Lookups Address Server virtual domains Folders www.clearway.com ~clearway www.saragraph.com 205.136.66.197 ~saragraph partypix.tr.org ~partypix FireSite Virtual Domain Manager page 1 Getting Ready In order to set up virtual Web sites on your server, you should be fairly familiar with: Web (HTTP) Background Concepts. This includes the interaction of Web browsers and Web servers in general. You should have your Web server already set up and running on the Internet with one domain name before you begin to configure multiple ‘virtual’ do…