Blog Sub-Domaine on Other Server, Is This Possible???
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My eCommerce cart is BigCommerce. It is not possible to use my domain name to add a blog on there server.
I would like to create a blog on a sub-domain, something like:
http://www.furnacefilterscanada.com/blog/
Is it possible to host this sub-domain on another server? Host this sub-domiane to BlueHost for example and keep my domaine to BigCommerce.
If YES, I would like to buy a Word Press theme and start a blog on this sub-domain:
http://www.furnacefilterscanada.com/blog/
Thank you,
BIgBlaze
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You're right about him referring to what is actually a subdirectory, Woody, but then you go and confuse him by calling blog.furnacefilterscanada.com a subdirectory too, when in fact that IS actually a subdomain. Oops!
And as I mention in my other comment, what Jean wants to do is typically accomplished using a reverse proxy, so it is definitely do-able.
Paul
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What you are talking about here is a subdirectory, Jean, not a subdomain.
Depending on your hosting and systems configurations, this can accomplished using something called a reverse proxy. Here's a SEOMoz post about it from last year.
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/what-is-a-reverse-proxy-and-how-can-it-help-my-seo
This method is very effective, but it is not trivial to implement. You'll need someone with strong server expertise to make sure both your hosting accounts have the capabilities and access necessary to make this work, and to get it configured correctly. (It will be slightly easier given that you're just starting the blog, not reverse-proxying an existing one.)
Paul
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Hey Jean,
http://www.furnacefilterscanada.com/blog/ is not a sub-domain, its simply a subdirectory(folder) on the root domain. Therefore WordPress would need to be installed on current ecommerce host server.
if that's not possible your only option is to setup a sub-directory sub-domain (thanks for spotting typo Paul T) like http://blog.furnacefilterscanada.com/ then it's totally separate site which can be installed on a different server.
hope that helps,
woody
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