3.5 Member URLs

By default, your member's self replicating web sites will be located at:

http://www.domain.com/members/USERNAME/

If you would like, you may rename the /members/ in the URL to anything you wish, such as /rep/, /id/, or anything else you would like. This can be done by completing the below steps. If you are unsure of how to do this, please contact either your server administrator or customer support.

1. Login to your server via FTP, and change directories to your document root where the members file is located. Rename the members file to anything you wish, such as reps, id, or anything else.
   
   
2. Go to the Setup->General Settings menu of the Admin Control Panel, and click on the System Settings submit button at the top of the page. At the bottom of the next page, you will see a field asking for the "URL to /members/ Directory". Change the ending of this field, and replace the /members to whatever needed, such as /reps or /id/.
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3. If you have successfully completed the two steps above, the URL to all member's self replicating web sites will now be changed as needed.

3.5.1 Sub-Domain Replication

xFlow Lite also supports sub-domain replication, meaning the URL to your member's self replicating web sites can be located at http://USERNAME.domain.com/. However, this does require changes to the server configuration which your server administrator or hosting company will need to complete. You can setup sub-domain replication by completing the following steps:

1. Wildcard DNS must be setup for your domain name. This allows ANYTHING.domain.com to resolve in your web browser.
   
   
2. A new <VirtualHost> directive must be created within Apache for your domain. The new directive must be placed below all others for your domain name, with the document root being the full path to the show.cgi script on your server, and should look something like:
   

   <VirtualHost 64.21.76.23:80>
      ServerName *.domain.com
      DocumentRoot /home/username/public_html/show.cgi
   </VirtualHost>

   
   
3. Go to the Setup->General Settings menu of your Admin Control Panel, and click on the "System Settings" submit button at the top of the page. At the bottom of the page, change the field asking for the URL to the /members/ directory to:
   

   http://~username~.domain.com/

   
   The ~username~ merge field must be present in the URL, which informs the software sub-domain replication is being used.
   
   If you have successfully completed the above three steps, then sub-domain replication will be activate on your installation. The URL to all member's self replicating web sites will now be located at http://USERNAME.domain.com/.