[isf-wifidog] UI + usecase suggestions for Wifidog portal pages

[Mina Naguib]

We can avoid the pollution on the main domain by having all these in  
a subdomain

*.foo.ilesansfil.org

I missed the earliest part of the conversation, what is this for to  
begin with :) ?

(sorry, the lists' volume is a bit high nowadays)

On 20-Oct-05, at 9:59 AM, Philippe April wrote:


> It's do-able and no maintenance if we do it with a catch-all like  
> you said and like I mentionned before, but I'd hate to have  
> *.ilesansfil.org (personal choice).
>
> Mike, put that on your wishlist for wifidog auth.
>
> Philippe April
> GnuPG http://key.philippeapril.com
>
> On 20-Oct-05, at 9:35 AM, Scott Tully wrote:
>
>
>
>>> The sub-domain thing can be done easily with apache, but I find it's
>>> a lot of management.
>>>
>>> For every new hotspot, create a DNS entry, create an apache  
>>> redirect,
>>> etc. All manually.
>>>
>>> If we put *.ilesansfil.org we can touch everything but I don't find
>>> it clean, unless we buy a new domain just for that, in my head it
>>> would just POLLUTE .ilesansfil.org.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> If you compiled apache with vhost_alias_module it's almost zero
>> maintenance. You would just need to create directories.
>>
>> <VirtualHost ilesansfil.org:80>
>>   ServerAlias *.ilesansfil.org
>>   ServerAdmin webmaster at ilesansfil.org
>>   ServerName www.ilesansfil.org
>>   UseCanonicalName Off
>>   VirtualDocumentRoot /var/www/%1/public_html
>> </VirtualHost>
>>
>> You'll need a couple vhosts before this one to catch your www, etc..
>>
>> This should work if you are serving content, otherwise you may be  
>> able
>> to mod_rewrite your way to a redirect.
>>
>> Scott
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