Posted by: krayzee
Posted on: 2008-12-28 08:10:00
Hi
I have a domain (say www.abcd.com), registered with enom, which I use with Google Sites/Apps and is mapped accordingly.
I would like to map my Dreamhost account to a subdomain of my domain only (as the main domain is already mapped to Google) -- can it be done? If so, how? What credentials would I use to connect to FTP in that case?
Any help is much appreciated and thank you in advance :)
Posted by: sdayman
Posted on: 2008-12-28 09:40:00
As long as you're using the DreamHost name servers, it's doable. The mapping is just CNAME records in DreamHost's DNS.
Subdomains are independent of domains. Once you create a fully hosted subdomain, you can FTP to sub.abcd.com using the username and password you selected for that fully hosted subdomain.
-Scott
Posted by: krayzee
Posted on: 2008-12-28 09:47:00
I have already added a cname record pointing from my subdomain to a dreamhost server (ns1.dreamhost.com). It's not working and neither does the FTP :(
Can you please detail a little bit?
Edited by krayzee on 12/28/08 11:08 AM (server time).
Posted by: sdayman
Posted on: 2008-12-28 13:00:00
It sounds like you're not using a DreamHost server. You won't need a CNAME if you've set up a fully hosted subdomain.
The easiest way to configure DNS is to log into a DreamHost shell account and type:
host sub.mydomain.com
and get the IP address. Then add an A record to your DNS for sub.mydomain.com
-Scott