url forwarding?

commador

hey guys, I have a question that the web gurus here may be able to help with. Perfect example is polycount itself. I always punch in "boards.polycount.net" and it redirects to "polycount.com/forum"

How is this done specifically? I know about .htaccess 301 commands, but I cant seem to grasp how to tell it to use a subdomain. I can make "/example" goto "webpage.com/example" for shorter links, but when I try to make "example.webpage.com" goto "webpage.com/example" it blows up. I'm certain I'm on the right track, but I'm doing something wrong.

imyj

Well.. most web hosting control panels have the option to forward subdomains/domains to the URL of your choice - have you looked into that?

Tom Ellis

I don't know a whole lot of web coding but I've always used this in the past:

<?php
header( 'Location: http://www.yourwebsitehere.com/pagenamehere.html' ) ;
?>

I've found it can be a little slow sometimes though.