To make it easier for you to manage your domains, we've launched a Domain Pointing Manager tool. In addition to consolidating several of our existing domain management tools, the new tool also provides increased functionality.

Your home directory (the main directory of your hosting account)
A subdirectory of your site (i.e., www.yourdomain.com/subdirectory)
Another URL (different from your hosting account)
"Domain parking" (resolve to a placeholder while you develop your site)
We've also added domain-pointing icons to DomainCentral, so you can see at a glance where each of your domains is pointing.

One thing that was made clear by this latest development, PowWeb’s paid service, the Map to Subdirectory Tool, can already be rendered as useless. This means that we no longer have to purchase (or renew) this mapping tool since the new Domain Pointing tool technically does the same thing as what this mapping tool does.

Other exciting features of this new tool is, it can do a stealth redirect to an external URL. It can also enable a Domain park system which was previously not available on PowWeb’s control panel.

This new tool will surely make PowWeb one of the best hosting company on the face of the Earth. Thank you, PowWeb!

Useful Links
Domain Pointing Manager
Map To Subdirectory Bundle

PowWeb Announcements
New Tool: Domain Pointing Managers

Here are the complete list of New TLDs supported by PowWeb as posted by Joshua on the PowWeb Forum:

.at is available. 1 Year $16.95
.be is available. 1 Year $16.95
.biz is available. 1 Year $15.002 Years $30.003 Years $45.00
.ca is available. 1 Year $16.95
.cc is available. 1 Year $34.95
.ch is available. 1 Year $34.95
.cn is available. 1 Year $16.95
.co.uk is available. 2 Years $16.95 Better than GoDaddy
.com is available. 1 Year $15.002 Years $30.003 Years $45.00
.de is available. 1 Year $16.95
.eu is available. 1 Year $16.95
.info is available. 1 Year $15.002 Years $30.003 Years $45.00
.mobi is available. 2 Years $34.95
.net is available. 1 Year $15.002 Years $30.003 Years $45.00
.org is available. 1 Year $15.002 Years $30.003 Years $45.00
.org.uk is available. 2 Years $16.95
.tv is available. 1 Year $34.95 Better than GoDaddy
.us is available. 1 Year $16.95

Domain Privacy is available for $8.99 for the following domains:
.biz
.cc
.com
.info
.net
.org
.tv

Registration fees vary depending on the type of tlds. Hoping to register one of these in the future!

Useful Links
The PowWeb Home Page

PowWeb Forum Links
Domain Registration – Now supporting more TLD’s!

Sample 1:

RewriteEngine On
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain_name\.?tld [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.domain_name\.?tld [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/subfolder/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ subfolder/$1 [L]

Sample 2:

RewriteEngine On
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond s%{HTTPS} ^((s)on|s.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^/*(.+/)?([^.]*[^/])$ http%2://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1$2/ [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain_name\.?tld [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.domain_name\.?tld [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/subfolder/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ subfolder/$1 [L]

Sample 3:

RewriteEngine On
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^([^\.]+[^/])$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1/ [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?domain_name\.tld$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/subfolder/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ subfolder/$1 [L]

These codes seems to be confusing to me, although it resembles the one that I previously use. Aside from this, PowWeb users can also use the Map to Subdirectory Tool for creating multiple websites on the PowWeb server.

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Adding A Second Website Using .htaccess
Adding A Second Website Using PowWeb’s ‘Map to Subdirectory Tool’

Useful Links
The PowWeb Home Page

PowWeb Forum Links
.htaccess code examples for an add’l domain
Installing a second domain

Let’s say my first website is on home/htdocs folder and can be accessed on the url www.first-domain-name.com and my second website is on the directory home/htdocs/secondwebsite/. This means that if my first website’s visitors would go to www.first-domain-name.com/secondwebsite, they will see my second website which is completely different from the first one. This is because my first and second website are both pointing to the htdocs and I just use a htaccess to redirect my second domain to a subfolder inside it.

I would experience problems in the future if I want my 2nd, 3rd, and fourth websites, to be distinct and different from each other, especially if they are specifically intended for different companies or group of people.

To solve this problem, I searched PowWeb Forum and one thread suggested the use of a “Map to Sub Directory Bundle“. The bundle description states that this tool “..is specifically designed for customers who don’t know or are uncertain how to manage tricky .htaccess scripts and other methods to get their directory structure ready for multiple sites on the same account.” The bundle has a fee of $27.77 and comes with a Domain credit.

I purchased the tool and then proceeded to OPS and searched the tab where I can use this tool. I found the tool on the Domains >>> Subdomain Mapping page where it indicates “Full Domain to Subdirectory Mapping”. You will need to enter the exact path where the website was uploaded to. On my case, I want to upload the files for my second website to a subdirectory outside ‘htdocs’, say home/secondwebsite/htdocs. I entered the path ’secondwebsite/htdocs’ on the “Points to Directory” column. I needed to create an ‘htdocs’ folder inside the ’secondwebsite’ for my files to work, otherwise, the 2nd website will just show a “Directory Has No Index File” message. This means that every files that I need on my website should be uploaded on a ‘htdocs’ folder.

Related Articles
Adding A Second Website Using .htaccess

Useful Links
PowWeb OPS
Map To Subdirectory Bundle

PowWeb Forum Links:
How to: Multiple sites on one account

I’ve written a .htaccess code, as advised on the forum, and saved it as ‘.htaccess’ on my home/htdocs/ directory. I needed an FTP program to upload this file because OPS‘ Filemanager does not support such type of filename.

My htaccess resembles the following piece of code:

RewriteEngine On
Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} second-domain-name.com
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !secondwebsite/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ secondwebsite/$1 [L]


Codes are case sensitive otherwise the second website will give you an “Internal Server Error” message when the domain is loaded.

Related Articles
Adding A Second Website Using PowWeb’s ‘Map to Subdirectory Tool’

Useful Links
PowWeb OPS: Login Page

PowWeb Forum Links
Installing a second domain
.htaccess code examples for an add’l domain