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    From fhpack@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 29 15:07:25 2016
    kinda complicated:

    I want url 'A' to be redirected to 'B', with 'A' appearing in the URL bar, which can easily be done with a FORWARD with MASK on my domain registrar's site.

    BUT if the user then clicks a link to a subpage, the FORWARD with MASK only shows 'A'; it does not show 'A'/subpage -- which is what I need.

    Is there a way to do that?? a .htaccess rule? or what?

    TIA (very very sincerely)

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  • From Ivan Shmakov@21:1/5 to All on Wed Nov 30 12:07:52 2016
    fhpack <fhpack@gmail.com> writes:

    kinda complicated:

    I want url 'A' to be redirected to 'B', with 'A' appearing in the URL
    bar, which can easily be done with a FORWARD with MASK on my domain registrar's site.

    BUT if the user then clicks a link to a subpage, the FORWARD with
    MASK only shows 'A'; it does not show 'A'/subpage -- which is what I
    need.

    Is the problem with "URL bar" specifically? That is, is it that
    when the link to that subpage is followed, the subpage is shown
    as needed, but the "URL bar" contents does not change?

    As I gather, "masking" can be done either by the means of a
    reverse proxy, or with HTML "frames"; and unchanging "URL bar"
    suggests the latter. (I'd be quite surprised to see such a
    behavior with the former.)

    Is there a way to do that?? a .htaccess rule? or what?

    If it's Apache we're talking about, can you perhaps check its
    access.log file (if there's one) for any relevant HTTP requests?

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