Handling multiple domain accounts for accessing a single web app

Rails
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hi all,

Here is the question, Is there a way to set multiple domain name for
accessing a single rails application,

below are my requirements

  • based on the domain i need to show pages based on their settings.

  • how to manage the settings at application.rb file.

  • the base domain url should be maintained. i am not here for
    discussing about subdomains.

scenario :

i have a site www.a.com, i have different users to my site with their
own domains and settings set. for eg.

  1. www.b.com and their settings B
  2. www.c.com and their settings C

when a user access www.b.com it should be redirected to www.a.com with
the pages listed with settings B.

is this possible, if so please provide a detailed reply…

thanks in advance…

Regards,
Jacob v thomas

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On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 6:24 PM, jacob v thomas [email protected]
wrote:

hi all,

Here is the question, Is there a way to set multiple domain name for
accessing a single rails application,

Bump.

Is there a way to handle multiple domains including being able to use
different templates for different domains?

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On 02 Nov 2008, at 09:12, Tim U. wrote:

Here is the question, Is there a way to set multiple domain name for
accessing a single rails application,

Bump.

Is there a way to handle multiple domains including being able to use
different templates for different domains?

account_location plugin, then use account_domain and use it as a key
in your access management.

Different templates, same functionality: either switch the stylesheet
(CSS) or go un-DRY by using different view folders for each domain.

Best regards

Peter De Berdt

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On 07 Nov 2008, at 02:39, Tim U. wrote:

account_location plugin, then use account_domain and use it as a
key in your
access management.
Different templates, same functionality: either switch the
stylesheet (CSS)
or go un-DRY by using different view folders for each domain.

The account_location plugin talks about subdomains. Do you know if
it’s suitable for different top level domains?

All it does is put some convenience methods around the built-in
request.domain, request.subdomains and request.port_string methods.
Sometimes it’s better to go and have a look at the actual code of the
plugin to see what it does (and the code of account_domain is so
simple even someone who never wrote a line of ruby would understand).

account_domain will return the domain and port without the subdomain
part, examples:
• www.rubyonrails.org => rubyonrails.org
• www.rubyonrails.org:5000 => rubyonrails.org:5000
• api.rubyonrails.org => rubyonrails.org
• some.demo.app.rubyonrails.org => demo.app.rubyonrails.org

If you want just the domain and nothing else (port number, …), just
request.domain is what you want.

Best regards

Peter De Berdt

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account_location plugin, then use account_domain and use it as a key in your
access management.
Different templates, same functionality: either switch the stylesheet (CSS)
or go un-DRY by using different view folders for each domain.

The account_location plugin talks about subdomains. Do you know if
it’s suitable for different top level domains?