[WEB4LIB] RE: How do I make two home pages available at the same IP address

[D. Keith Higgs]

Any HTTPd server worth running should be able to do this. Apache has
been able to do this for several years now and continues to do it
without the security holes in IIS. Additionally Apache v2.0.36 on Win32
has now been tested head to head for performance against IIS and matched
it every step of the way under heavy loads.

Alternatively, if your goal is to have a browser specific homepage there
are ways you can configure Apache to handle that.

D. Keith Higgs <mailto:dkh2 at po.cwru.edu>
 Case Western Reserve University
  Webmaster - University Library
  Additional Information at http://www.cwru.edu/UL/

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]
On Behalf Of Jim Swift
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 08:27 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: How do I make two home pages available at the
same IP address


John:
If you are running IIS 4.0 or better, you can easily add a virtual site
using a different port number. There is no need for multiple web server
packages, IIS can handle it. As to the specifics, I don't have an IIS 4
server here, so I cannot give you details on exactly how to do it, just
that it is possible and fairly easy. If you have specific questions on
how to set it up, please email me off the list and I would be happy to
help.

Regards,
Jim Swift
IT Librarian
Fairfield Public Library
1080 Old Post Road
Fairfield, CT 06430-5996
(203)256-3160 Voice
(203)256-3162 Fax
jswift at fplct.org

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Info Galway Library
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 7:40 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] How do I make two home pages available at the same IP
address


Hi,

I already have a Microsoft IIS web server for our website. On the Pcs
reserved for the Library Catalogue, I intend to specify its IP address
as the proxy server and have it serve a home page explaining why this Pc
may not be used for browsing the web generally. In the box 'Do not use
proxy server for addresses beginning with', I will specify the web
address of our library catalogue. Attempts to access sites other than
the library catalogue will be met by a homepage explaining why this is
not possible. Attempts to access the library catalogue will be
unhindered. I think I can do this without having recourse to a proxy
server. A web server seems to be sufficient.

The only problem is I need to be able to make two home pages available
at the same IP address. My plan is to use different port numbers.

What is the best way of doing this? Do I need to run two different web
server softwares on the same machine?

Thanks in advance.

Regards
John Fitzgibbon

Galway Public Library
Island House
Cathedral Square
Galway
Ireland

http://www.galwaylibrary.ie

Phone: 00 353 91 562471
Fax: 00 353 91 565039