XF 1.3 Cookies: 2 Domains, 1 Forum

[taylor_smith]

I have one forum installation installed at http://noobist.com/community. The website noobist.com is part of a WordPress Multisite network, which includes noobist.tv. For some reason, http://noobist.tv/community also points to the same forum installation (same software, database, etc.).

The only difference: cookies don't carry between the domains.

What are my options here? Can I enable cross-domain cookies so people stay logged in? Should I just set up a permanent redirect from noobist.tv/community > noobist.com/community? I'd sort of prefer the former, but maybe the latter is the only way.

 

[Jeremy]

You should perform a redirect if you wish the community to be at .com. Otherwise, cross domain cookies aren't really a "thing" and would require an add-on to create both.

 

[taylor_smith]

Well, since Noobist.TV is a separate brand, it'd be nice to have both functioning. But I haven't always had much luck finding addon developers for cross-domain-type products. Ah, well.

Thanks.

 

[taylor_smith]

You should perform a redirect if you wish the community to be at .com. Otherwise, cross domain cookies aren't really a "thing" and would require an add-on to create both.

There was an error adding the redirect.

You cannot redirect "community" to "http://noobist.com/community" as this will cause a redirection loop because "/home2/noobist/public_html/community" is at the same place as "/home2/noobist/public_html/community".

Since noobist.tv is part of the WPMU network, they all sit on the same root directory.

 

[Jeremy]

What was your redirect code? And how were you redirecting?

 

[taylor_smith]

What was your redirect code? And how were you redirecting?

cPanel > redirects

 

[Jeremy]

.htacess redirects will allow proper domain redirection.

 

[taylor_smith]

.htacess redirects will allow proper domain redirection.

I need to choose either a file or directory to redirect. Sadly, there are no files or directories that differentiate the two, because both domains share the same directories/files. :<

 

[Jeremy]

A direct .htacdrss rule will allow you to redirect based on domain. I'm mobile so I really can't give you the rule, but a quick search of Google should help.

 

[Mike]

I believe this should help: http://enarion.net/web/htaccess/migrate-domains/

 

[taylor_smith]

I already have some rewrite rules in my .htaccess. Should I be concerned about adding more rules? Here's what I have currently:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteRule ^wp-admin$ wp-admin/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule ^(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ $1 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

 

[Mike]

Additional rules would be fine. You would need to add them to the top though (or at least before that last block as that's a catch-all).