www.gallery.yourdomain.com versus www.yourdomain.com/gallery2

rghost

Joined: 2009-01-02
Posts: 16
Posted: Sun, 2009-01-04 01:09

Hello,
When i installed gallery, i followed the advice in the help, and placed the G2data outside of my public_html folder. That makes sense to me.

But can someone explain if its more secure to have a website address as: www.gallery.yourdomain.com versus www.yourdomain.com/gallery2

Is this also more secure? Or is this just preference?

I noticed when i created this "subdomain" using my webhost, it placed the folder outside of my public_html as well, although i can still link to it by typing the full url.

THanks!

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Gallery version = 2.3 core 1.3.0
PHP version = 4.4.9 cgi
Webserver = Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.8i DAV/2 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635
Database = mysqlt 5.0.67-community-log, lock.s
 
floridave
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Joined: 2003-12-22
Posts: 27300
Posted: Sun, 2009-01-04 03:43
Quote:
Is this also more secure? Or is this just preference?

just a preference.

Dave
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Leshrec

Joined: 2009-01-15
Posts: 2
Posted: Thu, 2009-01-15 19:18

i would suggest using the subdomain, its easier to explain to "common" folk...that is if you're going to have people visiting the site...

this is from a web designers point of view but i agree with dave its personal preference..to me

photos.yourdomain.com is alot cleaner then www.yourdomain.com/photos

I am not sure how this affects search engines though any thoughts?
 
jelzo

Joined: 2008-04-10
Posts: 67
Posted: Wed, 2009-01-21 02:49

You can use both. Normally, the subdomain gallery.domain.com just redirects to the folder gallery in your public_html. If you place gallery there, users can both use gallery.domain.com as well as domain.com/gallery. If your gallery is already in public_html/gallery2/, move it and edit the config.php file.

But i prefer the subdomain or a combination of both too.