how to have a own url like facebook

[sowhatever]

Hello
I have a website where we promote dj's and music artist , i would like an option where i can give the artist their own url similiar to what facebook does .What would i need to do ?

Thanks
-Steve

 

[PixelPusher]

Can you provide an example?

 

[sowhatever]

Like facebook came out with facebook.com/webdesignforum ,they came out with this sometime in june this year.

http://social-networking-websites-r...acebook-allowing-you-to-set-your-own-url.html

 

[Marcus Cyganiak]

Like a Facebook account URL address is http://www.facebook.com/myname ???

Well in your case, you're probably not using a CMS, so the manual process root for this would be to create a new file directory attached to your root folder.


For example:

http://www.yourwebsite.com/index.html

Create a new folder with that person's name and you'll get:

http://www.yourwebsite.com/myname


Now to do what say Blogger does with their URLS: http://myname.blogspot.com, that's basically the same process, only you're not creating a folder per say, you're creating a "sub domain."


I know it may seem simplistic, but here's an example again:

http://www.yourwebsite.com/index.html

Create a new sub domain with that person's name and you'll get:

http://myname.yourwebsite.com/index.html


Sub domains are great when you're wanting to create a sub website that is basically a sister website of the main website, or a subsidiary if you will. Sub websites do not necessarily have to resemble the main website in style or design, it can resemble a completely new idea in every respect.

 

[constanthosting]

You could always use something like wordpress mu (http://mu.wordpress.org/) and set it up for subdirectories . then each person would have their own blog on their own subdomain and you'd have a master account to them all.