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Make chat.js.org link to https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/17/javascript #1898
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So the title says it all.
If it is okay I would like to make at least temporarily the chat.js.org subdomain link to https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/17/javascript
The room is likely the most actively used chat at least currently in the world.
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indus commentedon Apr 10, 2018
I'm not sure this is possible. I'm not providing redirects but "only" CNAME based DNS records (FYI: http://totaluptime.com/kb/whats-the-difference-between-a-cname-and-a-web-redirect/). The target has to support this as well to make it work and I haven't found any hint that stackoverflow does support CNAMEs
7fe commentedon Apr 10, 2018
I can do a HTML header redirect on my end.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5411538/redirect-from-an-html-page
indus commentedon Apr 10, 2018
and to what page do you want to redirect? As I said the server/host/service has to support CNAMEs to make this work.
indus commentedon Apr 10, 2018
A CNAME record in JS.ORGs zonefile can redirect any requests for "chat.js.org" to "chat.stackoverflow.com" but the server of chat.stackoverflow.com also has to accept that a incoming request that with an "foreign" domain. Also it has to know that it should deliver specific content that normally belongs to one of its paths (
/rooms/17/javascript). Thats what [GitHub pages}(https://help.github.com/articles/using-a-custom-domain-with-github-pages/), Netlify, Surge.sh and others do. But I don't think that stackoverflow can handle CNAME based requests. Maybe I'm wrong - but then you have to provide me a link with some informations how to configure a custom domain in stackoverflow.7fe commentedon Apr 10, 2018
Simple create CNAME
index.htmlpage on GitHub with the followingI'll create a page later and create a pull request .
7fe commentedon Apr 10, 2018
@indus the issue right now is that chat(s) is/are reserved domains. I have made a pull request requesting the use of this domain for the SO chat room.
MadaraUchiha commentedon Apr 11, 2018
@limeblack We have a server ready to accept the CNAME and requests from the correct
host, the redirecting is on us from our end :)indus commentedon Apr 11, 2018
when you say redirect - does that mean that that the URL "chat.js.org" will stay in the users adressbar or does your server make a redirect that forces the user to a new URL. I'm not supporting the latter, as I said (there is just no benefit for JS.ORG if it is just an alias or secondary entry point) - otherwise I am really willing to give it a try. Then I would need the adress of the server. Or is the server you are talking about directly hosting "chat.stackoverflow.com"?
7fe commentedon Apr 11, 2018
If you are not supporting a redirect then I will close the issue. Frankly the domain likely will not be used for any specific project because it a general ‘chat‘ link doesn't make sense so I figured a general redirect would be acceptable. Would you support a redirect for chatso.js.org?