Creating a Virtual Directory

Virtual directories extend the home directory of your website by providing an alias linking another directory not contained within the home directory. This alias will appear to users as simply a subfolder to the website even though it might be located on an entirely different server.

The virtual directory can contain documents and other information for the website as well as a new website. For example, if CompanyABC’s website (www.companyabc.com) wants to host a temporary website for another organization, it could use a virtual directory to contain the website. In this scenario, CompanyXYZ would have its own website located at www.companyabc.com/companyxyz/. You must be a server, site or application administrator ...

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