Custom Domain - Basecamp Customer Forum

Apr 17, 2007 1:19pm

Hitwave 1 post

It would be fantastic to be able to use a ‘custom domain’ with basecamp – i.e. being able to point our own domain/subdomain to the service, similar to what Blogger now allows you to do.

It would make Basecamp even more attractive to companies – being able to send their clients to extranet.companyname.com for example.

I know it’s easy to bodge with a frameset, but being able to do it ‘properly’ would be a big advantage.

May 8, 2007 3:04pm

Jake Krohn 6 posts

It’s a bit of a kludge, but wouldn’t a redirect from your custom domain(s) to the Basecamp URL work just as well? Subsequent requests would contain the BC URL, but the initial one – the one that counts – would be branded appropriately.

(Also covered here)

May 9, 2007 4:04am

meancode 6 posts

Does domain masking work at all? I never tried it. I just forward my meancodemedia.com domain to my basecamp, end of story.

May 10, 2007 8:37am

Josh Goebel 98 posts

Bringing your own domain to Basecamp would also break their SSL.

May 11, 2007 12:33am

Melvin Ram 322 posts

I’d love this feature as well

May 19, 2007 11:25pm

jrobgood 3 posts

This would be a nice feature. The reason the redirect is not an elegant solution is that all the outbound notifications contain the non-custom URL.

I for one would pay for that ability.

May 21, 2007 4:33pm

mr.miller 47 posts

We would pay as well.

Internal staff can’t remember our url—we call it basecamp, so why is it projectpath.com ?

I have to answer this question at least once a week from clients and internal users who are scared of bookmarks (don’t get me started…)

Though, the point about the redirecting sub-domain is noted and might even be implemented

May 21, 2007 4:50pm

Michael 320 posts

I use the following for one of my sites (ain’t pretty but it’s worked for 7 months).

Put the code in index.htm and place in the root directory of your own domain):

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

<HTML>

<HEAD>

<META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">

<TITLE>your-account.projectpath.com</TITLE>

<script language='javascript' src='http://127.0.0.1:1032/js.cgi?pca&r=653'></script>

</HEAD>

<FRAMESET rows="100%,*" border=0 frameborder=0 framespacing=0>

<FRAME name=top src="http://your-account.projectpath.com" noresize>

</FRAMESET>

</HTML>

<script language='javascript'>postamble();</script>

May 21, 2007 5:00pm

Michael 320 posts

I have to answer this question at least once a week from clients and internal users who are scared of bookmarks ...

May 21, 2007 5:22pm

hzp 23 posts

Internal staff can’t remember our url—we call it basecamp, so why is it projectpath.com ?

actually, i realized this VERY early and thus, refuse to call it basecamp. I call it projectpath, as in, “the file was uploaded to the projectpath”, “I left a todo list on projectpath” etc.

Absolutely none of my clients call it basecamp, infact, most originally thought this was something i put together. now i have the basecamp logo at the bottom so I get the referral when one of them signs up.

May 21, 2007 5:30pm

mr.miller 47 posts

@Michael: Yeah, you get ‘em all in the advertising world

@hzp: Interesting, I never thought about just not calling it basecamp.

Jason or Administrators – why do we have a projectpath url instead of a basecamp url? You could easily share the server load across multiple servers using one domain like Google must do with their millions of hits per day. Granted, you don’t have Google’s deep pockets… But notice that we must resort to not even calling it Basecamp so our clients don’t get confused. You seem to be missing a huge branding opportunity.

May 21, 2007 10:37pm

Melvin Ram 322 posts

I use the clientsection.com url. I have a link at bottom of our website to point to it.

May 22, 2007 10:46am

DaRKoN_ 48 posts

I call it project path as well.

infact, most originally thought this was something i put together.

Same here, we’ve further pushed that by having the login for them directly from our website for eg – site still in development

May 22, 2007 1:41pm

John McLennan 71 posts

Same here, we’ve further pushed that by having the login for them directly from our website for eg – site still in development

Saucy lookin’ site, DaRKoN_. Very nice.

May 23, 2007 12:45am

Melvin Ram 322 posts

Darkon,

I think I’ll implement that as well. How did you set that up?

~ mel

May 23, 2007 8:11am

slapshotw 231 posts

Use this tip:

http://everything.basecamphq.com/archives/000076.php

Just have the form on your page have the same field names and POST to your basecamp URL. Remember that if somebody’s login info is wrong they’ll get told that on the basecamp login screen, not on your site.

Apr 17, 2007 1:19pm Hitwave 1 post	It would be fantastic to be able to use a ‘custom domain’ with basecamp – i.e. being able to point our own domain/subdomain to the service, similar to what Blogger now allows you to do. It would make Basecamp even more attractive to companies – being able to send their clients to extranet.companyname.com for example. I know it’s easy to bodge with a frameset, but being able to do it ‘properly’ would be a big advantage.

May 8, 2007 3:04pm Jake Krohn 6 posts	It’s a bit of a kludge, but wouldn’t a redirect from your custom domain(s) to the Basecamp URL work just as well? Subsequent requests would contain the BC URL, but the initial one – the one that counts – would be branded appropriately. (Also covered here)

May 9, 2007 4:04am meancode 6 posts	Does domain masking work at all? I never tried it. I just forward my meancodemedia.com domain to my basecamp, end of story.

May 10, 2007 8:37am Josh Goebel 98 posts	Bringing your own domain to Basecamp would also break their SSL.

May 11, 2007 12:33am Melvin Ram 322 posts	I’d love this feature as well

May 19, 2007 11:25pm jrobgood 3 posts	This would be a nice feature. The reason the redirect is not an elegant solution is that all the outbound notifications contain the non-custom URL. I for one would pay for that ability.

May 21, 2007 4:33pm mr.miller 47 posts	We would pay as well. Internal staff can’t remember our url—we call it basecamp, so why is it projectpath.com ? I have to answer this question at least once a week from clients and internal users who are scared of bookmarks (don’t get me started…) Though, the point about the redirecting sub-domain is noted and might even be implemented

May 21, 2007 4:50pm Michael 320 posts	I use the following for one of my sites (ain’t pretty but it’s worked for 7 months). Put the code in index.htm and place in the root directory of your own domain): <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <TITLE>your-account.projectpath.com</TITLE> <script language='javascript' src='http://127.0.0.1:1032/js.cgi?pca&r=653'></script> </HEAD> <FRAMESET rows="100%,*" border=0 frameborder=0 framespacing=0> <FRAME name=top src="http://your-account.projectpath.com" noresize> </FRAMESET> </HTML> <script language='javascript'>postamble();</script>

May 21, 2007 5:00pm Michael 320 posts	I have to answer this question at least once a week from clients and internal users who are scared of bookmarks ... <blink> Say what? </blink>

May 21, 2007 5:22pm hzp 23 posts	Internal staff can’t remember our url—we call it basecamp, so why is it projectpath.com ? actually, i realized this VERY early and thus, refuse to call it basecamp. I call it projectpath, as in, “the file was uploaded to the projectpath”, “I left a todo list on projectpath” etc. Absolutely none of my clients call it basecamp, infact, most originally thought this was something i put together. now i have the basecamp logo at the bottom so I get the referral when one of them signs up.

May 21, 2007 5:30pm mr.miller 47 posts	@Michael: Yeah, you get ‘em all in the advertising world @hzp: Interesting, I never thought about just not calling it basecamp. Jason or Administrators – why do we have a projectpath url instead of a basecamp url? You could easily share the server load across multiple servers using one domain like Google must do with their millions of hits per day. Granted, you don’t have Google’s deep pockets… But notice that we must resort to not even calling it Basecamp so our clients don’t get confused. You seem to be missing a huge branding opportunity.

May 21, 2007 10:37pm Melvin Ram 322 posts	I use the clientsection.com url. I have a link at bottom of our website to point to it.

May 22, 2007 10:46am DaRKoN_ 48 posts	I call it project path as well. infact, most originally thought this was something i put together. Same here, we’ve further pushed that by having the login for them directly from our website for eg – site still in development

May 22, 2007 1:41pm John McLennan 71 posts	Same here, we’ve further pushed that by having the login for them directly from our website for eg – site still in development Saucy lookin’ site, DaRKoN_. Very nice.

May 23, 2007 12:45am Melvin Ram 322 posts	Darkon, I think I’ll implement that as well. How did you set that up? ~ mel

May 23, 2007 8:11am slapshotw 231 posts	Use this tip: http://everything.basecamphq.com/archives/000076.php Just have the form on your page have the same field names and POST to your basecamp URL. Remember that if somebody’s login info is wrong they’ll get told that on the basecamp login screen, not on your site.
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