The development portal does not currently have a convenient way to create a pass-through site so you will have to create a new site with depth=1 and then add a file to the site that tells the server it is a pass-through site.
Important!
Before even considering creating a passthrough site, please make sure the site works with older browsers such as Internet Explorer 6.0 and Netscape 4.5. Also make sure the site is unencrypted and http:// compliant. If you open the site with http:// and it redirects to https://, it means that the site uses connection encryption which is not supported by Protoweb at this time.
1. Log on to development portal.
2. Click on Start New Site
3. Type in the full domain name of the site you want to pass through. It does not need to be a site that exists on Internet Archive. You can leave Target Date as is. Set Link Traversal Depth to 1.
4. The archival process should be completed within a couple minutes. Go to the website files and open the .htaccess file.
5. Click Edit or Advanced Editor.
6. Replace the first line with the following: Passthrough On
From the .htaccess documentation:
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
# PASSTHROUGH - Load page from the Internet rather than proxy
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Passthrough On | Off
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------7. Click Save.
Notify administrators you have created a passthrough site. After greenlighting it, the site will be published. The administrators will add the site to the inode.com site index.
After publishing, the URL should start working on Protoweb production proxy server.
For a more comprehensive overview on Passthrough sites, please see the passthrough documentation on the Protoweb Development Portal.
