Question

Hi guys trying to get a 301 redirect working and having trouble. I need to redirect sub.domain1.com to http://www.domain2.com and make sure that any file names or parameters get sent over with it.

This is what I was trying:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain1.com [NC] 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain2.com/$1 [L,R=301] 

I also tried this:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING}  ^$
RewriteRule ^sub\.domain1\.com$ /www.domain2.com? [R=301,NE,NC,L]

Where am I messing up?

Answer 1

Rule of thumb for rewriterules: from the most complex to the less complex.
And don’t forget the QSA directive (QSA = Query String Append = “make sure that any file names or parameters get sent over with it”)

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^sub\.domain1\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain2.com/$1 [QSA,R=301,L]

Tell me if it works.