Question

I have a requirement to map an old domain to a different path on a new domain.
Here is what I need to do:

I need a 1 to 1 mapping of this url:
http://www.hikingsanfrancisco.com/san_francisco_hikes/windy_hill_regional_open_space.php

to now go to this url:
http://www.comehike.com/outdoors/parks/park.php?park_id=1

My current .htaccess file looks like this:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.comehike.com/$1 [R=301,L]
Redirect /outdoors/trees/tanoak.php http://www.comehike.com/outdoors/trees/129/Tanoak

So hopefully the new entry does not break the other ones 🙂

Thank you,
Alex

Answer 1

Ok after many headaches this example worked:

RewriteRule ^outdoors/swift_bird.php http://www.comehike.com/outdoors/birds/bird.php?bird_id=1 [R,L]

The difference seems to be putting the [R,L] at the end of the line. But I can’t explain why. Maybe someone else can. I just know that after I added it, this redirect started working.