Question

I want to redirect several domains to different sub directories. For example:

If a visitor uses the domain http://www.cookie.com which has a HTTP redirect to http://www.mainme.com then when the visitor gets there, Apache detects the domain and redirects it to mainme.com/cookie

Same for puppy.com. If it gets HTTP redirected to mainme.com, when the user gets there it gets redirected to mainme.com/puppy

Can this be done in .htaccess?

Using Linux as server with /var/www as web folder.

Not using Virtualhost right now but learning how to do it.

Answer 1

I don’t really know what you mean by

which is forwarded to http://www.mainme.com

If it get’s forwarded with a HTTP-redirect you need to change that redirect to your needs (so attach /cookie or /puppy at the end).

If your domains are sharing the same documentroot you need to place this code in your .htacces in it:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?cookie\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mainme.com/cookie? [R,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?puppy\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mainme.com/puppy? [R,L]

EDIT:
So you might have the http-referer as clue where the user came from. Try this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http[s]?://(www\.)?cookie\.com(.*)?$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http[s]?://www.mainme.com/cookie? [R,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?puppy\.com(.*)?$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mainme.com/puppy? [R,L]