Question

Let’s say short.com is the short domain and long.com is the long domain

updated:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.long.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://long.com/ [R=301]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^short\.li$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/redirect
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /redirect?short=$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)short\.li$
RewriteRule ^$ http://long.com/ [L,R=301]

both domains point to that root directory. When I type short.li I end up on long.com/?l=
how did I manage to screw up like that?^^

Answer 1

Try this in your htaccess file :

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)short\.com$
RewriteRule ^$ http://www.long.com/ [L,QSA,R=301]

Remove RewriteEngine on if it is already there