Question

We are migrating to a new server structure and I need some help with htaccess. I’m a php programmer and by no means an apache expert.

Here is the plain explanation:

• I need the root directory of http://www.oldsite.com to redirect to the root directory http://www.newsite.com.

• A specific directory http://www.oldsite/dir1 to redirect to a subdomain on the new site as in newdomain.newsite.com

• Everything else http://www.oldsite.com/whatever/ needs to go to apps.newsite.com/whatever/

What I have right now is:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule / http://www.newsite.com [L,R=301]
RewriteRule (.*)dir1/ http://newdomain.newsite.com [L,R=301]
RewriteRule (.*)$ http://apps.newsite.com/$1 [L,R=301]

But its not working as I want it to…

Anyway, any and all help will be appreciated.

Thanks,
-Orallo

Answer 1

Using mod_alias, you can put this in either server/vhost config or in your htaccess file (in your document root of the oldsite.com):

Redirect 301 /dir1 http://newdomain.newsite.com
RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.+)$ http://apps.newsite.com/$1
RedirectMatch 301 ^/$ http://www.newsite.com

As for mod_rewrite, you need to remove the leading slashes from your rewrite rules since you are using them in an htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^$ http://www.newsite.com [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^dir1/(.*) http://newdomain.newsite.com/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ http://apps.newsite.com/$1 [L,R=301]