[SOLVED] How can I .htaccess 301 redirect all pages/files (EXCEPT FOR ONE) to new domain?

kenweill · 06-18-2015, 02:33 AM

How can I .htaccess 301 redirect all pages/files (EXCEPT FOR ONE) to new domain?

I have already made an .htaccess file that successfully redirects most all the different pages and files on my old domain (www.olddomain.com) to my new domain (www.newdomain.com).

HOWEVER, I need one page to NOT be redirected to the new site, that page is the google verification .html file:

Code:

http://www.olddomain.com/googleverification.html

.

I have attached the most relevant parts of the file are pasted below:

---------RELEVANT PARTS OF THE .HTACCESS FILE---------

Code:

RewriteEngine On

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

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}  !\.(php|html?|jpg|gif|png|pdf|tiff|bmp|ico|gz|zip|xml|txt)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)([^/])$ http://www.newdomain.com/$1$2/ [L,R=301]


# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

bathory · 06-18-2015, 04:03 AM

Hi,

You can use:

Code:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.newdomain.com$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/googleverification.html
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.newdomain.com/$1 [L,R=301]

kenweill · 06-18-2015, 04:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

Hi,

You can use:

Code:

RewriteCond {HTTP_HOST} !^www.newdomain.com$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/googleverification.html
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.newdomain.com/$1 [L,R=301]

It now works. After removing my first rule. It must have conflicted with my other redirections.
Thanks.

bathory · 06-18-2015, 05:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kenweill

Thanks. But I tried this and it has no effect.

Are you sure apache reads the .htaccess file in question
And I guess you have cleared your browser cache before testing

kenweill · 06-18-2015, 07:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

Are you sure apache reads the .htaccess file in question
And I guess you have cleared your browser cache before testing

Okay. I cleared the cache and reload and I got redirected to

Code:

http://www.newdomain.com/googleverification.html

instead of

Code:

http://www.olddomain.com/googleverification.html

kenweill · 06-18-2015, 07:40 AM

I found a solution and it works.

Code:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond {HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?olddomain\.com$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} !/googleverification\.html [NC]
RewriteRule ^ http://www.newdomain.com%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301,NE]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}  !\.(php|html?|jpg|gif|png|pdf|tiff|bmp|ico|gz|zip|xml|txt)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)([^/])$ http://www.newdomain.com/$1$2/ [L,R=301]


# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

I also tried your code again, but this time, removing the first rule on my original codes and it also works.
I guess it conflicted with my other redirection that's why on my first test, it didn't work.

Thanks.