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Echo Kilo 07-16-2009 01:28 PM
Redirecting using Apache and .htaccess
 
Hello:

I am trying to redirect from the page: thesolarforum.com/forum

to the new forum at thesolarforum.com/mm-forum

But, I can't seem to figure out what's wrong with my code in the .htaccess file

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^thesolarforum.com\forum$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.thesolarforum.com\forum$
RewriteRule ^$ "http\:\/\/www\.thesolarforum\.com\/mm-forum/listcat\/" [R=301,L]

Oh, I'm a novice so please consider that with suggestions. ;)

bathory 07-16-2009 02:22 PM
First you need a
Code:
RewriteEngine on
unless you already have it in httpd.conf.
Then in the RewriteCond you should use REQUEST_URI instead of HTTP_HOST, and also the backslashes are wrong:
Then you need a "^(.*)" (means everything) in the RewriteRule. Also there is no need to escape every special character.
So try the following and see if it works:
Code:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/forum
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.thesolarforum.com/mm-forum/listcat [R=301,L]

Echo Kilo 07-16-2009 02:27 PM
Thank you - that worked like a charm!!!


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