Comments on: Re-direct to another Domain?

Question: Re-direct to another Domain?

SansPoint — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:25:37 -0800

How do I redirect all results to a directory on my website to a totally different domain?

I used to host a friend's website in a directory on my site, but I eventually moved them to their own domain. Their old URL, because I run Wordpress, now goes to my main site. I'd like to have that URL forward to their new domain.

Sadly, my .ht_access-fu is non-existant. Help?

By: foxydot

foxydot — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:35:38 -0800

If it's just the -fu that is non-existant, but you CAN use .htaccess, it's pretty simple.

You could use mod_rewrite, but the easiest way (IMHO) would be to do:

Redirect permanent /old_directory http://new_domain.com

in .htaccess on your root directory.

By: davebush

davebush — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:38:50 -0800

Try this:

META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="1;URL=http://www.yourdomain.com/"

Add opening and closing <>

By: churl

churl — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:55:55 -0800

Whenever possible, don't use META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh". Foxydot's got it.

By: SansPoint

SansPoint — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:21:02 -0800

foxydot - That's the trick indeed! Thank you so much!