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	7	added 3 characters in body source \| link	edited Jun 13 '14 at 15:35 Binarysurf 8834 silver badges8 bronze badges
inline side-by-side side-by-side markdown I guess you should not enclose your new.com with quotes "", neither scape it because your regular expression is inside RewriteCond, not inside the target. Try something like this: `Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^old\.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.old\.com$ RewriteRule ^some\-page\.php$ http://www.new.com/some-other-page.php [R=301,L] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^old\.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.old\.com$ RewriteRule ^(.)$ http://www.new.com/$1 [R=301,L]` Edit: I've added specific url redirection. As you can see, order matters, is you have something specific you should place it upfront other rules that are more generic like host redirection. If you need to play a little bit with htaccess you should use a tester like this. You have to enter urls like http://www.old.com/somepage.php, or http://www.old.com, always using http://. I guess you should not enclose your new.com with quotes "", neither scape it because your regular expression is inside RewriteCond, not inside the target. Try something like this: `Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^some\-page\.php$ http://www.new.com/some-other-page.php [R=301,L] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^old\.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.old\.com$ RewriteRule ^(.)$ http://www.new.com/$1 [R=301,L]` Edit: I've added specific url redirection. As you can see, order matters, is you have something specific you should place it upfront other rules that are more generic like host redirection. If you need to play a little bit with htaccess you should use a tester like this. You have to enter urls like http://www.old.com/somepage.php, or http://www.old.com, always using http://. I guess you should not enclose your new.com with quotes "", neither scape it because your regular expression is inside RewriteCond, not inside the target. Try something like this: `Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^old\.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.old\.com$ RewriteRule ^some\-page\.php$ http://www.new.com/some-other-page.php [R=301,L] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.new.com/$1 [R=301,L]` Edit: I've added specific url redirection. As you can see, order matters, is you have something specific you should place it upfront other rules that are more generic like host redirection. If you need to play a little bit with htaccess you should use a tester like this. You have to enter urls like http://www.old.com/somepage.php, or http://www.old.com, always using http://.

	6	Corrected code example, thanks to w3d comment source \| link	edited Jun 13 '14 at 15:29 Binarysurf 8834 silver badges8 bronze badges
inline side-by-side side-by-side markdown I guess you should not enclose your new.com with quotes "", neither scape it because your regular expression is inside RewriteCond, not inside the target. Try something like this: `Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^old\.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.old\.com$ RewriteRule ^some\-page\.php$ http://www.new.com/some-other-page.php [R=301,L] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^old\.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.old\.com$ RewriteRule ^(.)$ http://www.new.com/$1 [R=301,L]` Edit: I've added specific url redirection. As you can see, order matters, is you have something specific you should place it upfront other rules that are more generic like host redirection. If you need to play a little bit with htaccess you should use a tester like this. You have to enter urls like http://www.old.com/somepage.php, or http://www.old.com, always using http://. I guess you should not enclose your new.com with quotes "", neither scape it because your regular expression is inside RewriteCond, not inside the target. Try something like this: `Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^old\.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.old\.com$ RewriteRule ^some\-page\.php$ http://www.new.com/some-other-page.php [R=301,L] RewriteRule ^(.)$ http://www.new.com/$1 [R=301,L]` Edit: I've added specific url redirection. As you can see, order matters, is you have something specific you should place it upfront other rules that are more generic like host redirection. If you need to play a little bit with htaccess you should use a tester like this. You have to enter urls like http://www.old.com/somepage.php, or http://www.old.com, always using http://. I guess you should not enclose your new.com with quotes "", neither scape it because your regular expression is inside RewriteCond, not inside the target. Try something like this: `Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^some\-page\.php$ http://www.new.com/some-other-page.php [R=301,L] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^old\.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.old\.com$ RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.new.com/$1 [R=301,L]` Edit: I've added specific url redirection. As you can see, order matters, is you have something specific you should place it upfront other rules that are more generic like host redirection. If you need to play a little bit with htaccess you should use a tester like this. You have to enter urls like http://www.old.com/somepage.php, or http://www.old.com, always using http://.

	5	deleted 1 character in body source \| link	edited Jun 13 '14 at 13:04 Binarysurf 8834 silver badges8 bronze badges
inline side-by-side side-by-side markdown I guess you should not enclose your new.com with quotes "", neither scape it because your regular expression is inside RewriteCond, not inside RewriteRulethe target. Try something like this: `Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^old\.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.old\.com$ RewriteRule ^some\-page\.php$ http://www.new.com/some-other-page.php [R=301,L] RewriteRule ^(.)$ http://www.new.com/$1 [R=301,L]` Edit: I've added specific url redirection. As you can see, order matters, is you have something specific you should place it upfront other rules that are more generic like host redirection. If you need to play a little bit with htaccess you should use a tester like this. You have to enter urls like http://www.old.com/somepage.php, or http://www.old.com, always using http://. I guess you should not enclose your new.com with quotes "", neither scape it because your regular expression is inside RewriteCond, not inside RewriteRule. Try something like this: `Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^old\.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.old\.com$ RewriteRule ^some\-page\.php$ http://www.new.com/some-other-page.php [R=301,L] RewriteRule ^(.)$ http://www.new.com/$1 [R=301,L]` Edit: I've added specific url redirection. As you can see, order matters, is you have something specific you should place it upfront other rules that are more generic like host redirection. If you need to play a little bit with htaccess you should use a tester like this. You have to enter urls like http://www.old.com/somepage.php, or http://www.old.com, always using http://. I guess you should not enclose your new.com with quotes "", neither scape it because your regular expression is inside RewriteCond, not inside the target. Try something like this: `Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^old\.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.old\.com$ RewriteRule ^some\-page\.php$ http://www.new.com/some-other-page.php [R=301,L] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.new.com/$1 [R=301,L]` Edit: I've added specific url redirection. As you can see, order matters, is you have something specific you should place it upfront other rules that are more generic like host redirection. If you need to play a little bit with htaccess you should use a tester like this. You have to enter urls like http://www.old.com/somepage.php, or http://www.old.com, always using http://.

	4	added 150 characters in body source \| link	edited Jun 13 '14 at 12:46 Binarysurf 8834 silver badges8 bronze badges


	3	Corrected code example source \| link	edited Jun 13 '14 at 12:38 Binarysurf 8834 silver badges8 bronze badges


	2	corrected grammar source \| link	edited Jun 13 '14 at 12:28 Binarysurf 8834 silver badges8 bronze badges


	1	source \| link	answered Jun 13 '14 at 12:19 Binarysurf 8834 silver badges8 bronze badges

	7	added 3 characters in body source \| link	edited Jun 13 '14 at 15:35 Binarysurf 8834 silver badges8 bronze badges
inline side-by-side side-by-side markdown I guess you should not enclose your new.com with quotes "", neither scape it because your regular expression is inside RewriteCond, not inside the target. Try something like this: `Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^old\.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.old\.com$ RewriteRule ^some\-page\.php$ http://www.new.com/some-other-page.php [R=301,L] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^old\.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.old\.com$ RewriteRule ^(.)$ http://www.new.com/$1 [R=301,L]` Edit: I've added specific url redirection. As you can see, order matters, is you have something specific you should place it upfront other rules that are more generic like host redirection. If you need to play a little bit with htaccess you should use a tester like this. You have to enter urls like http://www.old.com/somepage.php, or http://www.old.com, always using http://. I guess you should not enclose your new.com with quotes "", neither scape it because your regular expression is inside RewriteCond, not inside the target. Try something like this: `Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^some\-page\.php$ http://www.new.com/some-other-page.php [R=301,L] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^old\.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.old\.com$ RewriteRule ^(.)$ http://www.new.com/$1 [R=301,L]` Edit: I've added specific url redirection. As you can see, order matters, is you have something specific you should place it upfront other rules that are more generic like host redirection. If you need to play a little bit with htaccess you should use a tester like this. You have to enter urls like http://www.old.com/somepage.php, or http://www.old.com, always using http://. I guess you should not enclose your new.com with quotes "", neither scape it because your regular expression is inside RewriteCond, not inside the target. Try something like this: `Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^old\.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.old\.com$ RewriteRule ^some\-page\.php$ http://www.new.com/some-other-page.php [R=301,L] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.new.com/$1 [R=301,L]` Edit: I've added specific url redirection. As you can see, order matters, is you have something specific you should place it upfront other rules that are more generic like host redirection. If you need to play a little bit with htaccess you should use a tester like this. You have to enter urls like http://www.old.com/somepage.php, or http://www.old.com, always using http://.

	6	Corrected code example, thanks to w3d comment source \| link	edited Jun 13 '14 at 15:29 Binarysurf 8834 silver badges8 bronze badges
inline side-by-side side-by-side markdown I guess you should not enclose your new.com with quotes "", neither scape it because your regular expression is inside RewriteCond, not inside the target. Try something like this: `Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^old\.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.old\.com$ RewriteRule ^some\-page\.php$ http://www.new.com/some-other-page.php [R=301,L] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^old\.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.old\.com$ RewriteRule ^(.)$ http://www.new.com/$1 [R=301,L]` Edit: I've added specific url redirection. As you can see, order matters, is you have something specific you should place it upfront other rules that are more generic like host redirection. If you need to play a little bit with htaccess you should use a tester like this. You have to enter urls like http://www.old.com/somepage.php, or http://www.old.com, always using http://. I guess you should not enclose your new.com with quotes "", neither scape it because your regular expression is inside RewriteCond, not inside the target. Try something like this: `Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^old\.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.old\.com$ RewriteRule ^some\-page\.php$ http://www.new.com/some-other-page.php [R=301,L] RewriteRule ^(.)$ http://www.new.com/$1 [R=301,L]` Edit: I've added specific url redirection. As you can see, order matters, is you have something specific you should place it upfront other rules that are more generic like host redirection. If you need to play a little bit with htaccess you should use a tester like this. You have to enter urls like http://www.old.com/somepage.php, or http://www.old.com, always using http://. I guess you should not enclose your new.com with quotes "", neither scape it because your regular expression is inside RewriteCond, not inside the target. Try something like this: `Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^some\-page\.php$ http://www.new.com/some-other-page.php [R=301,L] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^old\.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.old\.com$ RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.new.com/$1 [R=301,L]` Edit: I've added specific url redirection. As you can see, order matters, is you have something specific you should place it upfront other rules that are more generic like host redirection. If you need to play a little bit with htaccess you should use a tester like this. You have to enter urls like http://www.old.com/somepage.php, or http://www.old.com, always using http://.

	5	deleted 1 character in body source \| link	edited Jun 13 '14 at 13:04 Binarysurf 8834 silver badges8 bronze badges
inline side-by-side side-by-side markdown I guess you should not enclose your new.com with quotes "", neither scape it because your regular expression is inside RewriteCond, not inside RewriteRulethe target. Try something like this: `Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^old\.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.old\.com$ RewriteRule ^some\-page\.php$ http://www.new.com/some-other-page.php [R=301,L] RewriteRule ^(.)$ http://www.new.com/$1 [R=301,L]` Edit: I've added specific url redirection. As you can see, order matters, is you have something specific you should place it upfront other rules that are more generic like host redirection. If you need to play a little bit with htaccess you should use a tester like this. You have to enter urls like http://www.old.com/somepage.php, or http://www.old.com, always using http://. I guess you should not enclose your new.com with quotes "", neither scape it because your regular expression is inside RewriteCond, not inside RewriteRule. Try something like this: `Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^old\.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.old\.com$ RewriteRule ^some\-page\.php$ http://www.new.com/some-other-page.php [R=301,L] RewriteRule ^(.)$ http://www.new.com/$1 [R=301,L]` Edit: I've added specific url redirection. As you can see, order matters, is you have something specific you should place it upfront other rules that are more generic like host redirection. If you need to play a little bit with htaccess you should use a tester like this. You have to enter urls like http://www.old.com/somepage.php, or http://www.old.com, always using http://. I guess you should not enclose your new.com with quotes "", neither scape it because your regular expression is inside RewriteCond, not inside the target. Try something like this: `Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^old\.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.old\.com$ RewriteRule ^some\-page\.php$ http://www.new.com/some-other-page.php [R=301,L] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.new.com/$1 [R=301,L]` Edit: I've added specific url redirection. As you can see, order matters, is you have something specific you should place it upfront other rules that are more generic like host redirection. If you need to play a little bit with htaccess you should use a tester like this. You have to enter urls like http://www.old.com/somepage.php, or http://www.old.com, always using http://.

	4	added 150 characters in body source \| link	edited Jun 13 '14 at 12:46 Binarysurf 8834 silver badges8 bronze badges


	3	Corrected code example source \| link	edited Jun 13 '14 at 12:38 Binarysurf 8834 silver badges8 bronze badges


	2	corrected grammar source \| link	edited Jun 13 '14 at 12:28 Binarysurf 8834 silver badges8 bronze badges


	1	source \| link	answered Jun 13 '14 at 12:19 Binarysurf 8834 silver badges8 bronze badges

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