| Making links work regardless of .com or .org
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webquest
msg:3285384 | 12:00 pm on Mar 18, 2007 (gmt 0) |
I have a .org site and I recently acquired the .com domain as well. I recently came to realize that many people are formatting links to our site as [sampleurl.com...] instead of sampleurl.org/link.html. How can I set it up so that when someone types in a URL as .com they get automatically forwarded to the same URL they entered but on the .org side? I noticed that this happens with wikipedia, for example. If you type in the URL for a wikipedia page but use the .com vs the .org, it switches the entire URL to .org. Thanks!
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stever
msg:3285438 | 1:22 pm on Mar 18, 2007 (gmt 0) |
If you are on an Apache server, you need to look here for the mod_rewrite discussions regarding 301 redirects:
[webmasterworld.com...] If you are on a Microsoft server someone will be along shortly, maybe.
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claus
msg:3285507 | 3:29 pm on Mar 18, 2007 (gmt 0) |
(1) Determine which domain should be the right one (= ".org")
(2) Point DNS for both domains to same location (IP)
(3) In root .htaccess file of "location" insert this (*): RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} .
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?domain-name\.com
RewriteRule (.*) [domain-name.org...] [R=301,L]
(4) there is no (4). That's all. -----
(*) Replace "domain-name" with yours, of course.
----- Perhaps this thread is useful: Site change of URL [webmasterworld.com] I have writte a few detailled posts in that thread.
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webquest
msg:3285752 | 8:56 pm on Mar 18, 2007 (gmt 0) |
Great, thank you!
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