Redirect permanent any file in directory to new domain same directory

How to

[silverbytes]

I need to redirect from my old site to new site:

/mydir/wallpapers/myimage1.jpg
/mydir/wallpapers/myimage2.jpg
/mydir/wallpapers/myimage3.jpg

to my new domain in same dir, so when anybody search for
myolddomain/mydir/wallpapers/myimage1.jpg
goes to

mynedomain/mydir/wallpapers/myimage1.jpg

and if somebody search for image2.jpg same thing.

Is there a way to do that with just 1 line in .htacess?

[g1smd]

Yes. Actually, it might usually be two lines of code, making one directive.

Check the last few days of postings in this forum. Someone asks the same question almost every day.

Post your best effort code here if you run into problems.

[silverbytes]

Browsed many days back and couldn't find what I want. (many questions about syntax but not this one)

Ok, would that work?

RewriteRule ^/mydir/wallpapers/?(.*) http://www.mynewdomain/mydir/wallpapers/$1 [R=301,L]

[edited by: jdMorgan at 2:10 am (utc) on Mar. 20, 2008]
[edit reason] de-linked [/edit]

[g1smd]

Not Quite.

RewriteRule cannot "see" the leading "/" of the old URL.

Test it and see.

Use the Live HTTP Headers extension for Mozilla Seamonkey or Mozilla Firefox to see the actual servers responses.

[jdMorgan]

Minor corrections:

RewriteRule ^mydir/wallpapers/(.*)$ http://www.mynewdomain/mydir/wallpapers/$1 [R=301,L]

This redirects *anything* in the /mydir/wallpapers/ directory to the new domain.

Jim

[edited by: jdMorgan at 2:09 am (utc) on Mar. 20, 2008]

[g1smd]

It might not redirect olddomain.com/mydir/wallpapers (URL without trailing "/") or it might cause a double redirect for that particular URL.

[silverbytes]

Is not working at all. I just get a 404 error... tried even
adding the domain before dir too and nothing

RewriteRule ^http://www.mydomain/mydir/wallpapers/(.*)$ [mynewdomain...] [R=301,L]

Tried putting the string at bottom, top and middle. And nothing, allways 404 error.

Is that dependant of any apache version?

[jdMorgan]

The code I posted is for use in example.com/.htaccess only.

Do not include the domain in the rule's URL-pattern; It should work exactly as I posted it.

Do you have any other working mod_rewrite rules in this .htaccess file?
If not you'll need to precede the rewriterule with the second line below, or both the first and second line:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on

You will need to test to find out if you need the first line; Some server configurations require it, some don't, and some won't allow it.

Completely flush (delete) your browser cache before testing any change to server-side code.

Jim

[silverbytes]

I have this

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^/simpsons-photos/wallpapers/(.*)$ http://www.example.com.ar/simpsons-photos/wallpapers/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?example.esp.br(/)?.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(gif¦jpg¦jpeg¦bmp¦png)$ - [F,NC]
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^204\.13\.51\.241$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^204\.13\.51\.246$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^http://www\.iaea\.org [OR]

I'll try emptying cache...

[edited by: jdMorgan at 6:52 pm (utc) on Mar. 20, 2008]
[edit reason] No URLs, please. See Terms of Service. [/edit]

[jdMorgan]

You have added a leading slash to your pattern, so your rule will not work in .htaccess. The take-home lesson here is that mod_rewrite is not to be trifled with: A single error or character out of place can break a rule and/or cause your server to become inaccessible.

Let's clean this up:

RewriteEngine on
#
RewriteRule [b]^sim[/b]psons-photos/wallpapers/(.*)$ http://www.example.com.ar/simpsons-photos/wallpapers/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} .
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?exampl[b]e\.esp\.br[/b] [NC]
RewriteRule [b]\.([/b]gif¦jp[b]e?g[/b]¦bmp¦png)$ - [F,NC]
#
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^204\.13\.51\.241$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^204\.13\.51\.246$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^http://www\.iaea\.org [OR]
...
(RewriteRule here to block unwelcome access)

That should work better, and a little faster, too.

Replace the broken pipe "¦" characters above with solid pipe characters before use; Posting on this forum modifies the pipe characters.

Jim

[silverbytes]

Now works perfectly. Awsome. Thank you!