Help with htaccess (redirect)

[seb2point0]

I am trying to set up my htaccess file to do the following.

1. Add www to the domain if not inputted by user,
2. Send any requests to www.example.com to www.example.com/blog (including the already changed URLs from http://example.com).

I would like the /blog redirect only to work when the root is accessed so I can still have access to any subfolders to the root. (ie: /form).

I was able to get the first part working but not the second. Can anyone help me out?

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301]

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[edited by: jdMorgan at 3:42 pm (utc) on Aug. 9, 2008]
[edit reason] example.com [/edit]

[jdMorgan]

It looks like you'll just need a second rule to internally rewrite root URL request (.htaccess regex "^$" ) to /blog/.

Jim

[seb2point0]

What would that look like? I tried the following and it didn't work. I really need to get a book on htaccess...

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^$ http://www.example.eu/folder/

[seb2point0]

nevermind.. i got it

[securehotel]

Seb2.0, can you post it for others to learn from?thanks

[seb2point0]

Sure:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^$ http://www.example.com/folder/

With this code, wheather the user types www.example.com or example.com, the www will be added. The last line redirects to /folder

[g1smd]

*** The last line redirects to /folder ***

No it doesn't. It redirects to /folder/

The last line should be a rewrite to /folder/ so you should remove the domain name from that last line, and add [L] to the end.

[edited by: jdMorgan at 8:46 pm (utc) on Aug. 11, 2008]
[edit reason] clarified text. [/edit]

[seb2point0]

Perhaps, but it still works for me

[g1smd]

Maybe. Maybe not.

Mod_Rewrite does exactly what it is programmed do, not what you might have intended it to do.

Have you used a HTTP Header Checker to see what is going on?

[jdMorgan]

The last line is a 302-Moved Temporarily redirect to www.example.com/folder/ by default, since it includes the http method and the domain, but does not specify a particular redirect response using an [R=status] flag.

In addition, any RewriteRules following this one will be executed before the redirect takes place, since the [L] flag is missing.

Be sure this is what you want.

Jim

[g1smd]

I am hoping the OP is aware of the dangers of back-to-back redirects, especially when one is a 301 redirect and the other is a 302 redirect.

If not, I'll recommend reading the many various things that Tedster has already written on this, and closely-related topics, over the last few years.

[seb2point0]

So then would it be better to have 2 conditions something like this?
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.eu [NC]
RewriteRule ^$ /deedee/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.eu [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) www.example.eu/deedee/$1 [L,R=301]

the first condition works but not the second?

[edited by: jdMorgan at 5:32 pm (utc) on Aug. 13, 2008]
[edit reason] examplified URLs [/edit]

[g1smd]

I never like the root of a site to redirect to a deep internal URL on the same domain. It just feels wrong.

In what way does your code not work? What did it do? What did you expect it to do? How does that differ from what you expected?

I assume you have tested it with a variety of URL formats, both for root and deep-URL requests, and for both of those for both www and non-www URLs.

[securehotel]

from wat i understand, [L] just means it's the last one, so it will stop looking for more rewrite rules.

so try this way,

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.eu [NC]
RewriteRule ^$ /deedee/$1 [R=301]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.eu [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) www.example.eu/deedee/$1 [L,R=301]

As for redirecting to a lower directory, it is common parctice and also if you get a "corrupted" folder, its easier to wipe on efolder than your whole webspace