Redirect .htaccess

[BrentXDR]

I am trying to use a .htaccess file to redirect the follwoing:

[mydata.example.com...] & [mydata.example.com...]
to
[mydata.example.com...]

I have tried numerous redirects with no luck, any information or help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

[g1smd]

What have you tried so far?

It should be two simple lines of code, and there are literally thousands of previous threads in this forum with redirect code within.

[BrentXDR]

Yeah there is tons of threads/topics about this.. I guess im just not grasping the concept. I'll eventually figure it out.

Thanks.

[g1smd]

Post some code, ask specific questions about it and we can get started.

[BrentXDR]

Ok thanks,

I have been referencing to this thread: [webmasterworld.com...]

of course the first line will be:
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$

RewriteRule ^contact [secure.example.com...] [R=301,L]

^contact can you please explain this? is that looking for the word "contact" in the url, then if found redirect to [secure.example.com...]

Im trying to completely understand because I believe what Im wanting to do is very similiar to the above thread.

Im really sorry, just trying to learn. (definitely not my day job) haha

Thanks

[g1smd]

It looks for a request that begins with "contact" at the start of the path part of the URL.

[BrentXDR]

So with my 2 examples:
[mydata.example.com...] & [mydata.example.com...]

Do I need to have my code to look for "mydata" then redirect to:
[mydata.example.com...]

Since I want to redirect everything to https I should not have to look for anything specific though, correct? Im sure there is some type of code that will redirect everything to [mydata.example.com...] without looking for anything specific in the url.

[g1smd]

If you want to look for "mydata", then you'll need a RewriteCond looking at HTTP_HOST.

RewriteRule patterns can only match the path part of a URL request. You need a RewriteCond to look at any other part: host name, port, query string, etc.

When redirecting to HTTPS, you'll need a RewriteCond to test SERVER_PORT and make sure it is NOT 443. You can then redirect those requests to HTTPS. If you don't test SERVER_PORT you'll have an infinite loop.

[edited by: g1smd at 8:58 pm (utc) on Jan 28, 2011]

[BrentXDR]

I think I may have a problem with my setup as well.

can you pm me and let me explain?

[jdMorgan]

We don't encourage off-line conversations here, as it takes away the usefulness of the thread for future readers... You are of course free to contract-out the work as you see fit, but on your own initiative.

This trivial bit of code

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?mydata.(www\.)?example\.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://secure.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

redirects requests for all pages and resources in mydata.example.com or www.mydata.example.com or mydata.www.example.com or www.mydata.www.example.com to the same pages and resources on [secure.example.com...]

Jim