Change the URL of a directory (ie. forums.yourdomain.com)

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by blueparukia, Sep 3, 2007.

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    Would I have to modify .htaccess for this? I want to have it so instead of:

    yourdomain.com/forums I have forums.yourdomain.com

    Thanks,

    BP
     
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  2. Nintendo

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    Only if you want to redirect old URLs to the new URLs.
     
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    Well, so how do I set it up like that?
     
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    I would just create the subdomain
     
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    domain.com/.htaccess

    Options +FollowSymLinks +Indexes
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteRule ^forums/(.*)$ http://forums.domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
     
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