Mod Rewrite - tricky one... Forward to a new domain?

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  1. #1
    Hello,

    I am trying to figure out a way to forward all links from my photo gallery which is located here.

    http://www.razorbacklegacy.com/hog_archive/

    to my new domain. Here.

    http://www.hogdb.com/razorback-photos/

    I have moved it to another server and I'm trying to avoid broken links before I close the original gallery. links from the original gallery look like this.

    http://www.razorbacklegacy.com/hog_archive/index.php?cat=41
    which is now
    http://www.hogdb.com/razorback-photos/index-41.html

    http://www.razorbacklegacy.com/hog_archive/thumbnails.php?album=272
    now...
    http://www.hogdb.com/razorback-photos/thumbnails-272.html

    http://www.razorbacklegacy.com/hog_archive/displayimage.php?album=272&pos=0
    is now
    http://www.hogdb.com/razorback-photos/displayimage-272-0.html

    Can anyone help me out with this?

    Thanks in advance.
     
    londonhogfan, Aug 4, 2008 IP
  2. londonhogfan

    londonhogfan Peon

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    #2
    Sorry... Couldn't edit the original post.

    I have setup mod rewrites on the new server to give me better SEO on the links, but I can't find a way to auto forward everything from the old site to the new domain. Can anyone help me out with this?
     
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    david_t Member

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    #3
    Have you looked into making a 302 redirect (permanent movement)?
     
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    #4
    thats what I'm wanting to do.

    Just wondering if it's possible (since the links are dynamic) if there is a way to do all of them with a few lines instead of probably 10,000 that it would take if I went link by link.
     
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    david_t Member

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    #5
    I meant a 301 redirect, sorry there. Anyway, this should do the trick, if I understood you correctly.
    Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.newdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
    Code (markup):
     
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    that works pretty well. However it sends to the dynamic url like the original domain uses instead of the rewritted url I'm doing on the new domain.
     
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    Hmm.. The code posted above should be used on the old server. And the new server will have to take care of allowing both old-style urls(?id=xxx) and the new one style urls(/id/xxx/). Or am I missing something here?
     
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