Comments on: How to redirect Addon Domain -htaccess changes

By: eTuts

eTuts — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 06:19:53 +0000

I just took the help of the hostgator support and they were really helpful with this issue.

By: Atul

Atul — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 04:25:23 +0000

@Brian: Good..So Is your problem solved now ..??

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:20:39 +0000

I tried this I found from another forum:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^bluewingdesign.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.bluewingdesign.com$
RewriteRule ^wohn.org/?(.*)$ “http\:\/\/www\.wohn\.org\/$1″ [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^wohn.bluewingdesign.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.wohn.bluewingdesign.com$
RewriteRule ^/?(.*)$ “http\:\/\/www\.wohn\.org\/$1″ [R=301,L]

and put it on my PRIMARY .htaccess, and put nothing in the subdomain. And now the “bluewingdesign.com/wohn.org” work, but not the “wohn.bluewingdesign.com” that worked with the code #2 here. I get part to work on one and part with the other. When I use this code here in the main and go to: “wohn.bluewingdesign.com/” it directs me to: “http://www.wohn.org/wohn.org” and of course (NOT FOUND). Hope this helps?

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:58:32 +0000

Ok, I do appreciate your help!

I did #2 again, still no luck with:
“bluewingdesign.com/wohn.org” with or without the www.

it returns this in the address line:
http://www.wohn.org//home/bwohn/public_html/wohn.org
(Internal Server Error)

Also, a new problem that someone pointed out to me:
“http://www.wohn.org/~bwohn” takes you to the primary server (wohn.org is the add on domain). ALL our subdomains when you add “~bwohn” it takes them to the primary domain too.

We are using a shared virtual server on OLM using WHM and CPanel if that helps. Thanks again!

By: Atul

Atul — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:44:32 +0000

@Brian: Open htaccess file of your addondomain and paste the second code in it. Please backup your htaccess file first. It should work.
No need to add anything in primary domain htaccess.

Also, Please let me know if you on shared hosting and also which host you are using ?

If still you are facing issues, let us know. I will look into it then….

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:57:05 +0000

Ok, no neither works? I’m confused.

Do I need to modify the .htaccess file on the primary as well. It seems this is not getting to my secondary with: “bluewingdesign.com/wohn.org”

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:52:54 +0000

I’m sorry, ALL work except the one WITH the www.

http://www.bluewingdesign.com/wohn.org does not work, without it does (weird)?

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:17:53 +0000

When I put in “bluewingdesign.com/wohn.org” (without the www in front)…

It goes here:
http://www.wohn.org//home/bwohn/public_html/wohn.org

With the www, it works fine. Is there another line I need, or something on CPanel I need to change. We don’t get support on a Server issue like this – any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

By: Atul

Atul — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 04:30:42 +0000

@Brian:
The code worked for me. I think you need to consult your webhost in this. They will be able to help you.
Just let us know if still you are facing the issues.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:01:45 +0000

OK, I tried option #2 again and now everything works except “bluewingdesign.com/wohn.org”. “www.bluewingdesign.com/wohn.org” DOES work however and so do all the other 10 ways. I’m using this code:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(www.)?wohn.org$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.wohn.org/$1 [R=301,NC,L]

What do I add to get the non WWW to redirect? Thanks much!