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[netcheap.com]

htaccess

I have a bunch of listings in google for a domain I bought.
Like domain.com/forumdisplay.php?f=3434 blah blah

How can I get these old extensions to redirect to a certain domain name. I want all of the ones in google, instead of being 404, to forward to a domain name I have. And I want to use 301 redirect, not 404 redirects. I also nee www, and non www to redirect to the www of this other domain.

Thanks

[netcheap.com]

I can use the general cpanel redirect for the main domain, and for the file urls that would be 404, i can use the ErrorDocument 404 command in htaccess to forward to the other domain, but when checking server headers, they are 302 redirects. Any way to make them 301?

[recipher]

Netcheap, try this, it should work.

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

[netcheap.com]

Thanks but that doesn't work.
It forwards from oldexample.com, but not www.oldexample.com or any file names to the new domain.
www.oldexample.com, www.oldexample.com/filehere.php, sub.oldexample.com do not forward.
Only the non www main domain forwards to the new domain.

I am looking to forward everything. Currently I'm using anErrorDocument 404 command line with the url after it and it works, but it's a 302 redirect in the server headers, and I need 301.

Thanks

[VolkNet]

you can use a simple 301 redirect.

It's pretty easy just go like

redirect 301 /forumdisplay.php http://newsite.com/

put that in a .htaccess file

[VolkNet]

Opps forgot to post.
Also put this in your .htaccess file.

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^yoursite\.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yoursite.com/$1 [R=permanent,L]

Hope that helps!