Canonical https and www [closed] - .htaccess

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Apologies if this seems pretty simple to some folk.
In the past I have set up 301 redirects with that snippet of code that is all over the internet:
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
rewritecond %{http_host} ^domain.com [nc]
rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [r=301,nc]
However, a few things leave me uncertain for this particular project.
1) I'm using https, so there are four CNames now (is that (CName) correct terminology?)
https://example.com
https://www.example.com
http://example.com
http://www.example.com
2) I am using a CMS that needs the .htaccess file in order to search for CSS and other info when runnign the site. I'm therefore, as a less tech person, worried about fiddling with the .htaccess file (When this file was missing previously die to a separate issue the site was not functional)
Questions:
1) Does it matter where int he .htaccess file I place the redirect? Start/End of file?
2) How would I alter the snippet above to take into account the https?
Here is the .htaccess code
# Turn on URL rewriting only when mod rewrite is turn on
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
# Installation directory
RewriteBase /
# Protect application and system files from being viewed
RewriteRule ^(application|modules|system|tests|sql) - [F,L]
# Allow any files or directories that exist to be displayed directly
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# Rewrite all other URLs to index.php/URL
RewriteRule .* index.php?kohana_uri=$0 [L,QSA]
</IfModule>
# Protect the htaccess from being viewed
<Files .htaccess>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</Files>
# Don't show directory listings for URLs which map to a directory.
Options -Indexes
#Follow symlinks
Options +FollowSymlinks

To redirect all requests to http://example.com, you can prefix your rules with
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} =on
RewriteRule ^.*$ http://example.com/$0 [R,L]
This redirects all requests, which come with HTTPS or www.example.com or both.
When everything works as you expect, you can change R to R=301.
Never test with 301 enabled, see this answer Tips for debugging .htaccess rewrite rules for details.

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htaccess rewrite to subdirectory with exceptions [closed]

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I have setup my GoDaddy Shared Hosting account that no scripts should be run directly from server root - scripts start at least one subdir down. I also have subdomains which also fall in this category because it seems that my server simply rewrites the subdomains to selected folders.
/root
wordpress
drupal
app1
subdomains
sub1
sub2
sub3
I decided that I want www.mydomain.com to launch wordpress - so after quite a bit of research on SO and testing some solutions - this is the htaccess that worked. Other solutions were causing a 500 server internal error which I assume is a limitation of my hosting plan.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.mydomain.com$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !wordpress/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ wordpress/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
But now subdomains no longer work and from the server error message The requested URL /wordpress/subdomains/sub1/ was not found on this server. it is evident that my rewrite rules are kicking in for the subdomains.
I tried adding a RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !subdomains befor the RewriteRule but didn't help.
Also RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d-all rewrites stop working.
How can I modify the rules so that specific directories/patterns should not be redirected? Or maybe if directory exists it shouldn't rewrite?
Try adding this before the rules that you have for wordpress:
RewriteRule ^subdomains - [L]
It should simply let requests that start with /subdomains pass through without doing any rewriting.
Replace your Rewrite rule with this:
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?mydomain\.com$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ wordpress/$1 [L]
This will make sure wordpress/ redirection is not done for any file or directory.

Block access to url with .htaccess [closed]

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How can I block users from viewing sites that are located in the folder of main domain? For example: main domain is www.maindomain.com. When I create subdomain for another account in cPanel, it creates folder it it is accesible if someone type for example www.maindomain.com/subdomain. I would like to block certain folders, but leave others, as I have pages in folder: wwwmaindomain/contact-us. How can I do that? Hope it's clear enough :)
Try following RewriteRule in your .htaccess
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^subdomain/(.*) /index.php [R=403,NC,L]
This will redirect any /subdomain request to your index.php with forbidden response code
Add these rules in the htaccess file in your document root (for maindomain.com):
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?maindomain.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(subdomain1|subdomain2|subdomain3) - [L,F]
This will return a "403 Forbidden" if you try to access /subdomain1, /subdomain2, or /subdomain3 from the maindomain.com host. If you don't want to return a 403, you can also redirect:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?maindomain.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(subdomain1|subdomain2|subdomain3) / [L,R=301]
This redirects any access to the subdomains from the maindomain.com host to the document root.
Rules to add to the top of htaccess files found in the subdomain folders:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?maindomain.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ - [L,F]
or
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?maindomain.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ / [L,R=301]
very efficient way to do this is to place an blank index.php file the folders you do not want to show, so no need to mess with htaccess, or you can just create a new .htaccess with this code
deny from all
save this as .htaccess of that perticular folder you do not want to show to pubblic, however i perfer the first option.

301 redirect everything to new website root/whole site including sub pages? Moved Permanently

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Ok getting there
Is this mod_alias?
RedirectMatch 301 ^/ http://brightmist.co.uk/
I've added this one line of code underneath everything and it appears to work, however my other directories such as http://brightmist.co.uk/blog/2013/02/23/manchester-art-gallery-feb-2013 are telling google these pages have temporarily moved - see http://www.internetofficer.com/seo-tool/redirect-check/
Does this mean I have to go right the way though my site and add a tone of redirects?
ORIGINAL QUESTION
I have a new website.
I'd like to redirect all of my old site links from http://artygirl.co.uk to my new one http://brightmist.co.uk/
I'm primarily a designer with years of experience using mainly in Photoshop, CSS, HTML, Wordpress, and jQuery but I don't know much about editing things like the htaccess file. And I don't want to get it wrong as it means google ranking drops etc
Does anyone know of any script I can paste into the bottom of my htaccess file, I'd like it to redirect all links/pages on the site to the same place as before. For example if I type http://artygirl.co.uk/buy-art-prints-cheshire/ I want it to go to http://brightmist.co.uk/buy-art-prints-cheshire/ I'm using the same host, they've just re-pointed the domain
Among other things my host has recently added the following code, I assume this is also to do with the domain mapping, also here is my whole htaccess file -
ErrorDocument 401 /forms/401.html
ErrorDocument 403 /forms/403.html
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
#uploaded files
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/$ index.php [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !.*wp-content/plugins.*
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/(.*) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]
# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/wp-admin$
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1/ [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule . - [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-.*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
<IfModule mod_security.c>
<Files async-upload.php>
SecFilterEngine Off
SecFilterScanPOST Off
</Files>
</IfModule>
<Files 403.shtml>
order allow,deny
allow from all
</Files>
deny from 218.143.4.127
deny from 143.90.221.204
deny from 95.135.78.190
deny from 114.108.150.74
deny from 95.135.111.205
deny from 91.124.239.150
deny from 94.178.2.93
deny from 91.124.206.118
deny from 91.124.226.116
deny from 118.98.32.34
deny from 94.180.252.133
deny from 58.27.140.58
deny from 77.93.197.83
deny from 88.191.63.27
# Hotlink Protection START #
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?brightmist.co.uk [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?google.com [NC]
RewriteRule \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif)$ - [NC,F,L]
# Hotlink Protection END #
I'd like to redirect all of my old site links from http://artygirl.co.uk/ to my new one http://brightmist.co.uk/
There are several ways to achieve that, all of them should be implemented in one .htaccess file in http://artygirl.co.uk/ root directory.
There is no need to check for the incoming domain as it must be artygirl.co.uk, where the .htaccess file is located.
To use any of the following options, copy-paste the corresponding directive or rule-set into one empty .htaccess file in http://artygirl.co.uk root directory.
The fastest one is a simple Redirect using one mod_alias directive:
Redirect 301 / http://brightmist.co.uk/
Any path in the incoming URL will be appended automatically to the redirected URL.
To redirect only certain paths using another mod_alias directive:
RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*) http://brightmist.co.uk/$1
Although this example redirects everything, the regex ^/(.*) can be modified to match only certain URL-path pattern.
To redirect only certain paths using mod_rewrite directives:
Options +FollowSymlinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://brightmist.co.uk/$1 [R=301,NC,QSA,L]
As in the previous option, although this rule-set redirects everything, the regex ^(.*) can be modified to match only certain URL-path pattern.
NOTES
The same directory structure and files in http://artygirl.co.uk/ must exist in http://brightmist.co.uk/ for any of the previous options to work.
If the actual .htaccess file in your question works as expected, you could use it in http://brightmist.co.uk/ root directory where the new WP is installed. Might require some modifications, though.
To move or copy a WP install, check this link Changing the site URL.
UPDATE:
From these sentences in your comment to this answer: "My domains both point at the same directory..." and "...now it creates a loop...", maybe the question is about domains pointing to the same content (Website), normally known as parked domains.
If that's the case, I am not sure redirecting in .htaccess the primary domain to the parked one is the correct approach just to change the domain name in the browser's address bar.
However, in theory something like this should do it using mod_rewrite directives:
Options +FollowSymlinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} artygirl\.co\.uk [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://brightmist.co.uk/$1 [R=301,NC,QSA,L]
Redirects permanently any request from http://artygirl.co.uk to http://brightmist.co.uk, appending the complete incoming path and query when present.
Since the .htaccess file is also shared, I think this rule-set should be placed at the top of the .htaccess file in the question, replacing the following lines:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
Are they redirecting to the same extension? Should be something like this:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://newdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
I see the problem. It redirects the root fine but if I go to:
http://artygirl.co.uk/photography/
I think you want it to go to
http://brightmist.co.uk/photography/
and not
http://brightmist.co.uk/
as it does currently.
Rewrite rules are notoriously hard to debug, but try this...
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^brightmist\.co\.uk$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://brightmist.co.uk/$1 [R=301,L]
I know this is really similar to what Matthew Camp answered. The RewriteCond is very important to avoid endless loops because you are delivering both domains from the same folder. You only want to redirect the one that's incorrect.
Rewrite Base might also be required depending on how the servers are configured and what other rewrite rules exist at higher levels (invisible to you but which might still affect you). Try with and without the RewriteBase.
I hope this helps.

subdomain redirection in htaccess [closed]

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I was wondering if the following scenario is possible using htaccess rules.
I want one subdomain to be redirected to another url.
I have contact the server admin to add the "test" subdomain to "example.com" domain.
The main domain has no other subdomains.
What rule must i put in htaccess to do achieve:
http://test.example.com to be redirected to http://www.something-else.com.
NOTE: www.something-else.com is a complicated url (200 chars length)
EDIT
My full htaccess file now looks like:
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteOptions inherit
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^test.example.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/redir.php [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301]
The htaccess file is located to example.com root directory.
I have no physical access to test subdirectory, although i know it exists - ping to that url shows me the IP of example.com
Typing test.example.com to the browser's address bar has no effect. White screen, no redirection, no nothing. If some page exists there, i know not.
For static urls:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^test.example.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.somdomain.com/a/folder1/somepage?var=xxx&var2=xxx&var3=xxx&var4=http://another-domain.com/folder1/xxxxx/?&var5=xxx&var6=xxxx [R=301,NC,L]
For Dynamic urls (if the original domain has folders that needs to be moved to the other domain):
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^test.example.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.somdomain.com%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,NC,L,QSA]
From your edit:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^test.example.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ redir.php [R=301,NC,L]

how to remove url parameters in htaccess [closed]

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I have a codigniter site which does not like added url parameters
for example mysite.com/page/value is good but
mysite.com/page/value?url=parameters is bad.
Google ads campaigns attach url parameter for tracking, I want to get rid of these for the call to Codeigniter. (I know there are several ways to do it in codeigniter but I want to do it in htaccess level)
My htaccess is :
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
# This is different between local host and production server!!!
RewriteBase /
#Removes access to the system folder by users.
#Additionally this will allow you to create a System.php controller,
#previously this would not have been possible.
#'system' can be replaced if you have renamed your system folder.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^system.*
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [L]
#Checks to see if the user is attempting to access a valid file,
#such as an image or css document, if this isn't true it sends the
#request to index.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_rewrite.c>
# If we don't have mod_rewrite installed, all 404's
# can be sent to index.php, and everything works as normal.
# Submitted by: ElliotHaughin
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php
</IfModule>
How should I change it to make it ignore url parameters but still accept mysite/a/b/ urls?
This should remove any query string:
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} .
RewriteRule (.*) $1?
You could test if the query is not empty and stop the rewrite process:
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !^$
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
Just put this rule before your others and any request with a query does not get beyond this rule.

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