Re: [SLUG] cname domain redirection Q
On Sun, 2008-02-10 at 00:16 +, Amos Shapira wrote: On Feb 5, 2008 3:14 AM, Jeremy Visser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep, as Alex suggested, a HTTP redirect is what you need. On top of the technical stuff covered by Alex and Jeremy, I'd suggest considering adding a page for those you arrive through the old domain name suggesting that they'll update their bookmarks or the page they arrived through to record the new domain name, because once the old .org.au domain DNS record is gone they'll reach either a black hole or maybe worse - another web site altogether. But if you do a 301 redirect properly, Google will pick up your domain change _really_ fast. Google doesn't know that your domain has changed if you just put up a normal HTML file, thus you'll have stale search results in the index. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] cname domain redirection Q
On Feb 5, 2008 3:14 AM, Jeremy Visser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep, as Alex suggested, a HTTP redirect is what you need. On top of the technical stuff covered by Alex and Jeremy, I'd suggest considering adding a page for those you arrive through the old domain name suggesting that they'll update their bookmarks or the page they arrived through to record the new domain name, because once the old .org.au domain DNS record is gone they'll reach either a black hole or maybe worse - another web site altogether. --Amos -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] cname domain redirection Q
On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 11:48 +1100, Voytek Eymont wrote:
from a user perspective, his browser url stays as
'adomain.org.au/whatever', so, the user is not even aware he is accessing
another domain
what would it need on remote server to actually 'switch' to the the remote
server's domain name ? (fully qualified base url thing...?)
Yep, as Alex suggested, a HTTP redirect is what you need.
Because you said that if you navigate via either domain you get the same
site, you're most likely not using virtual hosts, so you can use
mod_rewrite to acheive the redirect:
httpd.conf:
IfModule !mod_rewrite.c
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
/IfModule
IfModule mod_rewrite.c
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^.*olddomain\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://newdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
/IfModule
Note: I didn't test the above, so your mileage may vary.
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[SLUG] cname domain redirection Q
I have adomain.org.au, the domain will be dropped in the next few month, and, all web data will reside on overseasdomain.net hosted remotely currently, CNAME has been set, so, local users typing 'adomain.org.au' reach web data on remote server, that's all fine; from a user perspective, his browser url stays as 'adomain.org.au/whatever', so, the user is not even aware he is accessing another domain what would it need on remote server to actually 'switch' to the the remote server's domain name ? (fully qualified base url thing...?) -- Voytek -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] cname domain redirection Q
On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 11:48:34AM +1100, Voytek Eymont wrote: I have adomain.org.au, the domain will be dropped in the next few month, and, all web data will reside on overseasdomain.net hosted remotely currently, CNAME has been set, so, local users typing 'adomain.org.au' reach web data on remote server, that's all fine; from a user perspective, his browser url stays as 'adomain.org.au/whatever', so, the user is not even aware he is accessing another domain what would it need on remote server to actually 'switch' to the the remote server's domain name ? (fully qualified base url thing...?) http redirect ? -- Voytek -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- There is very little future in being right when your boss is wrong. signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
