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BinaryLimited

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#133402 21-Oct-2013 12:02

Does anyone know the code for a full 301 redirect?

eg. olddomain.com/* ( all pages) redirect to newdomain.com with different content.

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#919095 21-Oct-2013 12:19

http://www.howto301redirect.com/htaccess-redirect/

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#919101 21-Oct-2013 12:29

LennonNZ: http://www.howto301redirect.com/htaccess-redirect/

Thanks, tried the "moved entire site"
when i type olddomain.com/randompage, i get taken to newdomain.com/randompage and get a "404 error, page not found"
All link structures are different, content is different on both sites.

i just need all the pages/links in olddomain.com redirected to newdomain.com homepage.

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#919114 21-Oct-2013 12:34

Are you trying to 'forward' to the new sites landing page, or 'redirect' to the site at its new location (including same content)?

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#919117 21-Oct-2013 12:37

TwoSeven: Are you trying to 'forward' to the new sites landing page, or 'redirect' to the site at its new location (including same content)?

Company 1 has taken over company 2.
im trying to redirect any link/url from oldcompany.com to newcompany.com, with 301 and still keeping the backlinks of oldcompany.com.

oldcompany.com has now closed so im looking to hold onto their backlinks and traffic

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#919135 21-Oct-2013 13:00

If it's hosted on apache you could simply use mod rewrite to rewrite any url with oldcompany.com in it to newcompany.com's default page.

[code]
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.oldcompany.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^oldcompany.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.newcompany.com/ [R=301,L]
[/code]

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#919156 21-Oct-2013 13:08

Inphinity: If it's hosted on apache you could simply use mod rewrite to rewrite any url with oldcompany.com in it to newcompany.com's default page.

[code]
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.oldcompany.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^oldcompany.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.newcompany.com/ [R=301,L]
[/code]

Thanks! i tried that earlier but for some reason it wasnt working right, i think it was cloudflare messing things up?
Works perfect now.

Thanks again!

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#919159 21-Oct-2013 13:11

I should point out that due to the ^ operator, it won't rewrite subdomains other than www, so, mysite.oldcompany.com for example wouldn't be redirected. You could either remove the ^ operator (thus just %{HTTP_HOST} oldcompany.com$) which should work though I must admit I've not tested it, or add more conditions for the various subdomains, if there are any.