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Matthew Doucette · 03-15-2006, 04:41 PM

Richard at doriat.com came up with a fix instantly. I hope it is ok to post this here:

http://www.doriat.com/viewtopic.php?p=1217

This was the fix Richard suggested, which works:

Try this line:

Code:

RewriteRule .* http://xona.com%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

instead of this line

Code:

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://xona.com/domainhacks/$1 [R=301]

If you wish, please comment on this. I would like to learn more about .htaccess coding.

I can see that Richard's fix works in all sub-folders, due to the access to the REQUEST_URI variable. Perhaps this means that I should put this line ONLY ONCE in the root .htaccess file, instead if in every sub-folder .htaccess file, and have it be inherited.

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Matthew Doucette Inactive Join Date: 02-18-06 Posts: 13 iTrader: 0 / 0% Latest Blog: None	Richard at doriat.com came up with a fix instantly. I hope it is ok to post this here: http://www.doriat.com/viewtopic.php?p=1217 This was the fix Richard suggested, which works: Try this line: Code: RewriteRule .* http://xona.com%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L] instead of this line Code: RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://xona.com/domainhacks/$1 [R=301] If you wish, please comment on this. I would like to learn more about .htaccess coding. I can see that Richard's fix works in all sub-folders, due to the access to the REQUEST_URI variable. Perhaps this means that I should put this line ONLY ONCE in the root .htaccess file, instead if in every sub-folder .htaccess file, and have it be inherited.