Tricky Rewrite Settings

Hi everyone,

I just started a new vb forum and I'm in the process of setting things up. I'd like to get another copy of vbSEO for it but I'm not sure how it's going to work. The reason is because I set my new forum up as an addon domain to my primary domain on BlueHost.com. Without any futher configuration, this will give the following url configurations:

http://addondomain.primarydomain.com/

-and-

http://www.primarydomain.com/addondomain/

Now, here's the catch. I've purchased a new .com domain name to go with this addon domain. In the Bluehost FAQ page, they give instructions on adding a few lines to your .htaccess file which will prevent anyone from accessing your addon domain through the previously mentioned urls, and have it forwarded (301'd) to your new .com domain. Here is the commands they suggest using:

Code:

 
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^addondomain.primarydomain.net$ [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.addondomain.primarydomain.net$ 
RewriteRule .* http://newdomain.com/ [r]

I'd like to be able to use vbSEO to optimize my site, however I don't know if or how it will affect my website.

Thanks in advance for any help and advice on this,
Jim

Hello,

these rewrite rules will NOT be conflicting with vBSEO, there should be no issues.

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

Hello,

these rewrite rules will NOT be conflicting with vBSEO, there should be no issues.

Ok very good to hear! Thank you. Would there be anything special I need to do, such as is there an order that the rules need to appear in the htaccess file?

You will just append vBSEO rewrite rules to your existing .htaccess file in this case.