Redirect based on incoming URL

Hi Guys,

I need to redirect this link:

http://www.servercommand.org/downloa...do=file&id=288

to

Gamers' Life Line - Downloads! - Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare v1.7 Patch (.exe)

I changed domains a while back from servercommand to gamerslifeline, however I still have allot of sites linking to the first link.

So I need a way when people hit the above link they will be redirect to the second one.

I own both sites and both are completely hosted, I cannot re-park servercommand on the gamerslifeline domain as I am now perusing an all new site on that domain.

So how do I get the traffic coming in on the first link to the second link automatically.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Brian Cummiskey

you can simply put an htaccess file in the .org domain root with the following:

Code:

RewriteEngine on 
RewriteRule ^/downloads.php?do=file&id=288$ http://www.gamerslifeline.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=288 [L,R=301]

Hi Brian,

I am unable to get it to work, would that be because the files does not actually exist on the .org domain?

Originally Posted by Brian Cummiskey

It doesn't have to.

Are you still getting a 404?

make sure if you have other rules in your htaccess that it is the FIRST rule after the rewriteengine on command.

Hi Brian,

I even moved the whole web site on the .org to a sub-folder and only had the two lines in the .htaccess file.

With that, I just get the page cannot be found, 404 error.

I have i have set back to that way, so the only thing I have it the .htaccess file in the root.

Originally Posted by Brian Cummiskey

Try this:

Code:

RewriteEngine on 
Redirect permanent /downloads.php http://www.gamerslifeline.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=288

Just don't use a script called downloads.php on the replacement site on .org.

That worked, thank you.