htaccess redirect all pages to single page

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I want to redirect all of my old domain request to my new domain using htaccess file. Below is what I am using but it does not work if the page is not on the new site. For example google index about.htm on the old site but on the new site it does not exist. I would like it to just go to the root in all cases. I know this is not ideal for seo but I don't want any 404s. Any suggestions?

Redirect 301 / http://www.thenewdomain.com/

possible duplicate of [.htaccess 301 redirect all pages on old domain to a single page on new domain](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15057146/htaccess-301-redirect-all-pages-on-old-domain-to-a-single-page-on-new-domain) — mattdm, Jul 10 '14 at 03:04

score 84 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 13 '18 at 12:11

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If your aim is to redirect all pages to a single maintenance page (as the title could suggest also this), then use:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/maintenance.php$ 
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} !^000\.000\.000\.000
RewriteRule $ /maintenance.php [R=302,L]

Where 000 000 000 000 should be replaced by your ip adress.

Source:

http://www.techiecorner.com/97/redirect-to-maintenance-page-during-upgrade-using-htaccess/

edited Feb 13 '18 at 12:11

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answered Jul 21 '12 at 08:51

how about, redirect all, except the ones from `/admin` ? so the administration panel can be reached ? – Francisco Corrales Morales Mar 03 '15 at 16:58
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This method blocks any resources used on the maintenance page. Try adding this after the second line: `RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.(jpe?g?|png|gif|js|css|woff|ttf|ico) [NC]` – Michael Yaeger Oct 06 '17 at 21:06
Thanks Michael. I'd add `svg`to it too to make it a perfect copy + paste answer :D – BonisTech Sep 30 '21 at 23:07

score 29 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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Are you trying to get visitors to old.com/about.htm to go to new.com/about.htm? If so, you can do this with a mod_rewrite rule in .htaccess:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.thenewdomain.com/$1 [R=permanent,L]

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Aug 19 '10 at 15:02

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no i just want old.com/about.htm to go to old.com and then if possible remove the /about.htm so it just goes to the old.com – Brian Barthold Aug 19 '10 at 15:11

score 17 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 19 '10 at 20:17

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This will direct everything from the old host to the root of the new host:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{http_host} ^www.old.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{http_host} ^old.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.thenewdomain.org/ [R=301,NC,L]

answered Aug 19 '10 at 20:17

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FYI: the [NC] flag on tha last line is useless. – Marco Demaio Nov 20 '12 at 16:46
how about, redirect all, except the ones from `/admin` ? so the administration panel can be reached ? – Francisco Corrales Morales Mar 03 '15 at 16:58
@FranciscoCorralesMorales - to do that, you can add this line: RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/admin/$ into the RewriteCond before the RewriteRule line. – Joshua Walcher Jul 14 '16 at 20:15

score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 20 '12 at 17:21

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RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?olddomain\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ "http://www.thenewdomain.com/" [R=301,L]

answered Nov 20 '12 at 17:21

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Chris9 · Answer 5 · 2022-02-12T15:11:03.540

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HTAccess to send all pages of a website to one page. This worked for me:

ErrorDocument 404 /page-name.php

or to a different domain...

RedirectMatch 301 ^/.*$ https://www.example-domain.com/page-name.php

edited Feb 12 '22 at 15:11

answered Dec 28 '21 at 22:40

Chris9

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 20 '20 at 17:08

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Add this for pages not currently on your site...

ErrorDocument 404 http://example.com/

Along with your Redirect 301 / http://www.thenewdomain.com/ that should cover all the bases...

Good luck!

answered Jul 20 '20 at 17:08

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