Rewrite For MODx Installed On A Directory

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Aaron Brewer Reply #1, 14 years, 5 months ago

Hello, I have installed MODx Revolution 2.2 under a Directory, and am curious as to how I can manage to have proper redirection. For example:

#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} .
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.example-domain-please-change\.com [NC]
#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.example-domain-please-change.com/$1 [R=301,L]

I want:
mydomain.com to always redirect to www.mydomain.com regardless of the URL/URI entered in after the root.

I have MODx installed under /blog so I need:
mydomain.com/blog to always redirect to www.mydomain.com/blog regardless of the URL/URI following /blog.

I am running Apache.
Thank you so much for your help!

The web is our sandbox, so let's develop a castle.

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Tyreal2012 Reply #2, 14 years, 5 months ago

try this:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On

#this is your base directory
RewriteBase /blog/


#enter your domain here
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} .
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.mydomain\.com [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) h ttp://www.mydomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

(dont forget to remove the space in the http)

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Aaron Brewer Reply #3, 14 years, 5 months ago

Quote from: Tyreal2012 at Apr 11, 2012, 03:44 AM

try this:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On

#this is your base directory
RewriteBase /blog/


#enter your domain here
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} .
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.mydomain\.com [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) h ttp://www.mydomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

(dont forget to remove the space in the http)

This helps, but when I type in:

mydomain.com/blog

It redirects to www.mydomain.com

And when I put in www.mydomain.com/blog

It redirects to www.mydomain.com/blog

When I don't use the www. it redirects to the root hence www.mydomain.com when I do use the www.mydomain.com/blog it redirects to www.mydomain.com/blog

Any ideas?
Thank you so much by the way!

The web is our sandbox, so let's develop a castle.

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Tyreal2012 Reply #4, 14 years, 5 months ago

im approaching my limits of knowledgere here but try:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.mydomain\.com [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) h ttp://www.mydomain.com/blog/$1 [R=301,L]

itll eithe rfix it or break it (my guess is the latter laugh

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Mark Hamstra Reply #5, 14 years, 5 months ago

Try putting

#enter your domain here
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} .
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.mydomain\.com [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) h ttp://www.mydomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

in a .htaccess file in the root of the server (mydomain.com/.htaccess)

Then rename the ht.access file shipped with MODX to .htaccess, and make sure to change the RewriteBase to /blog/, and theoretically you should then be ready to go.

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