301 Redirects for multiple domains.

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This is what you need for an Apache webserver:


Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.newdomain.com/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.domain.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.newdomain.com/$1 [L,R=301]


First block you need once only.

Second block: you need one for each domain.com that needs redirecting (including newdomain.com to www.newdomain.com too).

Third block: you need one for each www.domain.com that needs redirecting to www.newdomain.com.

Remove all of the blank lines from the above example.

Put it all in the .htaccess file in the web root folder.


Before you upload a new .htaccess file, make sure, using FTP, that there isn't one already there as the new one will overwrite it. Be aware, too, that many FTP programs are set to hide all file names that begin with a dot; so you need to unset that option first.


Point all of the domains involved to that one webserver, and load the .htaccess file onto that same webserver too. This will force that webserver to have just one canonical name for every and all pages accessed.