* Tom Donovan <donovant@(protected):
> Mike Schleif wrote:
> >I want the URL's similar to the following:
> >
> >   http://domain.tld
> >   http://www.domain.tld
> >   http://domain.tld/
> >   http://domain.tld/fjlxasdfja
> >
> >to be redirected to the following URL:
> >
> >   http://Other_domain.tld/?rid=48830
> >
> >
> >I have tried -- and failed -- with following:
> >
> >   RedirectMatch ^/$ http://Other_domain.tld/?rid=48830
> >
> >   RewriteCond  %{QUERY_STRING} ^(rid=48830)$
> >   RewriteRule  ^/$ http://www.Other_domain.tld/$1?
> >
> >
> >NOTE[1]: There is NO query_string in original URL.
> >
> >NOTE[2]: I have NOT found a way to escape the "?" in the destination
> >URL.
> >
> >NOTE[3]: The result is always either "?" replaced with "%" escapes; or,
> >NO query_string at all.
> >
> >
> >What am I missing?
> >
>
> It's not clear what you are trying to do.
>
>   Other_domain.tld   vs.  www.Other_domain.tld
>   /             vs.  all URIs
>
> If you want everything re-directed to http://www.Other_domain.tld, try
> using just this single rewrite rule with the [noescape] flag:
>
>   RewriteRule  ^/.*$ http://www.Other_domain.tld/?rid=48830 [noescape]
>
> -tom-

Yes, that is what I want to do.

However, neither of the following work:

  RewriteRule ^/.*$ http://www.Other_domain.tld/?rid=48830 [noescape]
  RewriteRule ^/.*$ http://www.Other_domain.tld/?rid=48830 [R=301,NE]

Does RewriteRule require RewriteCond, or anything else?

Should RewriteRule work all by itself?

Is there some way to test WHY this does not work?

What am I missing?


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