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Changing /cpanel to something else
Issue : How can you access cPanel like, say, http://domainname.com/xyz ? This is for security purposes. Solution : This can be done but not recommended as it would not be of much effect security-wise. Even if you change it, cPanel/WHM would still run on the standard ports (2082/2083 & 2086/2087) which is known to everyone. [...]
htaccess redirect for SSL non-www to www
Issue : Need to redirect https://domain.com to https://www.domain.com for SSL purposes. Solution : Use the following code in the htaccess file under the public_html folder for the concerned domain : RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.com [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.domain.com/$1 [L,R=301]
Pointing parked domain to a sub-directory
Issue : How to point a parked domain to a sub-directory of the main domain without any change in the URL ? Fix : This is like making the parked domain function like an add-on domain. Assuming that the parked domain name is abc.com and the corresponding folder under the main domain is ‘abc’ .This [...]
Redirecting every page on the website to index.html
Issue : While some construction is going on the site, all pages on the website should go to the index page. Solution : This can be easily achieved by using the following code in your .htaccess file : < IfModule mod_rewrite.c > RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.html [...]
htaccess code for redirecting www to non-www
Issue : Regardless of somebody accessing the site with or without the ‘www’ , it should always go to http://domain.com Solution : Use the following htaccess code : RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.domain.com RewriteRule ^(.*) http://domain.com/$1 [R]
htaccess code for forwarding a domain
Issue : The old domain ( with and without ‘www’ ) needs to be forwarded to a sub-folder of the new domain. Solution : Use the following htaccess code : RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^olddomain\.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.olddomain\.com$ RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://newdomain.com/folder/$1 [R=permanent,R]
Redirecting to secure connection
Issue : When someone tries to access the site through the insecure URL (http) , it should redirect ( to https ) automatically. Fix : This can be easily achieved by putting the following code in the .htaccess file under ‘public_html’ folder : RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$ RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.yourdomainname.tld/$1 [L,R] (Assuming that you [...]
How to redirect webmail.domain.tld to domain.tld/webmail
Issue : webmail.domain.tld does not work. Fix : 1. Create an ‘A’ record for the sub-domain ‘webmail’ in the DNS zone file. It should look like : domain.com. IN A XX.XX.XXX.XXX localhost.domain.com. IN A 127.0.0.1 domain.com. IN MX 0 domain.com. mail IN CNAME domain.com. www IN CNAME domain.com. ftp IN A XX.XX.XXX.XXX cpanel IN XX.XX.XXX.XXX [...]
How to redirect the main domain to a sub-domain
To redirect a domain to its own sub-folder, use the following code in your .htaccess file : RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} ^present site.com/$ [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} ^www.present site.com/$ [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.present site.com/sub-folder/$1 [r=301,nc]
Add-on Domain being redirected
Issue : While accessing the subfolder of an addon domain using httpd://www.addondomain.com/subfolder the URL changes to httpd://www.subdomain.maindomain.com/subfolder but at the same time, httpd://www.addondomain.com/subfolder/ (the one with trailing slash) works fine. Fix : This issue can be fixed by changing the ServerName entry in httpd.conf. Change ServerName subdomain.maindomain.com to ServerName addondomain.com
