How can I redirect a subdomain to a specific URL?

Question

I am updating the Iirf.ini file to redirect sub.columbia.edu to giving.columbia.edu/video.

sub.columbia.edu is already redirecting to giving.columbia.edu. How can I go one step further to redirect it to giving.columbia.edu/video.

Important Note: I would like the URL to show as sub.columbia.edu in the browser and not as giving.columbia.edu/video

#Redirect subdomain to specific URL
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^sub\.columbia\.edu
RewriteRule ^/$ /video

The above doesn't work. Any ideas how I should modify this?

Thank you!

Where is this htaccess located? in the root of sub.columbia.edu? — Panama Jack, Feb 21 '14 at 14:26

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 21 '14 at 14:41

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You can try this and see how it works for you.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^sub\.columbia\.edu
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://giving.columbia.edu/video [L,R=301]

Or you can do a redirect, this should work also.

Redirect 301 / http://giving.columbia.edu/video

answered Feb 21 '14 at 14:41

Panama Jack

Thank you - it is adding 'http://' in front of the URL but not the '/video' I also updated the question to remove the .htaccess tag - I first was updating this file until I realized it was using IIS - I am now updating an iirf.ini file instead. – Izumi Bérat Feb 21 '14 at 14:49
This won't work with IIS. I do not know IIS well enough for rewrite rules. – Panama Jack Feb 21 '14 at 14:55
Thank you for your help and sorry for misleading you! – Izumi Bérat Feb 21 '14 at 14:56

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