How to redirect a specific domain to a sublevel page on a different domain using URL Rewrites in IIS7

by | Aug 13, 2013 | CMS, DotNetNuke, SEO, Sitecore | 1 comment

Anytime I have to look up something twice in three days I figure I might need that info again. Sometimes you have multiple domains pointing to the same site one of which might be a “marketing domain”. Here’s how to redirect a domain request to a page on a different domain.

  • Select URL Rewrite
  • Select Blank rule
  • Enter the pattern 
    (.*)

     NOTE: This means any character, any number of repetitions.

  • Expand Conditions if not already expanded and Click “Add”.
  • Enter 
     {HTTP_HOST}

    for “Condtion Input”. (Curly braces are required)

  • Set “Check if input string” to “Matches the Pattern”
  • Pattern 
    (?:www.)?domain.com

    where domain is the domain to redirect. (The part

     (?:www.)?

    makes www. optional

  • Enter the URL such as 
    http://www.newdomain.com/sub/page1.aspx
  • Enter “Redirect” for action
  • Redirect type should be 302 if this is temporary, 301 for permanent redirects. Browsers cache 301 redirects so if it changes in the future, it may take a while for users to know about it.

    • 1 Comment

    1. DP
      DP on February 27, 2017 at 7:23 pm

      Works perfectly. Thank you very much for posting!

      Reply

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