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Posted by Matt Brock
Matt Brock
28,330 Points

Redirecting a domain to a subdirectory of another website with htaccess

When a visitor enters www.example1.com, I'd like to show the contents of www.example2.com/subdir. However, I want the user to still see "www.example1.com" as the URL. I own both domains and have access to htaccess, but I can't seem to figure out how to make this happen without resorting to cloaking.

Here's what I've tried in my .htaccess file thus far:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} www.example1.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example2.com/subdir/ [R=301,L]

I've also tried giving www.example1.com an A record of www.example2.com's server IP, to no avail.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

miguelcastro2
miguelcastro2
Courses Plus Student 6,573 Points

Can you create an HTML file on www.example1.com and use an 

<iframe>

inside the HTML file to point to www.example2.com/subdir? Would that be considered cloaking?