Domain redirect in Wordpress multisite

Question

I have two domains www.domain1.com and www.domain2.com, both pointing to the same host. What I want to do is redirect www.domain2.com to www.domain1.com/domain2.

I got this code for a .htaccess from the hosting provider but is giving me a error "500 Internal Server Error" when I install it. What is the problem?

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond% {HTTP_HOST} ^ [www.] domain1.com $ [NC]
RewriteCond% {REQUEST_URI}! ^ / domain2 / .*
^(.*) RewriteRule / index / $ 1 [L]

Answer 1

What I want to do is redirect www.domain2.com to www.domain1.com/domain2.

Then you don't want to do it via htaccess. You need to use the WordPress MU Domain Mapping plugin.

Map any blog/site on a WordPressMU or WordPress 3.X network to an external domain.

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Also see: WordPress 3.0: Multisite Domain Mapping Tutorial

The other day, Klint Finley wrote a very good walkthrough of using the new Multisite functionality of WordPress 3.0. In the comments, a lot of people wanted to know how to use your own domain names. Since I’m doing that now, here’s a quick walkthrough/how-to guide.

Answer 2

When you get a "500 Internal Server Error" look into the error log of your webserver. There you will find more information what went wrong.

In your case it's most probably a syntax issue with .htaccess directives you wrote. They don't look properly written to me.

For information about mod_rewrite please see Module mod_rewrite URL Rewriting Engine (Apache HTTP Server). There you will find how to write each command, how they work, description of parameters etc.

For more information about the error log, please see Log Files / Error Log (Apache HTTP Server). It contains valuable information what you wrote wrong in the .htaccess file.