Re: Redirecting existing links to a sub-folder to a new subdomain

2015-02-22 Thread codecowboy
Hi, Thanks for your reply. I got this working. Here's what I ended up with in case it helps someone else: "rewrite /student-area/(.*) $scheme://studentarea.mydomainname.com/$1 permanent;" This was placed outside of any location {} blocks but within the server {} block. Posted at Nginx Forum: h

Re: Redirecting existing links to a sub-folder to a new subdomain

2015-02-22 Thread Francis Daly
On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 03:30:58AM -0500, codecowboy wrote: Hi there, > If I want to transform links from > http://exampledomain.com/sub-folder/some-article to > http://subdomain.exampledomain.com/some-article where subdomain has the same > name as the subfolder, do I need a rewrite or a redirect

Redirecting existing links to a sub-folder to a new subdomain

2015-02-22 Thread codecowboy
If I want to transform links from http://exampledomain.com/sub-folder/some-article to http://subdomain.exampledomain.com/some-article where subdomain has the same name as the subfolder, do I need a rewrite or a redirect? I *think* I need a redirect but want to be sure I am doing it the recommended