changing domain names

[GeorgeB]

I am thinking of changing my domain name where my forum currently resides at. However, I was wondering what happens to the url links of the current domain name that are in some of the posts?

Obviously if I change it, the links won't work if someone clicks on them.

Is there a mod rewrite or something that could be added so if someone click on a link in a post, it would redirect to the new url?

[deeplist]

You can place a .htaccess file in the root of your old domain to forward all requests to the new domain. That's what I did for http://deeplist.com when I decided it was time for a name change and registered http://deckerservices.com. Use the following code for your .htaccess file.



RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/index.html$
RewriteRule $ http://newdomain.com [R=302,L]

[GeorgeB]

That worked, to redirect the site itself.

However, I was referring to links people will find in posts.

For instance, they go to a post and there is a link http://www.abc.com/service/liquor when they click on it, instead of getting an error, they be redirected to the new url http://www.def.com/service/liquor.

Is there a way to do that?

[AboutWeb]

Try this: redirect 301 / http://www.you.com/

[Pingness]

Also don't forget about google webmaster- that has a good feature for changing your domain.