What is the solution of making dynamic subdomain like links - magento

I have a shopping mall site built with Magento. The url is like http://exampleshopping.com
Now I have requirement where each of my users will have a vanity URL like the following -
http://abc.exampleshopping.com
http://xyz.exampleshopping.com
In the above example abc, xyz are the user names.
How is this possible without creating a sub domain from the control panel. I need this to be created automatically when a user registers.

Create an .htaccess file with the following code to build a dynamic username as subdomain.
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.exampleshopping\.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ([^.]+)\.exampleshopping\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?username=%1 [L]
All visits to http://username.exampleshopping.com will redirect to www.exampleshopping.com/userpage.php?username=subdomain. User only see http://username.exampleshopping.com in the address bar.
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Use the following code in your main .htaccess file (for the www subdomain) - or in the Apache Vhost config.
Replace sonassi.com and paths to suit.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !www\.sonassi\.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ([^\.]+)\.sonassi\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?user=%1$1 [L]
You need to also create a wildcard DNS A record, if you are using cPanel, you would use
*.sonassi.com => my.ip.add.ress
Or, if you are using TinyDNS - use the following syntax
+*.sonassi.com:my.ip.add.ress:86400

Using a htaccess regex url Rewrite will work for you.

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.htaccess to provide 'flattened' search engine friendly CMS URLs

I am using CMSMADESIMPLE for a website. It can generate search engine friendly URLs using a .htaccess file and mod_rewrite.
BUT it is possible to insert anything between the base url and the requested page. For example all these URLs will work:
www.example.com/aboutus
www.example.com/home/aboutus
www.example.com/any/rubbish/i/enter/aboutus
I have seen other sites using Wordpress where it is possible to enter the same in the address window, but it will redirect back to the lowest level i.e. www.example.com/aboutus. I would like to achieve the same thing but cannot master .htaccess to do it.
The relevant bits of the .htaccess file are:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?page=$1 [QSA]
</IfModule>
I am assuming that this is something that can be achieved just using mod_rewrite and doesn't require changes to the PHP code within the CMS.
If that's not possible I would like to setup a permanent redirect from some URLs within the CMS which have been indexed by Google.
i.e From www.example.com/home/aboutus to www.example.com/aboutus
I tried adding a RewriteRule to .htaccess without success:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule home/aboutus aboutus [R=301]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?page=$1 [QSA]
</IfModule>
Any help appreciated.
Look at the sample htaccess.txt file in the doc folder. There is a section about parent child.
# Rewrites urls in the form of /parent/child/
# but only rewrites if the requested URL is not a file or directory
#
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?page=$1 [QSA]

Rewrite subdomain to main domain for images only using htaccess

I have a domain, where everything except image\css etc. are handled by a single php file. However after a reorganisation, alot of images have been moved from sub-domains to the main domain. So I'm looking for a way to redirect all image\css files to the main domain if they were originally on one of the sub-domains. My current code is
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.png|\.jpg|\.gif|\.jpeg|\.ico|\.bmp|\.css|\.ts|\.js)$
RewriteRule !^index\.php$ /index.php [L]
I've tried a couple of ways to redirect it, but I seem to break on of the existing rules, whatever I try.
Thanks
The final solution I came up with
RewriteEngine On
# Check the request isn't for the main domain
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^domain\.com$
# Check the request is for a static resource
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \.(png|jpg|gif|jpeg|ico|bmp|css|ts|js)$
# Redirect to main domain
RewriteRule (.*) http://domain\.com/$1 [R=301,L]
# if the request isn't for index.php,
# (invisibly) redirect to index.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.png|\.jpg|\.gif|\.jpeg|\.ico|\.bmp|\.css|\.ts|\.js)$
RewriteRule !^index\.php$ /index.php [L]
For information only. As really the credit goes to jon for the answer I just tweaked it for my needs.
If the URLs in your HTML still point to the subdomains, you'll need to setup htaccess redirects on those subdomains, not on the main domain, as the requests will still be going to the subdomains.
For example in /var/www/vhosts/sub.domain.com/httpdocs/.htaccess:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \.(png|jpg|gif|jpeg|ico|bmp|css|ts|js)$
RewriteRule (.*) http://domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
And in /var/www/vhosts/sub2.domain.com/httpdocs/.htaccess:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \.(png|jpg|gif|jpeg|ico|bmp|css|ts|js)$
RewriteRule (.*) http://domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
UPDATE
Based on your comment that Apache handles each subdomain as if it were the main one, try this:
RewriteEngine On
# Check the request isn't for the main domain
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !(www\.)?domain\.com$
# Check the request is for a static resource
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \.(png|jpg|gif|jpeg|ico|bmp|css|ts|js)$
# Redirect to main domain
RewriteRule (.*) http://domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Unable to properly redirect with .htaccess

I'm tring to redirect the following paths on our old site:
/apps
/apps/about
/apps/everything_else
/site
To a different subdomain using the following RewriteRule:
RewriteRule ^site/?$ http://site.newsite.com [R=301,NC,L]
but nothing happens, is anything wrong with this rule? Also, how do I add the apps to the same rule?
Will the following work:
RewriteRule ^site/?|apps(/.)?$ http://site.newsite.com [R=301,NC,L]
You may try this:
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/(apps|site).* [NC]
RewriteRule .* http://site.newsite.com/ [R=301,L]
Maps silently:
http://site.oldsite.com/apps or
http://site.oldsite.com/apps/anything or
http://site.oldsite.com/site or
http://site.oldsite.com/site/anything
To:
http://site.newsite.com/
Nothing is passed to the substitution URL as the OP does not mention that requirement in the question.
Strings apps and site are assumed to be fixed.
For silent mapping, replace [R=301,L] with [L]

mod_rewrite forward shortend URL

I am looking for a way to create a short URL path for a longer URL on my page
the long url is: domain.com/tagcloud/user.html?t=1234ABCD
i would like to offer a short version of the URL to easy access it:
domain.com/t/1234ABCD
I tried a few examples but I just don't get it how I could forward these rules.
RewriteRule ^(.*)/t/$ /tagcloud/user.html?t=$1 [L]
I am also using MODX so they already use rules.
in addition my htaccess file
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
# Always use www
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} .
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.domain\.com [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
# The Friendly URLs part
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]
I must keep the code snippets above in my htaccess file. The first one simply forwards http://domain.com requests to www.domain.com
The friendly URLs part is needed to translate the internal IDs of my CMS with the alias of the URL. This feature must remain because the entire site cannot be influencted by the changes I try to make in htaccess...
I simply would like to add a listener that only if the URL matches www.domain.com/t/abcd1234
Therefore I need something that identifies the www.domain.com/t/ URL
your help is much appreciated
Try this:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/t/.*
RewriteRule ^t/(.*)$ /tagcloud/user.html?t=$1 [R=301,L]

Htaccess ModRewrite for CodeIgniter with a parked/redirected domain

I have this situation:
hosting is located at maindomain.com
othersite.com is parked to maindomain.com
htaccess is used to redirect all requests for othersite.com to a subfolder: /site-othersite/
I want to use CodeIgniter on othersite.com but there are some directories and files in othersite.com that I don't want to have the CodeIgniter redirection.
home.php is my CodeIgniter main page.
I have tried to combine the usual ModRewrite that I use for my parked domains with what I found in the CodeIgniter wiki but am having trouble.
Example:
I do not want othersite.com/demo/ or othersite.com/robots.txt to be handled by CodeIgniter. I have this:
# Redirect various urls to subfolders of the format: /site-thename/
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?othersite\.com
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/site-othersite/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/demo/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^robots\.txt
Rewriterule ^(.*)$ /site-othersite/home.php?/$1 [L]
Everything works fine for the CodeIgniter install. Except trying to get demo/ and robots.txt to be 'ouside' of CodeIgniter is not working.
And ModRewrite masters out there with suggestions? Thank you!
Figured it out. It needs to be handled in two rules:
# Redirect various urls to subfolders of the format: /site-thename/
RewriteEngine On
# Handle pages and directories that should not go through CodeIgniter.
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?othersite\.com
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/site-othersite/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/demo/ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/robots.txt
Rewriterule ^(.*)$ /site-othersite/$1 [L]
# Handle CodeIgniter URLs.
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?othersite\.com
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/site-othersite/
Rewriterule ^(.*)$ /site-othersite/home.php?/$1 [L]

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