Re: Can this be done?

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson <mailbox@gunnar.cc>]

Fawnna wrote:
> 
> I have decided to restore my data backups to another server
> (and domain name...
> ...
> all the ring sites have their html fragments pointing to the
> installation that doesn't work, can my cgi's (on the old
> installation) be configured in a way so that when a user hits the
> random, next, previous etc to redirect to the new installation -
> and so that the action calls will still be valid?  (the one that
> is working?)
That was a tricky one. My first thought was a .htaccess file on the old
server with this content:
    Redirect /ringhost http://www.simpletreasuresgm.com/Goldenmoon
However, when I tested it, the query (i.e. the info after the question
mark) wasn't submitted to the second server. There is a similar Apache
directive, RedirectMatch
(http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_alias.html#redirectmatch), which
allows regular expressions. Unfortunately it requires Apache 1.3, and
the two Apache servers I have access to are earlier versions, so I
haven't been able to test it. If your old provider has 1.3 or later, you
might want to test.
I'm afraid this is the only thing I can come up with. Maybe I'm on the
right track, maybe not. Anybody who knows about a workable solution?
/ Gunnar