Possible Duplicate:How do I prevent access to an add-on domain's root directory from main hosting domain name I am hosting a webshop with OpenCart and its current URL is e.g. http://mydomain.com/shop/I have created two subdomains ( http://pg.mydomain.com/ and http://shop.mydomain.com/ ) and both subdomains are already working as they should. However, can I restrict direct access to mydomain.com/shop/ while leaving all the files (index.php, etc.) there?Since both subdomains are pointing to http://mydomain.com/shop/, I thought this would restrict all access.So in the end, I would like my two shops to be accessable through http://pg.mydomain.com/ and http://shop.mydomain.com/, but not http://mydomain.com/shop/ while leaving all the files in http://mydomain.com/shop/.
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You can do it with the following rule. This file would need to be placed in your /shop/ subdirectory.RewriteEngine onRewriteBase / #if not already shop.mydomain.comRewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^shop\.mydomain\.com$ [NC] #if request is for shop/, go to shop.mydomain.comRewriteRule ^shop/$ http://shop.mydomain.com [L,NC,R=301] For obvious reasons, you can't redirect a person to two places at once (you need to choose either pg.yourdomain.com or shop.yourdomain.com). Once you have done the above, you can always do a manual redirect from the pg.yourdomain.com to shop.yourdomain.com. The rule can also be used if you wanted to setup a second shop.