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Trying to set 301 redirect in .htaccess file and here is what i am trying to do

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^http://localhost/wordpress/$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^localhost/wordpress/$
RewriteRule (.*)$ http://www.mysite.com/wordpress/$1 [R=301,L]

I am testing this on my local machine using WAMPP server.Though when i hit http://localhost/wordpress/ i am getting redirected to http://www.mysite.com/wordpress/ but for other URL i am not getting redirected at all.for e.g

i have this URL in my local machine http://localhost/wordpress/2010/11/shadows/ and this at the server http://www.mysite.com/wordpress/2010/11/shadows/ but when i hit this URL i am not getting redirected to respected URL on the live server ,but i am being showed same page from local machine

can any one tell me whats wrong with the redirection entry Thanks in advance

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I'm not sure that this is a WordPress-specific question... – Chip Bennett Feb 14 '12 at 17:09
@ChipBennett: seems to be agree with you since there is little wordpress is doing here, only relation is that i am using wodpress – Umesh Awasthi Feb 14 '12 at 17:13
Hmm... well then, unless you're experiencing some problems in the interaction with the WordPress-generated redirect rules, you would probably be better-off asking this question over at ServerFault. – Chip Bennett Feb 14 '12 at 17:19
@ChipBennett: Agree and i already realize that and asked the same (stack-exchange), but since the post has been answered i can not delete it – Umesh Awasthi Feb 14 '12 at 17:28

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RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^http://localhost/wordpress/$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^localhost/wordpress/$ [NC]
RewriteRule (.*)$ http://mysite.com/wordpress/$1 [R=301,L]

This worked for me.

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i tried that one before and crosschecked just now,its not working, still same results. – Umesh Awasthi Feb 14 '12 at 16:05
@umeshawasthi I updated my answer. I tested it and it worked for me. – Kyle Feb 14 '12 at 16:30
for me the above code is not working at all.its really strange.i am not sure if this has something to be with WAMPP server i am using – Umesh Awasthi Feb 14 '12 at 16:52
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Based on http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/8670/7401 I just tried the following and it worked for me.

RewriteEngine on 
RewriteBase / 
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://mysite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

I placed this in an .htaccess file in a subfolder of my local domain and it redirected requests to an online site....

(But I have a self-installed apache, mysql and php setup, ie. not WAMPP etc....)

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seems something wrong with the WAMPP in my localmachine – Umesh Awasthi Feb 14 '12 at 17:04
on a curious note, which server your tried this as i am trying in on WAMPP – Umesh Awasthi Feb 14 '12 at 17:12
locally I'm using with apache 2.2.14 – Aces Feb 14 '12 at 17:19
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Remove the $ endings from your Rewrite Conditions.

The $ = end-of-line in regular expressions. ^test$ will only match "test" not "testing".

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