How to Redirect a Domain Name 
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| Set up a 301 Permanent Redirect to redirect a domain name from one to another; meta refresh and 302 redirects are not recommended. Tip Credibility: 4 (Best Tip!) |
| Most domain names are hosted on a Unix type of server, so you would typically edit the .htaccess file to set up the 301 permanent redirect. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Put this rule into the apache config file, that handles the virtualhost.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.old.com$
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ www.new.com/$1 [R=301,QSA,L]
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