htaccess file containing Apache Mod Rewrite Rule(s) for doing a Subdomain Redirect (CloudFlare as the Nameserver, Godaddy As the host) The nginx conf file related to this htaccess file can be found here: https://gist.github.com/infolock/6044150 More information can be found in the full article: http://phpadvocate.com/blog/2013/07/apache-godaddy-…

.htaccess

# Author Jonathon Hibbard

##################### Godaddy Apache .htaccess for example.com #####################
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
 
##################### Try and prevent looping madness #####################
RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} 200
RewriteRule .* - [L]
 
#################################################################################
# Determine if we should redirect to the external server
######
 
# If there is not a subdomain provided and/or even www is missing, we redirect to the external server
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^feeds\.example\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/feeds/(.*) [NC]
# Perform the redirect if the evaluations above passed...
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://images.example.com [L,R,NE]
 
#################################################################################
 
# Determine if the URL being processed is for the subdomain on this server (the godaddy server).
# If so, we'll just redirect them to the subdirectory there.
 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^feeds\.example\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/feeds/(.*) [NC]
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ feeds/$1 [L,R,NE]