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Robb_Barrett
Robb_Barrett
Level 10
January 9, 2020
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Root level redirect

  • January 9, 2020
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We're changing our CNAME.  This is a mess because we have a lot of links - email, web pages, linkedin, etc pointing to info.oldcname.com/various-page-names.html and we want to redirect them to info.newcname.com/various-page-names.html.

Is it possible to do a root level redirect and preserve the page names without the need to go through the arduous task of re-directing each individual page?

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Casey_Grimes2
Casey_Grimes2
Level 10
January 9, 2020

In a case like this, your best bet is probably to handle such a redirect at the DNS level. Now, while it's strongly discouraged because you're doing two lookups, it's totally possible to do something like

info-old IN CNAME your-instance.mktoweb.com.
info IN CNAME info-old

So when you look up info, it goes to info-old, then to your-instance.mktoweb.com. However, what you're describing sounds more like swapping the root domain rather than the CNAME. Same concept applies, though.

Depending on your DNS provider, you may be able to set up redirects rather than chaining CNAMEs, but it's a non-standard thing and depends on who you have.

    SanfordWhiteman
    SanfordWhiteman
    Level 10
    January 9, 2020

    This won't change the URL in the browser (nor the cookie domain). It isn't any different from swapping the Primary LP Domain with a Domain Alias.

    Jay_Jiang
    Jay_Jiang
    Level 10
    January 9, 2020

    in apache servers using htaccess you can:

    create your new cname and update settings in marketo as such

    delete your old cname and create a subdomain of the same name

    add a htaccess file to the subdomain root with 301 redirect to rewrite domain to new one

    SanfordWhiteman
    SanfordWhiteman
    Level 10
    January 9, 2020

    This is a Marketo LP domain, however.

    Jay_Jiang
    Jay_Jiang
    Level 10
    January 9, 2020

    delete the old cname and create a subdomain of the same name, place the htaccess file in there.

    so any hits to oldcname.domain.com/pageXYZ gets rewritten as newcname.domain.com/pageXYZ

    https://moz.com/learn/seo/redirection on why you should use 301 redirects instead of js or meta refresh

    SanfordWhiteman
    SanfordWhiteman
    Level 10
    January 9, 2020

    If you don't need an HTTP redirect, you can trivially perform this redirect using JS on your template.

    In fact using JS is the only way to preserve the Munchkin session association, so you don't end up with anonymous visits for people you previously knew.

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