.htaccess RewriteRule to other than Joomla website

[RobEmenecker]

Hi all,

I am trying to include a few RewriteRule(s) to point specific subdomains to non-Joomla site locations on my website.

I am placing the RewriteCond and corresponding RewriteRule between the "common exploits" block of rewrites and the Joomla core SEF rewrites.

Here is a sample of one that IS NOT working:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^webmail.hairydogdigital.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ "http://hairydogdigital\.com:2095" [R=301,L]

I've tried placing it before the common exploits block of rewrites and the results were the same. In both cases it points me back to my Joomla home page.

Any suggestions?

[RobEmenecker]

Through sheer force of will... trying multiple things, that is... I got this resolved.

I moved any subdomain redirects to the END of the .htaccess file AFTER the SEF rewrites and it works. However, I left any existing top-level-domain redirects before the SEF rewrites to avoid breaking what was already working.

Everything now seems to behave as intended.