Reg Ex Question about Rewrite Rules
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In this redirect rule, what does the "$1" mean?
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(oldsiteaustin|www.oldsiteaustin) [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://austin.newsite.com/$1 [R=301,L]
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I'll second that - Stackoverflow is an excellent resource for this sort of thing.
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If you're looking to understand regex then you could read the SEOmoz post from a couple of days ago - http://www.seomoz.org/blog/an-seos-guide-to-regex - or this tutorial site is okay (if dry) -http://www.regular-expressions.info/tutorial.html
Hang out around stackoverflow as well for specific questions.
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Aye, so, www.oldsiteaustin.com/page.html will become austin.newsite.com/page.html
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I believe the (.*) captures the path of the original domain and $1 uses that path in constructing your redirect url. I'm replying without checking my trusty htaccess cheat sheet but this should ensure that you redirect all paths on the old domain to their new equivalent on your new domain.
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