mod_rewrite to redirect to specific WP page

Question

The goal is to redirect all requests coming to Wordpress from IE 6 and 7, to a specific Wordpress page using mod_rewrite.

My confusion comes from multiple conditions that are needed for the rewrite not entering an endless loop once on the specific Wordpress page. So the condition must be: (IE 6 or 7) and request is not the same as the page we are sending them to.

I've tried things along the lines of:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} MSIE\ ([67])\.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !iepage
RewriteRule .* /iepage/ [R]

In IE 6 and 7, I get page cannot be displayed errors. Could it really mean too many redirects, because the 2nd condition isn't working?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 27 '12 at 23:20

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Try checking the current URI in the RewriteRule instead.

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} MSIE\ ([67])\.
RewriteRule !^/iepage/$ /iepage/ [R]

answered Jun 27 '12 at 23:20

mgorven

31,041

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 27 '12 at 21:10

0

Are you not just missing a leading slash

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/iepage$

answered Jun 27 '12 at 21:10

Ben Lessani

5,314

Thank you for your quick response. You're right, but the error is still the same in IE 6 and 7. – djdy Jun 27 '12 at 21:18

mod_rewrite to redirect to specific WP page

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