{"id":38,"date":"2015-03-05T10:19:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T10:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tech-and-dev.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/05\/forwarding-a-domain-name-to-a-new-domain-using-cloudflare\/"},"modified":"2021-02-22T01:03:41","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T01:03:41","slug":"forwarding-domain-name-to-new-domain-using-cloudflare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tech-and-dev.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/forwarding-domain-name-to-new-domain-using-cloudflare.html","title":{"rendered":"Forwarding a Domain Name to a New Domain Using Cloudflare"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lately, I moved my domain names to namesilo, and I noticed that their domain forwarding option will only forward the root domain, rather than all the pages or virtual directories within that domain.<\/div>\n
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I decided to park my DNS on cloudflare since it’s for free and forward the domain and all its pages to the new domain name.<\/div>\n

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First, add CNAME records to point to the domain you want<\/span>, in my case I’m pointing my old domain name to www.tech-and-dev.com. for example:<\/div>\n
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and if you want to forward the www version too, add another CNAME with www:<\/div>\n
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After adding the CNAMES, make sure to tick the cloud button<\/span>:<\/p>\n

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Save the DNS records, and go back to the Websites list, and click on the settings icon next to the domain name<\/span>, and choose “Page Rules”.<\/p>\n

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Turn Forwarding<\/b><\/span> On<\/span><\/b> and enter the first rule:<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the above screenshot, I’m forwarding myolddomain.com to this domain (www.tech-and-dev.com) and forwarding all the virtual directories of that domain.<\/div>\n
The asterisk * in the pattern URL will match any text entered after the domain name and can be used in the Forwarding URL. First asterisk will be $1, 2nd asterisk $2….<\/div>\n

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If you want to forward www.myolddomain.com to the same domain<\/span>, create another similar rule but with www:<\/div>\n

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That’s it! Any comments? Please post them below!<\/b><\/p>\n

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