Redirect a Domain name to an Apex application

If you have registered a Domain and wish it to point directly to an Apex application you can make use of the Apache mod_rewrite module, for example -

<VirtualHost *>
  ServerName www.myhost.com
  ServerAlias www.myhost.com 
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteRule ^/$ /pls/apex/f?p=136:1 [R=301]
</VirtualHost>

This will redirect any requests for www.myhost.com to application id 136 (and page 1). The [R=301] performs a redirect with code 301 which can be useful for Indexing Bots/Spiders.

-- JohnScott - 05 Dec 2005