Forum Archive - Wildcard SSL, redirect subdirectory to subdomain

I have 3 languages in total currently using the subdirectory url structure, which I would like to change to subdomain instead. 1. This means I'll need 3 SSL certs which is cheaper than the wildcard SSL package. Can I purchase 3 individual certs instead of the SSL package or do you require the wildcard SSL cert for subdomain URL structure? 2. I've built solid Google ranking for 4+ years using the subdirectory links. How do I redirect every single link from the subdirectory to the subdomain so that google will update my links instead of starting from scratch in the ranking? I don't want to keep both subdirectory and subdomain.

Hi, 1. Yes you can 2. You can try this rewrite rule below: RewriteRule ^(af|sq|am|ar|hy|az|eu|be|bn|bs|bg|ca|ceb|ny|zh-CN|zh-TW|co|hr|cs|da|nl|en|eo|et|tl|fi|fr|fy|gl|ka|de|el|gu|ht|ha|haw|iw|hi|hmn|hu|is|ig|id|ga|it|ja|jw|kn|kk|km|ko|ku|ky|lo|la|lv|lt|lb|mk|mg|ms|ml|mt|mi|mr|mn|my|ne|no|ps|fa|pl|pt|pa|ro|ru|sm|gd|sr|st|sn|sd|si|sk|sl|so|es|su|sw|sv|tg|ta|te|th|tr|uk|ur|uz|vi|cy|xh|yi|yo|zu)/(.*)$ http://$1.domain.com/$3 [R=301,L] which will redirect for example domain.com/ru/ to ru.domain.com Thanks!

For #1 At the SSL registrar, I'll purchase another SSL for zh-TW.domain.com But I won't be able to generate the CSR when I go into cPanel's SSL area, it won't let me generate a CSR for zh-TW.domain.com. It says "you do not control this domain" Do I need to create a subdomain within cPanel first?

You can search csr generator tool online, many of them which will do the job. Thanks!

Emailed you guys the subdomain ssl certs and key 4-5 days ago, still no reply on the installation. Are we missing something or what is the hold up?

Hi, Sorry for the delay. It is installed. Make sure to provide new certificates when they expire. Thanks!

Thanks Edvard, the code you supplied above doesn't work to redirect subdirectory urls to the new subdomain urls. I also tried the code supplied in the documentation as well: RewriteRule ^([a-z]{2}|zh-CN|zh-TW)/(.*)$ http://$1.domain.com/$2 [R=301,L,QSA] I emailed you the .htaccess file, please have a look for us. this is the final problem in our migration from PRO to ENTERPRISE and we really appreciate your assistance.

Hi, I cannot find the email. May be you can send FTP access?