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Is it possible to have an erroneous URL remain in the address bar while redirecting the user to a URL within my domain? I want www.domain.com/forum to be the actual site being served in all 404 circumstances but I don't want the referring URL to be rewritten (other than the domain portion, which is being done on the registrar level).

This is my current .htaccess

RewriteEngine On

RedirectMatch permanent ^/$ http://www.domain.com/forum/

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule .* http://www.domain.com/forum/ [L,R]
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You want to send 404 errors up to your application? Easy enough. You need to specify an existing file, though. For example:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /forum/index.php [L]
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  • Doesn't that accomplish the same thing, as far as the URL bar is concerned?
    – Matthew S
    Sep 2, 2012 at 4:04
  • @KnocksX It's not sending a redirect response, which is what changes the URL bar. Sep 2, 2012 at 4:20
  • I think I spoke too soon. This breaks the previous rule and the www is not always added anymore. The forum also loses all formatting and is loaded without css.
    – Matthew S
    Sep 2, 2012 at 5:52

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