John Davidson

Message:

I have a Prestashop 1.7 website. I want to open a subdomain and put a copy of my site there. But I just want to enter that subfield from country x. In addition, I want to redirect the main site to the subdomain when entering from x countries. Even if site X is visited from another country, I want to redirect it to my main site. How can I do that?

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My Answer:
You can achieve this by using a combination of GeoIP detection and redirection in your Prestashop website. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to redirect a subdomain based on country in Prestashop:

1. First, you need to create a subdomain for your website. This can usually be done through your hosting provider's control panel.

2. Next, you will need to install a GeoIP detection module in your Prestashop website. There are several free and paid modules available in the Prestashop marketplace that can help you detect the country of your website visitors based on their IP address.

3. Once you have installed the GeoIP detection module, you can configure it to redirect visitors from country X to your subdomain. You can usually set up rules in the module's settings to specify which countries should be redirected to the subdomain.

4. Additionally, you can set up a redirection rule in your .htaccess file to redirect visitors from country X to the subdomain. You can add the following code to your .htaccess file:


RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{ENV:GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE} ^X$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://subdomain.yourwebsite.com/$1 [L,R=301]


Replace "X" with the country code of the country you want to redirect visitors from, and "subdomain.yourwebsite.com" with the URL of your subdomain.

5. Test the redirection by accessing your website from a VPN or proxy server located in country X. You should be redirected to the subdomain when accessing the main site from country X.

By following these steps, you should be able to redirect visitors from country X to your subdomain in Prestashop.