Redirect .html but not .html?with=options

Question

I'm currently using an .htaccess to get round a problem with a CMS, nothing major and an htaccess fix is tidy enough.

I'm currently using the format...

redirect 301 /pictures.html http://www.domain.com/gallery.html

The problem though this causes is that the CMS uses pictures.html?vars=here to select galleries and so the redirect breaks this part of it. Is there any way I can redirect pictures.html but not when it has variables attached?

Answer 1

You can redirect everyone except your webserver by detecting the IP address like so:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} !^123\.45\.67\.89
RewriteRule \.html$ /alternate_page.html [R=301,L] 

Answer 2

For example, add something like

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^$

before your rule.