Rewrite root to specific page

[Geronantimo]

Is it possible to rewrite the root to a specific page?

I would like the visitor coming to

http://www.domain.com

to be automatically taken to

http://www.domain.com/new-page.html

I have tried various things, but they don't work.

RewriteEngine On
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^([URL unfurl="true"]www\.)?domain\.com$[/URL] [NC]
RewriteRule ^ [URL unfurl="true"]http://www.domain.com/new-page.html[/URL] [R=301,L]

The trouble is that all pages within domain.com are being rewritten.

Is it possible to rewrite only the root url?

In other words, can I rewrite

http://www.domain.com

to

http://www.domain.com/new-page.html

but still have the page

http://www.domain.com/old-page.html

available in the normal way?

 

[Geronantimo]

After a final last ditch attempt, I have found that this seems to be working ...

RewriteEngine On
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^([URL unfurl="true"]www\.)?domain\.com$[/URL] [NC]
RewriteRule ^$ /new-page.html [L]

Can anybody see anything wrong with it?