301 Redirect Using htaccess

[PI Guy]

Using htaccess to accomplish the 301 redirect is highly suggested due to it being fairly convenient to manage, rather than setting redirects on each individual page, you can simply add the redirect code to the .htaccess file.
Here is how to do it:

1. Create a file on the root directory of your website, name it ".htaccess".
2. Open the .htaccess file using notepad or what ever text editor that you prefer.
3. Add this into the .htaccess file, save it and then upload it to your web server:

Redirect 301 /old/old.html http://www.you.com/new.html

Can someone translate this into english cause i appear to have canonisation (is that spelt right?) issues on my index page.

Or maybe the question should be is this the right way of sorting it out?

 

[RedEvo]

You are using a Windows server running IIS. .htaccess is for the Apache server. This might help.

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[Steve2507]

Also try ISAPI Rewrite (http://www.isapirewrite.com/).

 

[Astaroth]

If you are on shared hosting most wont allow ISAPI type software to be installed on their servers unless it is already there.

Can you give an example of what you are wanting to redirect from and to? How many URLs are you needing to remap?

 

[PI Guy]

Thanks for that. Is this normally a hosting issue or do I normally just get my designer to do it? I want them all to go to the 1st one on the list below.

http://www.salgadoinvestigations.com/
http://salgadoinvestigations.com/
http://www.salgadoinvestigations.com/Index.html
http://salgadoinvestigations.com/Index.html
http://www.salgadoinvestigations.com/index.html
http://salgadoinvestigations.com/index.html

 

[Steve2507]

If you are on shared hosting most wont allow ISAPI type software to be installed on their servers unless it is already there.

Can you give an example of what you are wanting to redirect from and to? How many URLs are you needing to remap?

Dan's correct if oyu are on a shared windows server then you are stuck.

Contact your host and see if they have any form of ISAPI rewrite already set up.

 

[PI Guy]

What about redirecting a page eg http://www.salgadoinvestigations.com/process-services.html to http://www.salgadoinvestigations.com/process-servers.html

 

[Steve2507]

Anything regarding redirecting needs the appropriate software installed on the server. Whether that be a linux or windows server.

You need to contact your host to see if they have anything installed already.

If they haven't and you are on a shared windows server then you can't do redirects (as far as I'm aware) without your hosts installing the appropriate software. They probably won't do this as it may affect other sites on the server and they won't want to risk this (quite rightly).

Your alternatives are move hosts to a linux server as mod_rewrite will already be installed or move to a dedicated windows server and install a package like ISAPI Rewrite.

 

[PI Guy]

Ok It looks like I will have to switch hosts...Carl where are you?

 

[Optegris]

ISAPI Rewrite is perfectly safe to install on a Shared Windows server if it is done correctly. The quick solution is for the host to set the redirect in IIS.

 

[Astaroth]

No disputing it is safe just that many hosts, particularly volume, dont have it installed on their shared servers for people to use.

 

[PI Guy]

My hosting don't offer that service. time to move.

 

[PI Guy]

I have created a .htaccess file and it has the following code on it.

Redirect 301 /salgadoinvestigations.com/process-servers.html http://www.salgadoinvestigations.com/process-server.html

But it's not working. I am hosted on a linux server.

 

[RedEvo]

I have created a .htaccess file and it has the following code on it. But it's not working. I am hosted on a linux server.

Try this

#RedEvo non www fix
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^salgadoinvestigations.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.salgadoinvestigations.com/$1 [L,R=301]

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[PI Guy]

dies it need to have code: at the start?

 

[RedEvo]

I don't know what else you have going on in your .htaccess file. Here's a complete file....

#
#  mod_rewrite in use
#

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

#RedEvo non www fix
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^salgadoinvestigations.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.salgadoinvestigations.com/$1 [L,R=301]

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[PI Guy]

I need to redirect these 2 pages

http://www.salgadoinvestigations.com/process-servers.html

http://www.salgadoinvestigations.com/process-services.html

to this page

http://www.salgadoinvestigations.com/process-server.html

At the moment there is nothing else going on in the .htaccess file

 

[RedEvo]

The code I supplied will redirect all non www to www versions.

Fir individual pages use:

Redirect 301 /oldpage http://www.yourdomain.com/newpage

Note the page you want to redirect from can't have the www.yourdomain.com bit.

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[PI Guy]

I have this on the page but it doesn't work. I must be doing something wrong. let me add that the 1st bit works ie redirecting the non-www to the www

#
# mod_rewrite in use
#

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

#RedEvo non www fix
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^salgadoinvestigations.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.salgadoinvestigations.com/$1 [L,R=301]

Redirect 301 /salgadoinvestigations.com/process-servers.html http://www.salgadoinvestigations.com/process-server.html

Redirect 301 /salgadoinvestigations.com/process-services.html http://www.salgadoinvestigations.com/process-server.html

 

[RedEvo]

I have this on the page but it doesn't work. I must be doing something wrong. let me add that the 1st bit works ie redirecting the non-www to the www

Yes - read my post. You can't use yourdomain.com to describe the page you are redirecting from. The format should be as I described. I see the non www to www is working so this tells me your server is all OK.

I'd also look at your Home menu item as this no longer works.

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[PI Guy]

Redevo

Thanks got it now. All working fine.

 

[PI Guy]

One last question

Can I redirect the index.html page to http://www.salgadoinvestigations.com?

 

[RedEvo]

One last question

Can I redirect the index.html page to http://www.salgadoinvestigations.com?

Same way you redirected Index.html I guess

Also, you have some 'spare' characters in your homepage title tag (Google shows 66, Yahoo 120), why not create a call to action with your phone number? This 66 chars, might be worth experimenting with it.

Private Investigator and Process Server, Call FREE on 0800 4587276

 

[PI Guy]

Same way you redirected Index.html I guess

Also, you have some 'spare' characters in your homepage title tag (Google shows 66, Yahoo 120), why not create a call to action with your phone number? This 66 chars, might be worth experimenting with it.

Private Investigator and Process Server, Call FREE on 0800 4587276

I tried it and it produces the following result

The page isn't redirecting properly
Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.

 

[RedEvo]

Try this:

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index\.html\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^index\.html$ http://www.salgadoinvestigations.com/ [R=301,L]

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[PI Guy]

Try this:

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index\.html\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^index\.html$ http://www.salgadoinvestigations.com/ [R=301,L]

d

Much appreciated. That did the trick.

 

[PI Guy]

Hi

I have a further question;

If I wish to redirect the homepage to a new domain but do not want to affect other pages on the site. Is that possible?