need to permanently redirect my webpage

backtothefuture · 10 Jan 2007 at 09:25

Hi

how can i permanently redirect my webpage?

eg.

www.xyz.com should be permanently redirected to www.xyz.com/abc

thanks

happytechie · 10 Jan 2007 at 09:28

google html redirect:

http://billstclair.com/html-redirect2.html

Paul

Moredhel · 10 Jan 2007 at 09:38

Thats a nasty way that can potentially break the back button if misused. The best way is to use mod_rewrite

Make a file called .htaccess in the root of the first site and put this in it:

Code:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.olddomain\.com$ [NC]
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.newdomain.com$1 [R=301,L]
</IfModule>

happytechie · 10 Jan 2007 at 11:10

interesting... I presume that's an apache only fix?

Paul

backtothefuture · 10 Jan 2007 at 11:16

cheers! will try the above out

Van Hellseek · 10 Jan 2007 at 13:08

i use a php file with just this in it...

Code:

<?
header("Location:http://www.newaddresshere.com");
?>

backtothefuture · 10 Jan 2007 at 16:56

Moredhel said:
Thats a nasty way that can potentially break the back button if misused. The best way is to use mod_rewrite

Make a file called .htaccess in the root of the first site and put this in it:

Code:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.olddomain\.com$ [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.newdomain.com$1 [R=301,L] </IfModule>

ok i get the following error:
Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, [email protected] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

the .htaccess file i have used is

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.theaccountancyforums\.com$ [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.theaccountancyforums.com/forums$1 [R=301,L]</IfModule>

any ideas

Beansprout · 10 Jan 2007 at 17:44

Set the line layout correctly, unless it's just the forum buggering it up

joeyjojo · 10 Jan 2007 at 18:01

That's some strangeness. Symbols all over the place (%, ^, \ before dots, $).

Edit: Oh beanie, could you sort out my uploader area please? It hasn't worked in ages.

Beansprout · 10 Jan 2007 at 18:10

joeyjojo said:
That's some strangeness. Symbols all over the place (%, ^, \ before dots, $).

Edit: Oh beanie, could you sort out my uploader area please? It hasn't worked in ages.

Assuming your username is the same as your OcUK one, I just fixed it. I deleted everything because it was full of rubbish and taking up disk space which I needed

(But I do have backups for people who need stuff they uploaded.)

joeyjojo · 10 Jan 2007 at 18:33

Rubbish?! What! So much useful stuff I've made for people over the months

Nah it's fine, as you say, no great loss unless people need things

So instead of giving people less space to begin with you just delete everything when it gets half full?

kiwi · 10 Jan 2007 at 19:45

301 permanent redirect?

backtothefuture · 10 Jan 2007 at 19:55

joeyjojo said:
That's some strangeness. Symbols all over the place (%, ^, \ before dots, $).

Edit: Oh beanie, could you sort out my uploader area please? It hasn't worked in ages.

i placed the code exactly per Moredhel's suggestion :confused:

Beansprout · 10 Jan 2007 at 21:19

joeyjojo said:
Rubbish?! What! So much useful stuff I've made for people over the months Nah it's fine, as you say, no great loss unless people need things

So instead of giving people less space to begin with you just delete everything when it gets half full?

Aye

But seriously, I had no choice - especially since I was away and hence unable to monitor it

breamy1990 · 10 Jan 2007 at 21:23

backtothefuture said:
ok i get the following error:
Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, [email protected] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

the .htaccess file i have used is

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.theaccountancyforums\.com$ [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.theaccountancyforums.com/forums$1 [R=301,L]</IfModule>

any ideas

your getting internal server errors as youve placed a .htaccess file into your website directionary

i use this http://php.about.com/od/learnphp/ht/phpredirection.htm

backtothefuture · 11 Jan 2007 at 03:33

breamy1990 said:
your getting internal server errors as youve placed a .htaccess file into your website directionary

i use this http://php.about.com/od/learnphp/ht/phpredirection.htm

ok i tried the above with

<?php
header( 'Location: http://www.theaccountancyforums.com/forums.html' ) ;
?>

and replaced the index.htm file with the new index.htm file containing only the above...

all I get now is a blank page :confused:

Clarkey · 11 Jan 2007 at 03:49

wants to be index.php

Mr Jones · 11 Jan 2007 at 07:32

backtothefuture said:
ok i tried the above with

<?php
header( 'Location: http://www.theaccountancyforums.com/forums.html' ) ;
?>

and replaced the index.htm file with the new index.htm file containing only the above...

all I get now is a blank page

Don't mean to hijack but I'm in a similar situation with backtothefuture.

I've done what he's done and got a blank. I changed it to a .php and I got a 403 error?

Van Hellseek · 11 Jan 2007 at 09:43

works for me

it's just a blank page with the above code and called 'index.php' placed in the directory where the address points too.

edit:

1) that address doesn't work anyway
2) you got the quote marks wrong

Moredhel · 11 Jan 2007 at 10:33

" and ' both work in PHP, "" gets parsed for variables / escape codes etc while '' doesn't but as you're not using either in that header, it doesn't matter.