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Hi,

 

I have a page that has changed it's name from reverse.htm to prob-reverse.htm.

 

I just opened the .htaccess file in my public_html directory (which was empty) and added the line;

 

Redirect permanent /creativity/techniques/reverse.htm /creativity/techniques/prob-reverse.htm

 

unfortunately this seems to have no effect other than stop the whole site working B)

 

I removed it again fairly quickly :lol:

 

where am I going wrong?

 

Andy

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You are welcome.

 

I should have added some comments for others.

 

A 301 redirect is a permanent redirect, meaning you are telling anyone (i.e. a spider) that a particular page is permanently moved to another particular page. This results in a 'permanent' change in any index.

 

This is actually the best way to make a redirect on an existing page. Remember that pages are indexed. If you change the name of a page and not do a redirect, then you will loose that indexing. Where if you do a 301 redirect, the old page's indexing will be credited to the new page.

 

The correct syntax is as described above. Not including the 'http://' to the first part is very important. Just put the path from the top level of your site to the page being redirected. The new page requires the complete address (e.g. http://www.ASite.com/newpage.html).

 

This is placed on a single line in your .htaccess file.

 

Note: always upload your .htaccess in ASCII format.

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  • 1 month later...

I'm having some trouble redirecting some of my pages.. :D

 

redirect 301 /tubes/index.html  http://www.dddezigns.com/amember

redirect 301 /pspgradients/index.html  http://www.dddezigns.com/amember

redirect 301 /pspshapes/index.html  http://www.dddezigns.com/amember

redirect 301 /blinkies/index.html  http://www.dddezigns.com/amember

redirect 301 /brushes/index.html  http://www.dddezigns.com/amember

redirect 301 /pspshapes/index.html  http://www.dddezigns.com/amember

redirect 301 /quilts/index.html  http://www.dddezigns.com/amember

redirect 301 /tiles/index.html  http://www.dddezigns.com/amember

 

I get the 404 error page on all of these when I type them in in the browser

:)

 

What am I doing wrong.. I saved and uploaded the .htacess file.. but it's not working..

 

*note to self... stop moving things around!!*

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Sorry Jim... was away.

 

Yes, subdomains can redirect. You can edit the subdomain1's .htaccess file with:

 

>redirect 301 / http://www.mywebsite.com/subdomain1/

 

 

And another thing, how long do you have to keep the 301 there for?

 

That is a tougher answer... depends. For the search engines, it would be for only one update (typically one month). If you have stubborn pages referencing a link to those pages/domains, then forever.

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