Directory Level Redirects

[nirenjan]

Hi,

 

I've just moved to TCH from another host and have installed WordPress. I want to permanently redirect requests to /Blog/feed.asp to http://www.nirenjan.com/feed/, while all other files/folders under /Blog/ are to be redirected to the root folder (http://www.nirenjan.com/). Also the request matching needs to be case insensitive.

 

How do I set up this rule in either CPanel or .htaccess? I tried with CPanel to redirect both /blog/ and /Blog/ to the main page, but it's accepting only one and if I try to enter the other, it's giving me a 404 error.

[stevevan]

While I haven't done this, I'm sure someone will be along with an answer shortly. (I'm curious too! This looks like something I'll file away in my "To Remember" folder!)

[TweezerMan]

I'd probably use mod_rewrite to do what you're asking. Add the following to the .htaccess file in your /public_html directory:

>RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^Blog/feed\.asp$ /feed/ [NC,R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^Blog/(.*)$ /$1 [NC,R=301,L]

The 'NC' indicates a 'no-case' (case-insensitive) comparison, the 'R=301' indicates a permanent redirect, and the 'L' indicates 'last rule' (stop processing mod_rewrite rules if this rule is matched).

 

Hope this helps...

[nirenjan]

Cool, David. I just put in those rules, and

 

Many thanks!