Cpanel Redirects

[rowanp]

Hi All

 

I am having a bit of an issue with one particular cPanel Redirect. I want to redirect http://www.mysite.com/t1 to http://www.mysite.com/?a_aid=100. When I run the redirect by going to http://www.mysite.com/t1, it directs me to http://www.mysite.com/%3fa_aid=100. I understand the reasoning behind this, but my site responds with a "Page Not Found" error. It obviously makes the distinction between "?" and "%3f".

 

Is there any way to force the redirect to use "?" instead of "%3f"?

 

Regards

 

Rowan P.

[TCH-Bruce]

Have you tried editing the .htaccess file manually?

[TCH-Mark]

Hello,

 

Another option may be to place and index.htm or index.php file in the t1 folder and have that redirect the user with either a http refresh or a php redirect.

 

PHP WAY:

 

><?php
$to = 'http://www.example.com';

header('Location: '. $to); 
exit;
 ?>

 

HTTP WAY:

 

><META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" Content= "0; URL=url here">

[rowanp]

Have you tried editing the .htaccess file manually?

 

Unfortunately, this won't work because this is written in the .htaccess file:

 

"RedirectMatch permanent ^/t1$ http://www.mysite.com/?a_aid=100".

 

If there was a special command that could be used to force this it would be great.

 

Thanks for the suggestion!

[rowanp]

Another option may be to place and index.htm or index.php file in the t1 folder and have that redirect the user with either a http refresh or a php redirect.

 

Thanks for the suggestion, I am actually doing this already (the html way). The problem is that you can see the .html file for a split second before it redirects (which lacks the eloquence I was hoping for) .

 

Great idea though, a lot of affiliates (even one very prominent one I know) use this technique to "hide" the fact that they are affiliates. I love hitting the stop button just before it redirects to uncover the truth .

 

Rowan P.

[TCH-Don]

Have you tried the php way

use index.php

It will redirect very fast

 

just be sure there are no spaces before or after the lines

before the header command.

 

><?php
$to = 'http://www.example.com';
header('Location: '. $to);
exit;
?>

[MikeJ]

RedirectMatch doesn't like special characters like the ?. What you can do since it appears you just want to redirect /t1 to another URL, the following should work beautifully for you:

 

>Redirect permanent /t1 http://www.mysite.com/?a_aid=100

 

Just remove your RedirectMatch line in your .htaccess file and replace it with the above.

[rowanp]

RedirectMatch doesn't like special characters like the ?. What you can do since it appears you just want to redirect /t1 to another URL, the following should work beautifully for you:

 

>Redirect permanent /t1 http://www.mysite.com/?a_aid=100

 

Just remove your RedirectMatch line in your .htaccess file and replace it with the above.

 

Brilliant, it worked perfectly!

 

Thanks a lot Mike.

 

Rowan P.

Edited January 17, 2006 by rowanp