[PI Guy]

301 Redirect Using htaccess

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 canolisation issues on my index page

[UKSBD]

I won't translate it for you, but what I will say is don't even attempt it
if you don't know what you are doing.
Too many times I see, "just create an .htaccess file and upload it"
You should never upload a .htacces file without knowing what you are doing.

[batface]

The redirect you show is for page redirect. You mention canonical issues where both non www and www urls display the same page essentially causing duplication.

Your htaccess should contain:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
rewritecond %{http_host} ^domain.com [nc]
rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [r=301,nc]

Replace domain.com and www.newdomain.com with your actual domain name.

Test it, if it does not work just delete the htaccess file. If it is a setup where the htaccess seems to disappear upload an empty file.

This is a good resource:
http://www.webconfs.com/how-to-redirect-a-webpage.php

Mick

[PI Guy]

yes i have the following urls that I want all to be redirected to the 1st one on the list.

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

[UKSBD]

Do not do this if you don't know what you are doing.
Just because you read something on a forum it doesn't make it right.

[batface]

Originally Posted by UKSBD

Do not do this if you don't know what you are doing.
Just because you read something on a forum it doesn't make it right.

I am not telling the poster to do it, rather just passing on some information and a link to a useful resource.

Apparently, the requirement is not for the www issue, so the code may not be required.

However, I do know someone who was charged £50 by the designer to do that so I would rather post and let them make their mind up.

Mick

[PI Guy]

I'm trying to learn here but it didn't work

[Spiderden]

.htaccess is a Linux file but your site is on a Microsoft-IIS/6.0 server so .htaccess won't work for you. I know nothing about Windows servers so I'm afraid I can't help, though Phil (OpenMind) will be able to show you how to do it.

[PI Guy]

Originally Posted by Spiderden

.htaccess is a Linux file but your site is on a Microsoft-IIS/6.0 server so .htaccess won't work for you.

ah ok so thats why it didn't work

[openmind]

301 redirects in IIS have to be set on the server itself unless your host provides a control panel for doing so. It can be done with scripting but setting in IIS is the best route.