BuildMyWeb Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 (edited) i frequently use .htaccess files for some basics but i am very newbish in my understanding. what i am trying to do is setup permanent redirects for old file names to new ones on the same server/domain. the line below typically works for me but i cannot get any success on a particular client's account. it is a GoDaddy shared hosting Linux server. has apache and other .htaccess directives are working. i have been researching online about this and so have tried numerous alternatives such as redirectmatch-es and RewriteRule-s. not that i understand the aforementioned well but read an article on two that explained things fairly well and so gave it a shot but no luck. i did find a bunch of statements alluding to some changes GoDaddy made that require the inclusion of subfolders in the command but had no success with it. this domain, mysite.com, is setup as a subdomain (in 'subfolder') under what GoDaddy is calling the 'root' directory. Redirect /subfolder/old_file.php http://mysite.com/subfolder/new_file.php Edited July 21, 2015 by BuildMyWeb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scootstah Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Is mod_alias enabled? Do you have access to the redirect logs? Do you have any errors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuildMyWeb Posted July 21, 2015 Author Share Posted July 21, 2015 Is mod_alias enabled? Do you have access to the redirect logs? Do you have any errors? i searched a phpinfo() file for mod_alias but didnt find it. where can i see if this is enabled? dont know where to find redirect logs? i looked in my cpanel but not there. no onscreen errors. other than the 404. i AM being directed to my custom 404 page which leads me to believe .htaccess is working, in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuildMyWeb Posted July 21, 2015 Author Share Posted July 21, 2015 im assuming i might need true root access to check if mod_alias is enabled after reading this: http://serverfault.com/questions/568267/how-to-check-if-mod-alias-is-enabled but godaddy does not allow for that in their shared hosting plans, i dont believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scootstah Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 If mod_alias is enabled it should show up in phpinfo() next to the other loaded Apache modules, like mod_rewrite. Since you have cPanel, have you tried setting up the redirect from there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuildMyWeb Posted July 21, 2015 Author Share Posted July 21, 2015 mod_alias did not show in my search of phpinfo. ill speak to godaddy about this. i havent tried setting up the redirects in cpanel because there are many. and i was hoping i might learn something new from this exercise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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