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Redirect Old, Dead Webpages to home page?


JTapp

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The easiest way is to put them in your htaccess file as follows:

 

Redirect 301 /myoldpage.php  http://www.mydomain.com/index.php
Redirect 301 /anotherpage.html  http://www.mydomain.com/index.php
Redirect 301 /the oldestpage.php  http://www.mydomain.com/index.php

 

It really is as easy as that.

 

Just remember that it is absolutely crucial to save your .htaccess and FTP it as ASCI and not binary.

What server are they using?

 

What do they want to redirect? URL, old page to new page?

 

Are on windows server 2008? Windows 2003 IIS? .net? Do they use .asp pages?

 

Here are a few solutions depending upon the type:

 

IIS Redirect

    * In internet services manager, right click on the file or folder you wish to redirect
    * Select the radio titled "a redirection to a URL".
    * Enter the redirection page
    * Check "The exact url entered above" and the "A permanent redirection for this resource"
    * Click on 'Apply'

ColdFusion Redirect
<.cfheader statuscode="301" statustext="Moved permanently">
<.cfheader name="Location" value="http://www.new-url.com">

ASP Redirect
<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<%
Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently"
Response.AddHeader "Location","http://www.new-url.com/"
%>

ASP .NET Redirect
<script runat="server">
private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
Response.Status = "301 Moved Permanently";
Response.AddHeader("Location","http://www.new-url.com");
}
</script>

 

 

Old pages are HTML but new pages are PHP. Not sure what server type but it isn't Apache.

 

Well, if he uses php then it isn't Windows, either. There are dozens of web servers that php works with.

 

If he has access to the config.php file he can add something like:

if (isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && $_SERVER['HTTP'] == "on") {
header("Status: 301 Moved Permanently", false, 301); 
header("location: https://www.hiswebsite.com/index.html");
} else {
header("Status: 301 Moved Permanently", false, 301); 
header("location: http://www.hiswebsite.com/index.html");
}

 

Although that's bulky for individual pages. I'm sure there is an easier way.

 

I suppose he needs a regex

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