use mod_rewrite to setup a redirect

[mallen]

I changed my pages from .htm and .cfm to PHP. I am creating a .htaccess file using mod_rewrite.

 

1. Is this all I need? Will it direct users from a .htm page over to a php page or is it just for search engines?

 

2. What if my original page was called default.htm and now I amusing index.php

 

Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^(.*).htm$ $1.php [R=permanent,L]

RewriteRule ^(.*).cfm$ $1.php [R=permanent,L]

[Daniel0]

Should be R=301 though. I don't think you can just write permanent.

[mallen]

I got the info from here http://www.bigoakinc.com/seo-articles/301-direct-Google.php

 

So is this all I need? Will re redirect users or is it just for search engines?

[mallen]

My hosting company says "Your domain is hosted on the Windows server. Unfortunately there is no mod-rewrite available and .htaccess files won't be processed on IIS."

 

So how can I do this?

[Daniel0]

So how can I do this?

 

Switch to an Apache based server or find out whether IIS has a mod_rewrite equivalent.