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August 6, 2019
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htaccess & 301 redirect

  • August 6, 2019
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Example of code in the .htaccess file below. Not sure why it is not working. Should those old files be purged from the server, or does it not matter? I did purge one of them during my testing, but did not make a difference. I get the Server Error 404 page. I even tried making the first call of the 'old' URL absolute. No luck! I just want these old pages to redirect to the homepage.

Redirect 301 /summer_autumn/index.htm http://www.url.com

Redirect 301 /activity_groups/index.htm http://www.url.com

Would appreciate any suggestions. Thank you!

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    Paul-M
    Legend
    August 9, 2019

    who's your web host ?

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    Paul-M
    Legend
    August 6, 2019

    That looks ok to me - maybe some other issue - have you checked with your web host?

    Alternative approach if you have mod_rewrite enabled:

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/summer_autumn/index.htm [OR]

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/activity_groups/index.htm

    RewriteRule (.*) http://www.url.com/? [L,R=301]

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    r_tistAuthor
    Inspiring
    August 6, 2019

    Is mod_rewrite something that needs to be enabled on the server? (not too familiar with)

    Thank you.

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    Paul-M
    Legend
    August 6, 2019

    Assuming you are on an apache web server, in apache configuration file (httpd.conf) look for this:

    #LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so 

    remove the hash at the start to enable the mod_rewrite module:

    LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so 

    then restart apache...

    Typically the the apache config file it at one of these locations:

    1. /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
    2. /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
    3. /etc/httpd/httpd.conf
    4. /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
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