htaccess & 301 redirect

[r_tist]

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!

[Paul-M]

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]

[r_tist]

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

Thank you.

[Paul-M]

Yes, I'm assuming your on an apache web server? Please give more details about your hosting platform, are you on shared hosting?

[Paul-M]

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

[r_tist]

Looks like it's .net... so need web.config.

I have found different info online so do not know how to format correctly and which will work!

Here is one source I found: Any change you can plug in an example here of how it might look with a mock URL redirecting to another mock URL? I am confused by this caret character and abc.html. Ideally, I need to show redirects for two separate pages that will redirect to the homepage of a site.

<system.webServer>

    <rewrite>

      <rules>

         <rule name="URL1" stopProcessing="true">

          <match url="^abc.html" ignoreCase="true" />

          <action type="Redirect" url="Your current page path" redirectType="Permanent" />

        </rule>

      </rules>

    </rewrite>

</system.webServer>

[Nancy OShea]

Ask your web host to help you.   Often this can be managed from your Plesk-panel.

[Paul-M]

your on an IIS server by the looks of it HTTP Redirects <httpRedirect> | Microsoft Docs

[Paul-M]

who's your web host ?