complete redirect

[GoldDust]

I knew I would need to ask this question eventually..

I would like to place a redirect on a site link John has done with the old IMR to v7n on my dj forum

I was useing this code below but Im still getting pages going to the 404 error page not to the new site.

Redirect 301 / http://www.yourdomain.com/

what re-direct code should I use that will direct every page of the old site to the new not just the index page of the old site...

thanx
Gold

[Pipeline-Webdesign]

Originally Posted by GoldDust

I knew I would need to ask this question eventually..

I would like to place a redirect on a site link John has done with the old IMR to v7n

I was useing this code below but Im still getting pages going to the 404 error page not to the new site.

what re-direct code should I use that will direct every page of the old site to the new not just the index page of the old site...

thanx
Gold

[code]<?php

header('location:www.yourdomain.com');

?>

[kwvarga]

thats just the equivalent PHP code.. doesnt even do what he wants.

I think
Redirect 301 /* maybe.. not sure

[GoldDust]

im no clearer on the issue!

[trevHCS]

If you've got mod_rewrite enabled on the server then you could do either of the following.

The first one will redirect to the same page, eg:
olddomain.com/mypage.htm -> newdomain.com/mypage.htm

The second one should just send everything to the front page.

[code:1:19eb1c3c4b]RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.newdomain.com/$1 [R=301][/code:1:19eb1c3c4b]


[code:1:19eb1c3c4b]RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.newdomain.com/ [R=301][/code:1:19eb1c3c4b]

If that doesn't work I'm not sure if there is a way to use redirect 301 except by doing it for every page, but then again I'm no apache expert.

Trev

[GoldDust]

ok just to double check, would this code below also pass all pr and backlinks from the old site to the new site if i place this code below in the .htaccess of the old site?

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.newdomain.com/ [R=301]

[Pretend]

How would I make http://theillest.net go to http://www.theillest.net with a 301 redirect?

(sorry to steal your thread. lol)

[trevHCS]

Originally Posted by GoldDust

ok just to double check, would this code below also pass all pr and backlinks from the old site to the new site if i place this code below in the .htaccess of the old site?

It should do - at least thats what the experts seem to recommend.

The code tells the spider that everything has permenantly moved to the new domain so regard the new domain in the same way as the old one.

Edit: The code above will send everything to the front page if someone visits any page on the old domain. If you have the same page structure on the new domain I'd use the original example with the $1 on the end of the URL as that'll send spiders deeper into your site rather than them starting again at the front page.

Trev

[younghistorians]

Originally Posted by trevHCS

If you've got mod_rewrite enabled on the server then you could do either of the following.

The first one will redirect to the same page, eg:
olddomain.com/mypage.htm -> newdomain.com/mypage.htm

The second one should just send everything to the front page.

[code:1:ad4253fc90]RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.newdomain.com/$1 [R=301][/code:1:ad4253fc90]


[code:1:ad4253fc90]RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.newdomain.com/ [R=301][/code:1:ad4253fc90]

If that doesn't work I'm not sure if there is a way to use redirect 301 except by doing it for every page, but then again I'm no apache expert.

Trev

Is mod_rewrite available on V7 hosting? (Is it already on there)?

[trevHCS]

Originally Posted by Sesshoumaru-Sama

How would I make http://theillest.net go to http://www.theillest.net with a 301 redirect?

I came across this code elsewhere so I've not tried it and it might need some tweaking I'd guess.

[code:1:eb4b7378db]RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yourdomain\.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L][/code:1:eb4b7378db]

Trev

[GoldDust]

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.newdomain.com/ [R=301]

works a treat! all pages are now redirected.

Thanx :wink: