301 redirect on IIS shared hosting

Jul · 06-09-2009, 03:32 AM

Hi,

All of my web pages have .html extension. I want to make all URL's without file-extension. For that reason, I'm going to create a sub directory and place index.html for each of my HTML web pages.

I have a shared hosting plan on IIS server. How can I 301 redirect an HTML page to a new location without dedicated hosting?

Thanks in advance!

kellogg9 · 06-09-2009, 09:22 AM

I was going to give you a step-by-step but then i found this great article with pictures that walks you through it...enjoy: http://www.highposition.net/301-redirect-tutorial-iis/

Jul · 06-09-2009, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by kellogg9

I was going to give you a step-by-step but then i found this great article with pictures that walks you through it...enjoy: http://www.highposition.net/301-redirect-tutorial-iis/

Hi kellogg9,

The sad thing is that I don't have a dedicated server. My site is hosted on a shared server. I don't have access to server configurations. Or, am I missing something?

Nice tutorial though

atlantadentalcenter · 06-09-2009, 01:07 PM

I don't know if you can do that if you don't have a dedicated server. I ran into this same problem. What I did was talk to my hosting company about it and they suggested I buy some sort of mod for IIS and they would install it and that would allow me to do that. I ended up just getting a Apache sever and moved a few sites over to that but also had them manually enter in a few 301 redirects into the IIS for a few sites I left on there.

I forget what the name of the mods for IIS are but you could search Google for some sort of URL Rewrite mod for IIS and I'm sure you'll find it.

Jul · 06-10-2009, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by atlantadentalcenter

I ended up just getting a Apache sever and moved a few sites over to that but also had them manually enter in a few 301 redirects into the IIS for a few sites I left on there.

Thank you atlantadentalcenter,

Indeed, it looks easier to move the site from IIS to Linux; I think that I'll go for it. Is there anything I have to take into account so this operation wouldn't hurt my site in SE's?

ZunuZunu · 06-12-2009, 08:35 AM

Yep, linux is the best choice if you don't need ASP.

BTW, you can set 404.asp to do 301 redirect.

Read this to know how to use 301 redirect.

Add all the redirects in 404.asp file and set it as default 404 error handling file.

Then delete all html pages that you have set redirects.

that's it.

Now if someone try to view the html file, server will call 404.asp file as there is no such .html file. Then 404.asp file will send 301 redirect to the browser.

HTH.

Jul · 06-14-2009, 02:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZunuZunu

Yep, linux is the best choice if you don't need ASP.

BTW, you can set 404.asp to do 301 redirect.

Read this to know how to use 301 redirect.

Add all the redirects in 404.asp file and set it as default 404 error handling file.

Then delete all html pages that you have set redirects.

that's it.

Now if someone try to view the html file, server will call 404.asp file as there is no such .html file. Then 404.asp file will send 301 redirect to the browser.

HTH.

Hi ZunuZunu,

Thank you for fresh and interesting solution. I'll check option deeper.