Using the redirect function in Cpanel 9 ?

[erin]

Hi,

I am trying to use the permanant redirect function in cpanel 9. So far I have only been able to get it to redirect my main page i.e,(http://www.mainpage.com). How do I get to redirect the subpages in my website, i.e http://www.mainpage.com/whatever.htm ?

I have entered in the file extensions and initiated the redirects, yet when I visit each address I'm receiving a 404 error, except on the my main URL? Can anyone give me any advice on how to do 301 redirect (For Dummies)? I'm worried I am going to kill the indexing I have already established with the major engines unless I act quick. Any help would be highly appreciated.

Thanks, Erin

[Jonathan]

<?php
header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
header("Location: http://www.newdomain.com/page.html");
exit();
?>

http://www.programmingforums.net/index.php?showtopic=32

[erin]

Boy, this is emabarrising...where in the html do I place the code?

[-Oz-]

That is all you place in a page like whatever.php

[Skky]

You would need to replace your "whatever.php" at your old URL with that script (and only that script). Then, you just have to keep them there until you think that all the search engines have visited and updated their records.

However there are several problems with this method.

First of all, would you have to make a redirect script for every page at your former URL? That could be a real headache for a large website with a lot of pages.

Also that script uses PHP, so your old server/location would need to:

A: Be able to parse php files.
B: All your files must have a .PHP ext (or otherwise be PHP-parsable)

So, unless you mess with apache directives, that won't work for files with other extentions (.HTML, .ASP, ect). Are there other ways of doing this that doesn't present these issues? Perhaps a .HTACCESS solution?

[Jonathan]

Since he said 'cPanel9' in the title, I'm sure he has PHP
and doesn't have to worry about .ASP files

[Skky]

Still, you would have to do that for every file on the site, which could be a lot of work for larger sites. I was searching around the 'net and found this claimed solution to the problem with just one .HTACCESS file in the root web directory. (haven't tested it at dathorn yet):

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yourdomain.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.yourdomain.com$

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

Orginal posting: http://liewcf.com/wp/archives/2004/0...o-new-website/


(EDIT: Fixed script. Thanks Zenfort.)

[zenfort]

I use this on cpanel09 to rewrite parked domains for SEO

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^this\.com [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.this\.com [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^andthis\.info [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.andthis\.info
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.that.com/$1 [R=301,L]

No [OR] on the last RewriteCond.

I use this to rewrite to another server from within a particular directory (music/ecgc):

Redirect /music/ecgc/index.html [url]http://www.somewhereelse.com/default.htm[/url]
Redirect /music/ecgc/about.html [url]http://www.somewhereelse.com/default.htm[/url]
Redirect /music/ecgc/ecgcnews.html [url]http://www.somewhereelse.com/default.htm[/url]
Redirect /music/ecgc/ecgcphotos.html [url]http://www.somewhereelse.com/default.htm[/url]
Redirect /music/ecgc/ecgcsounds.html [url]http://www.somewhereelse.com/default.htm[/url]
Redirect /music/ecgc/links.html [url]http://www.somewhereelse.com/default.htm[/url]

namaste