Re: [us...@httpd] 301 redirects

2009-07-14 Thread janus76
Thanks for your advise. i think it will be easier to put this directly into the httpd.conf file at the end, then they are all in one place. if have had a play with the query string and come up with the following which works. RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} id=(99) RewriteRule ^/olds

Re: [us...@httpd] 301 redirects

2009-07-13 Thread André Warnier
janus76 wrote: ... so i thought a htaccess file would be a simple way to manage and keep some of the old links working (by redirecting) Am I going about this wrong way? is there a different way? Doing rewrites in a .htaccess file is not the most efficient way, if you have access to the server

Re: [us...@httpd] 301 redirects

2009-07-13 Thread janus76
Hi Donovan, I am mainly trying to ensure that some existing urls work and point to the new site. The content of the old site is so out of date that it will be removed from search engines, but I need to keep some fo the old links working as specific pages are linked to from other external sites

Re: [us...@httpd] 301 redirects

2009-07-13 Thread Lists
janus76 wrote: Could anybody help me with this as its driving me round the bend. I have several old site, which i will be taking done to be replaced but once single new site. I need to setup some redirect for the old urls we have in the wild, i.e brochures etc. The old urls are in the format o

[us...@httpd] 301 redirects

2009-07-13 Thread janus76
Could anybody help me with this as its driving me round the bend. I have several old site, which i will be taking done to be replaced but once single new site. I need to setup some redirect for the old urls we have in the wild, i.e brochures etc. The old urls are in the format of i.e. http://w