Page Redirects

[themodeller]

Hi there,

I am changing my domain.
So in doing this:

• Do I redirect every page?
• Do I redirect the web site some how at source, so anyone going to any old page get forwarded to the new site??

Is there a thread or step by step idiots guide on how to do a redirect, that someone could point me at?

Thank you

[Acorn]

For each page on your old site, add to Web Properties > Page > HTML code (head): <metahttp-equiv="refresh"content="0; url=http://example.com/page.htm"/> where page is the filename of the landing page you wish the viewer to be sent to.

Add <metahttp-equiv="refresh"content="0; url=http://example.com/"/> to Website > HTML code (head) if you only want to change all references to the old site to go to your new site landing page regardless of where they entered your old website.

This assumes you don't know what to do with your .htaccess file or 301 error pages: http://www.wikihow.com/Redirect-a-URL.

All this only works while your old domain exists.
If you still own your old domain transfer it to your new service provider and get them to set up an alias to your new domain.

Acorn

[themodeller]

Hi,

I do own the domain and its all with the same SP.
If I take the alias approach is that redirecting all pages to the front page of the new site?

M

[Acorn]

An Alias can be set up to refer to the same page across domains.
In CPanel is is called a Parked Domain: Domain Manager > Domains > Assign.

If you have access to CPanel, then I would use Domain Manager > Domains > Redirect > Add Redirect Permanent (301) > Make Wild Card Redirect.

If you can access your .htaccess file yourself then it should look like:

# url rewriting
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

# redirect
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.olddomain.co.uk$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.newdomain.co.uk/$1 [R=301,L]



Acorn