htaccess help - 301 redirect

[uttoransen]

hello,
can someone help me out with this htaccess re-direct thing,

this is the old url - http://technascent.com/article.php?id=stealth-switch
the new url is - http://technascent.com/pretend-working-with-stealth-switch/

how to 301 re-direct the old url to the new url,

thanks for your help,


[Note: its a wordpress blog]

[maneetpuri]

Hi,

Try using this in your .htaccess file: -

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond [put the old URL here] [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ [Put the new URL here] [R=301,L]

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

~Maneet

[uttoransen]

hello friend,

i got this from the wordpress htaccess file,

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress


where should i add the code you posted above,

thanks and regards,
uttoransen,