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htaccess redirect if not found

Discussion in 'Apache' started by Cequiel, Apr 22, 2012.

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    Hi All,
    I have been investigating about a problem and I have no idea how to solve it. I would like to define a rule in the .htaccess file to solve the following situation:

    If the user enters the following url:
    mypage

    I would like the system redirects to the following one:

    folder1/mypage/

    and in the case that 'folder1/mypage' does not exist, redirects to the following one:

    folder1/folder2/mypage/

    is that possible?
    Thank you.
     
    Cequiel, Apr 22, 2012 IP
  2. crungureanu

    crungureanu Greenhorn

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    I don't know how to do it modifying the data in .htaccess, but I will show you a way to do it in html.






    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
    <title>LIFE COVER SURVEY</title>
    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=yourpageXXXXXXXXXXXXX">

    </head>


    <body>
    <p>
    Redirecting to latest newsletter. If you're not redirected within a couple of seconds,
    click here:<br />
    <a href="yourpageXXXXXXXXXXXXX">CLICK HERE IF YOU ARE NOT REDIRECTED IN 5 SECONDS</a>
    </p>


    </body>




    Replace "yourpageXXXXXXXXXXXX" with your "folder1/mypage".
    Now, if this page does not exist, the server will redirect the visitor to "not_found.html" (or something similar). So, you have 2 options, depending on your needs: 1. put all the information from "folder1/folder2/mypage" on "not_found.html" or, 2. create a new redirect from this page to "folder1/folder2/mypage".

    The only problem with this is that every time somebody goes to a page that does not exist on your website , they will get to "folder1/folder2/mypage".

    Sorry, I'm not an expert in html :), but I hope this helps.
     
    crungureanu, Apr 22, 2012 IP
  3. BuenaBe

    BuenaBe Peon

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    #3
    yess you can..edit your httaccess
     
    BuenaBe, Apr 22, 2012 IP
  4. Cequiel

    Cequiel Peon

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    Thanks. I finally used an alternative pattern.
     
    Cequiel, Apr 23, 2012 IP
  5. PK-Host

    PK-Host Guest

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    Can you provide the pattern you used? To help others with similar problems as you.
     
    PK-Host, Apr 25, 2012 IP
  6. Cequiel

    Cequiel Peon

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    Hi PK-Host. My solution has nothing to do with with my original question :) I used another approach to avoid this situation.
     
    Cequiel, Apr 25, 2012 IP
  7. LauD.

    LauD. Peon

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    very usefull , thanks
     
    LauD., May 8, 2012 IP