Ive read the FAQ but still confused :(

Hi guys...

Ive read the FAQ, but am still not convinced if what im trying to do is possible.

I need all links that go to http://www.domain.com/area1
AND ALL THE FILES in that directory/any subdirectory

ie /area1/file.htm and area1/file2/file.htm

to be automatically rediected to http://www.domain.com/area2

is this possible?

Cheers,
Paul

 

In your .htaccess file in your web root (create one if it doesn't exist):

RedirectMatch 301 ^area1 http://www.domain.com/area2

Code (markup):

Or with mod_rewrite:

Option +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^area1 /area2 [R=301,L]

Code (markup):

 

wow thanx....u make it sound so easy!

i'll try it out now, lol!

 

You're welcome

And it becomes very easy after some hours of working with and especially debugging .htaccess files with 500 errors being nearly the only feedback!