Simple question but never done it before

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  1. #1
    I need to redirect http://www.wjnj.com/ to http://www.wjnj.com/forum

    but when I set that up in cpanel I get an error that it will never find the page because of an endless loop.

    What am I doing wrong?

    thanks
     
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  2. Camay123

    Camay123 Well-Known Member

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    #2
    not sure what you would be doing wrong as it is suppose to work with a cpanel redirect.

    You might want to google for an htaccess redirect.....a 301 redirect.... with that info you should have enough to google and get your answer.
     
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    #3
    The only reason I can think of that an endless loop would be created is if you had wjnj.com/forum forwarded to wjnj.com/ and wjnj.com/ forwarded to wjnj.com/forum. Double check your other redirect rules and make sure there are no other redirects for wjnj.com/
     
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  4. jg123

    jg123 Notable Member

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    Thanks, is there another place to set re-directs other than the re-direct tab? Because there was none other set.
     
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    bratosab Active Member

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    #5
    Easy, use a meta refresh:
    create a index.html in wjnj.com/ and insert this code:

    <html> <head> <title>Redirecting...</title> <META http-equiv="refresh" content="2;URL=http://www.wjnj.com/forum"> </head> </html>

    Good luck!
     
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    #6
    why not use .htaccess for redirection.
     
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    #7
    You could also use PHP:

    index.php (in your root folder):
    <?php
header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
header("location: http://www.wjnj.com/forum");
    PHP:
     
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  8. jg123

    jg123 Notable Member

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    #8
    Oh, boy....now I am confused with all my options. Can someone tell me what the easiest one is :)

    I tried adding:

    <?php
    header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
    header("location: http://www.wjnj.com/forum");

    into index.php and I get an error

    I tried this one too:

    Easy, use a meta refresh:
    create a index.html in wjnj.com/ and insert this code:

    <html> <head> <title>Redirecting...</title> <META http-equiv="refresh" content="2;URL=http://www.wjnj.com/forum"> </head> </html>

    but no luck
     
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    #9
    Try, I gave you a functional PHP code. Just copy/paste.
     
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    jg123 Notable Member

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    #10
    I pasted it right on top of everything else and it didn't work...is there somewhere in particular I need to do it?
     
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    alexpr07 Active Member

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    #11
    The above examples should work but I'm not too familiar with that. You can try javascript:
    <script language='javascript'>
    location='http://www.wjnj.com/forum';
    </script>

    Also, I believe 301 redirect does not work because it's the same domain. 301 redirects to a different domain, not folder.
     
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    #12
    you could just use meta refresh right?
     
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    jg123 Notable Member

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    Thanks again for all the ideas but if anyone can help I need exact, step-by-step instructions.
     
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    #14
    From Cpanel

    Domains --> Manage Redirects -->Add Redirect --> Permanent (301)
    Select:
    * http://(www.)? wjnj.com
    * leave next box empty
    * redirects to: wjnj.com/forum
    * Select Redirect with or without www.
    * Click Add

    Simple!
     
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