URGENT | Redirection question

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  1. #1
    Hi all,

    This is the site i am referring to http://vb4style.com/

    I need someone to help me redirect my old urls to my new vBulletin installation.

    Please google: site:vb4style.com

    and if you have a few minutes to help i would GREATLY appreciate if someone could reply or PM me with the correct code to add to my .htaccess file, so that i do not get penalized.

    A HUGE THANKS IN ADVANCED TO ANYONE WHO CAN TAKE THE TIME TO DO THIS FOR ME.

    Regards Darren
     
    zinghana, Feb 6, 2010 IP
  2. bigu

    bigu Well-Known Member

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  3. zinghana

    zinghana Well-Known Member

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    yes some links are no longer current as i am now using vBulletin 4...

    I wish to redirect the old urls to my main page: http://vb4style.com as the structure is different ??

    Any help on this is as i said greatly appreciated !!

    Thanks
     
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    I think the general rule you are looking for is:

    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.domain\.com$ [NC]
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain2.com/$1 [R=301,L]

    where domain.com is your old domain and
    domain2.com your new one.

    Good luck.
     
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  5. zinghana

    zinghana Well-Known Member

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    Thanks..... but... i am using the same domain... i scrapped my old WP installation and have now installed vBulletin 4... i just wish to redirect the old articles (only 3 or 4) to my main page vb4style.com

    Thanks again for your feedback... but i am still a little lost

    EXAMPLE: http://vb4style.com/vbulletin-4-styles (DEAD PAGE) i need this to redirect to my main page http://vb4style.com/

    I would assume this is easy however i have never dealt with redirects before..

    Cheers again... any advice on this would be great. Thanks
     
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    Abhik ..:: The ONE ::..

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    If you want all the old URLs to redirect to homepage, you need to edit your htaccess file.
    Put the line anywhere in the file

    ErrorDocument 404 /index.php

    That'll do it
     
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    bigu Well-Known Member

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    Create a notfound.html with this code:

    <script language=javascript>
    self.location.href='http://vb4style.com/';
    </script>
    Code (markup):
    Add this to .htaccess

    ErrorDocument 404 /notfound.html 
    Code (markup):
     
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    zinghana Well-Known Member

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    Appreciate that mate :) working a charm... i only had a few articles saying my products were coming soon, now i can only hope i don't lose my serps

    Cheers again your a star :cool:
     
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