Whats Mod Rewrite ? Wanting to move Vb folders

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by Mister.Bingo, Mar 10, 2011.

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    Hi, I am trying to move my vb installation to root, but after some goggling tells me that i will lose my links etc indexed by google, and might face a lot of broken links, I dont know much about mod rewrite, can any one help me out and explain it to me please?

    Some resource on how to do it after i have moved my install to root/...
     
    Mister.Bingo, Mar 10, 2011 IP
  2. ACME Squares

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    You need to create 301 redirects to capture everything that will break. There are two ways you can do this with mod_rewrite:

    1. Funnel everything below that folder to one page, the root.
    2. Map everything below that folder to its new respective location.

    Generally, searching for 301 redirect, and move sites will get you lots of examples.
     
    ACME Squares, Mar 10, 2011 IP