Why won't my 301 redirect work?

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    Under the main public_html folder lies all the files for my site, including .htaccess. I added

    redirect 301 / http://www.domain.com/

    under neath the code and it won't work, why not?

    Derek
     
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  2. wrmineo

    wrmineo Peon

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    #2
    Try to htaccess under your www folder?
     
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  3. AdsenseOptimized

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    #3
    thats the one I'm using...I think it's the same as the public_html but I'm using the www folder one.

    Derek
     
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  4. Nintendo

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    #4
    Try

    Options +Indexes
    Options +FollowSymlinks
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteRule ^$ http://www.domain.com/ [R=301,L]

    domain.com/.htaccess
     
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    #5
    you mean just that, delete all other code in the file?

    Derek
     
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    Just that, unless you got code for other stuff.
     
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  7. AdsenseOptimized

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    still not working...it fives me a 500 internal error
     
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    #8
    I don't know if it'll fix it, change

    RewriteRule ^$
    to
    RewriteRule ^index.XXXX$

    XXXX being what ever the extension is.
     
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  9. AdsenseOptimized

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    no dice

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    #10
    Have you done mod_rewrite before? Try this test...

    Options +Indexes
    Options +FollowSymlinks
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteRule ^index\.wacko$ index.WHATEVER [L]

    Change WHATEVER to the current extension, upload it, then go to domain.com/index.wacko If that doesn't work then I don't think mod_rewrite will work. And mod_rewrite doesn't work on Windows servers.
     
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    Another thing: Clear your cache before you try it. Sometimes that helps...
     
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    Hi,

    Make sure you upload the .htaccess file in ASCII mode. If you don't know, upload the file as htaccess.txt and rename it to .htaccess when it is on the server.

    Did you ask your hosting company whether they allow you to use .htaccess ?

    Jean-Luc
     
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    #13
    no I haven't asked them that. But .htaccess was already a file in that folder...it was there automatically...

    also, with nintendo's last post, the .htaccess forlder then has no domains in it so how does it know where to go?
     
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    The domain name isn't needed in mod_rewrite changing URls, since it's all on the same URL. Only when you do 301 redirect.

    Is it at domain.com/.htaccess or domain.com/whatever/.htaccess
     
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    #15
    are you trying to redirect the whole domain to another?

    redirect 301 /anydir/index.php http://www.domain.com/index.php

    would sent people looking for that page to the other domain main page.


    so to redirect one domain to another i would have thought /index.xxx would be needed.

    redirect 301 /index.xxx http://www.domain.com/index.xxx
     
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