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IIS 301 Redirect @ Server Level not Page Level

Good Day,

Happy World Cupping to all! I finally feel warm and fuzzy inside again...

Question:

I recently overhauled an old site and I am looking to redirect the old indexed pages over to the new ones. With Apache I simply add a few lines of code to the .htaccess file, badda-bing, and I'm done.

Now with IIS, I am learning that you have to have the file on the server (ugh) and right click -> properties -> permenantly redirect to: -> yadda yadda.

I can easily say I have a good 30-40 pages I need to redirect. I don't want to have to upload these blank .html files to the server just to do so. Can I not control this at the server level from one file - such as an .htaccess?

Site is using PHP at its core.

Thanks,

meverest

right click the web site in IIS manager (start->run->"inetmgr"->OK) select properties, select home directory tab, choose 'redirect to another url', enter the the new server address, check 'a permanent redirection' and OK to everything.

Cheers.

pmagony

ASKER

Hi Meverest,

Thanks for the response. I need a little clarification, however. Not so much with the steps and location of how to execute this but more over on the end result.

If I look up pages indexed on google for my site, i see a lot of the older pages being listed. If someone clicks that link, they are going to obviously be taken to a page that does not exist. But according to your solution, if I redirect the home directory, won't that effect all pages indexed for the site? And not just the ones that are old?

Thanks-

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pmagony

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Thank you-

meverest

you are welcome... so why the 'B'?

Cheers.