htaccess file does not work

These redirects are to a new location within the same web-site, not to a new web-site, correct? If so, you can do away with the FQDN. Try this:

redirect 301 /index.html /v2/
redirect 301 /index.php /v2/
redirect 301 /index.php?p=home /v2/
redirect 301 /index.php?p=oldpage /v2/newpage/

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Also, added the root path to the beginning of each index file. This way just the index files in the root will be part of the redirect.

Also, there were unnecessary spaces before the /v2/ which may have been problematic.

Try this and report back.

Thanks for the quick response and you are right, the redirects are to new locations in the same website.

I changed the redirect as you suggested but unfortunately received a internal configuration error as a result.

I must have missed something obvious, would it be the root path as you mentioned and if so, what steps do I need to take?

Apologies for the 'simple' questions but I'm not technical in the least (yet) so if you could take another look at this, that would be great.

Just noticed RewriteEngine isn't specified as 'on' in your code. Added that and changed the redirect for the query strings to be rewrites. Give this a shot:

RewriteEngine on

redirect 301 / /v2/

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^id=home$
RewriteRule ^index.php /v2/ [NC,R=301]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^id=oldpage$
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ /v2/newpage [NC,R=301,L]

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Thanks for the suggestion. I took a look at this and from what I understand, if I used this method, what would be displayed after the rewrite is the old URL rather than the new URL, is that correct?

If so, is it would be possible to use a redirect rather than a rewrite?


Thanks again...

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^id=home$

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Look for query string containing "id=home".

RewriteRule ^index.php /v2/ [NC,R=301]

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If condition is met ('id=home' string is found (Not Case sensitive)), Rewrite index.php to /v2/ via 301 Redirect

OK, great, thanks a million for the explanation, let me put this together and I will let you know how I make out.

Thanks, just one more thing.

Which ReWrite Rule line is correct:

RewriteRule ^index.php /v2/ [NC,R=301]

or

RewriteRule ^index\.php$ /v2/newpage [NC,R=301,L]

Thanks again!

L means it's the last line to process and to keep any sort of loop from occurring, so that should only be on the last line.

For escaping the . before php, the back slash should be used on both links.

RewriteEngine on

redirect 301 / /v2/

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^p=home$
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ /v2/ [NC,R=301]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^p=oldpage$
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ /v2/newpage [NC,R=301,L]

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Also, being that you have to do this on a variety of links, I'd recommend simply testing one link out first. For example, just test out:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^p=home$
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ /v2/ [NC,R=301]

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If that works as expected, then move on to testing the next one and so forth.

Got it, thanks Lucas.

OK, I tried using the following code:

RewriteEngine on

redirect 301 / /v2/

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^p=home$
RewriteRule ^index\.php /v2/ [NC,R=301,L]

Unfortunately, with or without the L, I received a Redirect Loop I'm afraid so I replaced it with the original htaccess file.

I notice $ missing after php in what you pasted. Try with php$

OK I tried that, I have a redirect loop again I'm afraid

Hi again,

Could this be the problem?:

redirect 301 / /v2/

I did a bit of research and found that this line did cause problems.

I have since tested the .htaccess file and it seem to redirect where there is a page in particular specified for example:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^p=included$
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ /v2/comeswith/ [NC,R=301]

where included was the old page and /v2/comeswith/ is the new page.

What I'm trying to find is a command that will direct visitors to the home page to the new home page, that is

http://website.com/ to http://website.com/v2/ where v2 is the new home directory.

I've tried a few different variations without any success e.g.

RewriteRule   ^/$  /v2/  [R]

RewriteRule   ^\$  /v2/  [R]

and

RedirectMatch ^/$ http://website.com/v2/

I'm sure that this is a simple thing to solve but if anyone has any ideas, that would be great.


Thanks!

This code should direct anyone who visits the original homepage (root directory) to the new homepage (/v2).

redirect 301 / /v2/

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What happens when you use only this redirect in your htaccess?

It's basically a simplified way of saying:

redirect 301 /index.html /v2/
redirect 301 /index.php /v2/

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This is just for the homepage redirect though. To get those old pages that are defined with query strings to redirect to new versions, we'll need to figure out the right version of the code you posted above.

Unfortunately, I receive a redirect loop.

I was able to get a page to redirect without any problem, it's just the home page that I'm having difficulties with.

That worked well!

I'm just going to upload the rest of the pages, wish me luck.

All seems to be well, no more redirect errors and pages are forwarding as they should.

Thank you so much for your help and patience, it's been invaluable.

Happy to help!