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May 03.2009

Hello. =)

I have a quick question: is there a way to make an entire directory redirect to one page in the [U]same[/U] directory?

So for instance, if you type:
[url]www.example.com/[/url][COLOR=”Green”]MYSITE/index.html[/COLOR]
[url]www.example.com/[/url][COLOR=”Green”]MYSITE/profile.html[/COLOR]
[url]www.example.com/[/url][COLOR=”Green”]MYSITE/news/old/2008.html[/COLOR]

…they’ll all redirect you to [url]www.example.com/[/url][COLOR=”Red”]MYSITE/important.html[/COLOR] ?

That’s all I wanted to ask. =) Thanks in advance!

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@kiwibritMay 03.2009 — just_bri , I wonder if Redirect 301 /MYSITE http://www.MYSITE/important.html in your .htaccess file might do the trick.
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@just_briauthorMay 03.2009 — Thank you both for the ideas! [I](I'll definitely write them down; I like learning new HTML tricks)[/I]

However, I'm pretty sure what I need is a custom 404 page. I'm actually going to be emptying one directory [I](I'll call this [B]siteA[/B])[/I], and moving my site to another directory ([B]siteB[/B]) instead.

But, if someone tries entering a URL for siteA [I](and I'm sure someone will; I've had my site in there for years)[/I], there won't be any pages in there anymore. So I think I'd need a custom 404 page that'll mention [I](and then redirect them)[/I] to the new site location.

I've already tested one out [I](in a dummy directory I made)[/I], and I think it'll work fine. =)

Or, should I use something other than a 404 page?
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@kiwibritMay 03.2009 — If a 301 redirect will do the trick, why make your visitors go through a 404?
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@just_briauthorMay 03.2009 — Well, I've tried that 301 trick before, and it keeps messing up. =(

After I put that code in the .htaccess file, I'll try opening up another page in that same directory [I](ex: I'll open [B]profile.html[/B])[/I]. It should redirect me to important.html.

But instead, the URL looks like this:

[COLOR="Purple"]http://www.example.com/MYSITE/important.html/important.html/important.html/important.html/important.html/important.html/important.html/important.html/important.html/important.html/important.html/important.html/important.html/important.html/important.html/important.html/important.html/important.html/important.html/important.html/[B]profile.html[/B][/COLOR]

*It lists waaay too many "important.html" pages.

*It still tacks on the original page I tried to open (which was profile.html)

Also as a sidenote, I didn't list the fake URL as www.MYSITE.com/ -- I listed it as www.example.com[B]/MYSITE[/B].

So, I'm trying to redirect things from a sub-directory, not the root directory. Maybe that's why the 301 redirect won't work?
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