301 redirect for all combinations

Server Config
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Hello everyone,

I have made a change to my site so that it is no longer in a subdirectory of my root domain. (it is now in the root of the domain).

I have made the move successfully but I would like to put a 301 redirect into my htaccess so that people visiting the old links make it to the new site.

A sample link on my site has gone from www.mysite.com/olddirectory/samplelink to www.mysite.com/samplelink

So basically, I am looking for something that would say if any one goes to www.mysite.com/olddirectory/wildcard_here they would be redirected to www.mysite.com/wildcard_here .

On another site, I was doing something similar but in the other direction. I had moved a site into a directory from the root, so I had

RewriteEngine on 
RewriteCond $1 !^newdirectory 
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.mysite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Is there any way to do what I am trying to do? It is important that if some one goes to a directory that is not “olddirectory”, they should not be redirected.

Thank you in advance

2

Thank you for the reply.

The problem I am having is that I have thousands of urls within the olddirectory.

As far as I can tell, this solution only works for people going directly to the root of /olddirectory. Am I correct in that statement?

3

dk,

Thank you for the help!

You were correct in your assumption that I did not try your suggestion. At the time, I did not have access to my ftp, so I could not try it. I did however read the link you provided, I was just confused as there was no wildcard apparent in the redirect, so I did not expect it to work.

I have now tested it and it is working perfectly! Thank you for your help!

4

tt,

That’s so simple that you don’t even need mod_rewrite to do that! Look at Apache’s mod_alias which should get you to:

Redirect permanent /olddirectory http://example.com/

As a webmaster (just as a carpenter), using the correct tool for the occasion is important!

Regards,

DK

5

tt,

:tup:

If you’re still confused, PLEASE ask questions as it’s important to me that you know WHY things work (so you can help others learn when you get the chance).

Regards,

DK

6

tt,

Did you try it? Okay, obviously not! From that response, I’m sure you didn’t even go look at the Apache.org page! Oh, well, when you do, you’ll learn that mod_alias will work on that directory as specified (removing it from the URLs with a permanent redirection).

Regards,

DK