301 redirect using .htaccess (one webpage to another)

Server Config
1

Hi,

I am trying to redirect one web page to another using a 301 redirect. The code I am using is:

RewriteEngine On
redirect 301 /link1.htm http://www.sitename.com/link2.htm
  redirect 301 /link3.htm http://www.sitename.com/link4.htm

The 301 redirect is not working at the moment.

What is wrong with this code? Can someone help me, please?

Kind regards,

Matt.

2

There’s actually nothing wrong with that code. I copy-pasted it, and it works as expected. The real problem must be elsewhere.

3

Matt,

Since this is NOT mod_rewrite (the Redirect family of directives belong to mod_alias), I’d first remove your RewriteEngine on statement. Then, if this is in the DocumentRoot’s .htaccess, I’d remove the leading / from your Redirect statements. THEN it will work properly.

Regards,

DK

4

It is still not working.

My complete .htaccess file looks like this:

Notice I am redirecting based upon capitalisation.

  redirect 301 Gatso.htm http://www.speedcamerasuk.com/gatso.htm
  redirect 301 Truvelo.htm http://www.speedcamerasuk.com/truvelo.htm

<IfModule mod_expires.c>
  # Enable expirations
    ExpiresActive On
    # Default directive
    ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 month"
    # My favicon
    ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 yearÓ
    # Images
    ExpiresByType images/gif "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType images/png "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType images/jpg "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType images/jpeg "access plus 1 month"
    # CSS
    ExpiresByType text/css "access 1 monthÓ
    # Javascript
    ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 year"
    # compress text, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and XML
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
    # remove browser bugs
    BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
    BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\\.0[678] no-gzip
    BrowserMatch \\bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
    Header append Vary User-Agent
  </p>
</IfModule>
5

Looks like you have a stray </p> in there. That shouldn’t be there, and it’s causing a syntax error.

Then you’ll also have to add leading slashes on the old URL you’re redirecting from. (The Redirect directive matches against the request path and always begins with a slash.)

  redirect 301 [SIZE=4][COLOR="#FF0000"]/[/COLOR][/SIZE]Gatso.htm http://www.speedcamerasuk.com/gatso.htm
  redirect 301 [SIZE=4][COLOR="#FF0000"]/[/COLOR][/SIZE]Truvelo.htm http://www.speedcamerasuk.com/truvelo.htm