IIS server redirect 301

[pjkinann]

Okay, I guess the redirect 201 doesn't work because the files are not on an Apache server; they are on ISS M. server.

I looked up how to create this file, but it is using ASP and I know nothing about that.

Isn't there a way to set this up with HTML?

And the information I'm getting is conflicting (to me). The 201 was supposed to be for Apache servers only, so then I research for the IIS servers and see a 301 but it says 301 redirects in Apache. And then they talk about an override directive.

This is WAY over MY head. Is there no simple way to redirect a page. I have about 20 pages I need to redirect to the new pages.

I need to direct old pages to new pages.

[Krapulator]

Do you have terminal access to the server?

[pjkinann]

I don't know what terminal access is. I don't have access except to upload files to it.

[Jimmy Turnip]

If your pages are static (i.e. html pages and not asp) and do not have terminal access to the server then you could just use a meta redirect.

Put this in the head tag of the document:

<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="5;URL=newpage.html">

the number represents how many seconds before it redirects and newpage.html represents the page you wish to redirect it to.

[pjkinann]

Thank you. So what I'd need to do then is upload all the old pages with that information in the head tags of each old page that I need to be redirected to a new page, correct?

Also, if you can answer this for me: my new index page has an htm extension, but the old index page had an html extension. If I upload the old index.html page, and someone is just accessing domainname.com, it won't know which index to access, correct? and could totally confuse the issue?

Thank you again.

[Balloon]

In the configuration for your web site in IIS, you can specify a list of 'default pages' (such as index.htm and index.html). You can also specify their priority.

If you have both an index.htm and an index.html, the one that gets displayed will be whichever has been given a higher priority in IIS.

- Chris

[TinkyWinky]

So with a 301 redirect - does this (for what it is worth) pass the PR from the old pages to the new ones?

Sorry not techie...

Internal folders that I am re-organising are all strong PR6's and I want to change folder names in a BIG re-organisation.

This will be a major change in architecture that allows much more scalability - but I do not want to lose all traffic and PR whilst Google takes it's 6 month cycle to find, assess IBL and then allocate a PR or what is now Trust Rank perhaps!

Anyone know if you can pass the PR in this way?