Redirecting deleted files to new pages

How do I?

[textex]

.htacess currently reads:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mysite.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Need to implement:
redirect 301
oldpage.htm
http://www.example.com/newpage.htm

How do I do both?

[edited by: jdMorgan at 7:29 pm (utc) on May 19, 2006]
[edit reason] Example.com [/edit]

[jdMorgan]

Your example would work with just a few changes:

Redirect 301 /oldpage.htm http://www.example.com/newpage.htm

Or you could code the equivalent using mod_rewrite instead of mod_alias.

Jim

[textex]

Still not working.

I have removed the page from the server. Will it make a difference in the coding?

[jdMorgan]

No, the page need not exist.

Did you flush your browser cache? If not, then you'll likely see the previously-cached response for that URL, and no request will be sent to your server. Therefore, the code will never run and can have no effect.

If it's not that, then the 'old URL' is incorrect. I've never heard of an Apache server without mod_alias loaded, so it's not likely to be that Apache doesn't understand a simple Redirect directive.

Jim

[textex]

Getting message:
The requested URL /oldpage.htm was not found on this server.

Excuse the example...maybe I am writing it wrong...

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Redirect 301 oldpage.htm http://www.example.com/newpage.htm

[edited by: jdMorgan at 8:47 pm (utc) on May 19, 2006]
[edit reason] Example.com [/edit]

[jdMorgan]

You omitted the leading slash. It's required.

Please use example.com *only* -- You are creating live links to a real site by using "mysite" or "site.com", and I must edit them. That means you get a later answer.

Jim

[textex]

Thanks JD! It works! Have a great weeekend!

[texanweb]

jdMorgan,

I just wondering, why are yall so picky on live domains?

[jdMorgan]

See stickymail.