WebSTAR 4 301 redirect question

Need to know how to create a 301 redirect using webStar 4 for macos 9

[shaunhussey]

I am having some difficulty figuring out how to make: [rss.tribstar.com...]
redirect using a 301 permanent redirect to:
[tribstar.com...]

The old URL is hosted on our server running WebSTAR 4 on a mac os 9.
The new URL is on a different server off-site (which I have no root level access to)

I am wanting to use a 301 redirect. How can I do this? I believe our WebSTAR server is set up in a very minimal way.

Keep in mind that I am not a webmaster, just a guy put in the positon of having to maintain things set up by someone else so my knowledge is very limited (mostly to design of webpages)

Thanks for the help!

[whoisgregg]

Hmm, well I have no experience with WebSTAR, have you taken a look through the pdf documentation?

ftp://ftp.4d.com/ACI_PRODUCT_REFERENCE_LIBRARY/4D_PRODUCT_DOCUMENTATION/PDF_Docs_by_4D_Product_A-Z/4D_WebSTAR/WebSTAR_4_Manual.pdf

Pages 190-192 should have some good info for you. :)

[shaunhussey]

Yeah, I read through the manual...And I saw those pages but like I said I'm pretty new so I'm a little confussed by it...it says that
"Redirect files are good for changing thevisible url as well as bringing up the desired file or folder. Unlike aliases, they can't redirect to anything outside the site file hierarchy, such as files on other disks."

Plus it doesn't say anything about what type of redirect file it creates...like a 301 or a 302... Unless it covers that in the part about "Internal Structure of Redirect Files".

I guess I just may have to do some testing...

[whoisgregg]

Again, I've never done this but I do understand exactly what the manual is saying so I'll try to help. :)

Follow the five steps that start on page 191 and continue on to page 192. The "Make Redirect File" application is going to generate a text file in the correct location on your server. That redirect is a 302 by default, but once it's made you can just open it with BBEdit (or pico, or whatever text editor you want) and change the "302 Found" to a "301 Moved Permanently"

Let us know how that works out for you. :)