Like the title says, how do I redirect every url that starts with http://site.com/shop to a single page?
so I have:
.... etc, and it should be redirected to http://site.com/new_page
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A:
You can use mod_alias’ RedirectMatch:
RedirectMatch ^/shop(/|$) /new_page
Or mod_rewrite:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^shop(/|$) /new_page [R]
Note the different pattern for RewriteRule as mod_rewrite removes the contextual path prefix in per-directory rewrites before testing the rules.
Gumbo
2010-10-02 08:50:00
mod_alias is different from mod_rewrite i guess? and what does the [R] mean?
krike
2010-10-02 08:57:08
@krike: Yes. With the directives of mod_alias you can only process the URI path; with mod_rewrite you can also test other parts of the request like the query or header fields. The `[R]` is to force an external redirect; otherwise the request would only be rewritten internally.
Gumbo
2010-10-02 09:02:59
ok thanks :) will try that as soon as I finished the new version of my website :)
krike
2010-10-02 09:30:34