Posted by Harlan Messinger on 11/21/06 17:08

JB wrote:
> Ok, I have an old web page where I want the entire page to redirect to a new
> one.
>
> The old one is (some content edited)
>
> http://intergate.ca/personal/name/index.htm
>
> The new web page is:
>
> http://www.newpage.com
>
> I have made an .htaccess file using notepad, making sure it's not saved as a
> .txt file.
>
> Notepad has wordwrap off.
>
> In the file I have:
>
> redirect 301 / http://www.newpage.com
>
> I have uploaded it to the root directory of the old site using CuteFTP in
> ascii transfer mode.
>
> Now when I access http://intergate.ca/personal/name/index.htm
>
> It wants to go here:
>
> http://www.newpage.compersonal/name/index.htm
>
> That is the exact URL that I get above, except for "newpage" and "name" have
> been changed.
>
> So what am I doing wrong?

redirect 301 / http://www.newpage.com/

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