Posted by JB on 11/21/06 17:16

Thanks, but now I get this:

http://www.newpage.com/personal/name/

Which is pretty much what I figured would happen after adding the "/" :)

I can't get rid of that stupid directory name from my old site, being joined
with the new.


JB










In article <4sgq4vFvol05U1@mid.individual.net>,
hmessinger.removethis@comcast.net says...
>
>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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