Adding a URL redirect!

dreamcatcher · 18th July 2003, 06:17 PM

I want to add a url redirect which I`m told can be done my editing the .htaccess file? Question is, how do I do it? I`ve found the file in my directory, but there is no edit button. I`ve never done anything with the .htaccess file before, so I`m unsure of what I`m doing.

I want:

http://www.maiandream.co.uk/scripts.htm

to be directed to

http://www.maiandream.co.uk/scripts.php

Thank you for the help.

prestige · 18th July 2003, 06:52 PM

(1) download .htaccess to your computer
(2) open it in the editor of your choice - notepad is a fine choice
(3) insert the following line and change it according to your needs:

Redirect /scripts.htm /scripts.php

(4) save it.
(5) upload it to your account.

dreamcatcher · 18th July 2003, 07:01 PM

Thanks for the help. I had already tried this. The file downloads as .htaccess[1], if I upload that I then have 2 .htaccess files. If I rename the file .htaccess I`m unable to upload it as I get the following error:

550.htaccess:Permission Denied

Should I delete the original .htaccess file first?

prestige · 18th July 2003, 07:29 PM

What kind of FTP client do you use?
Do you know how to change rights on files (chmod) ?

Make a backup copy of the original file and delete the file from the server afterwards. Afterwards try again to move the .htaccess you created on the server.

UH-Matt · 18th July 2003, 07:33 PM

You will need to submit a support ticket as it seems you dont have access to your .htaccess file. We can give you access to it once we have the ticket. Thanks.

dreamcatcher · 18th July 2003, 07:37 PM

Ah, thanks Matt. And thanks prestige for your help. I appreciate you pointing me in the right direction.

dreamcatcher · 18th July 2003, 08:14 PM

Well I edited my .htaccess file and added the line:

Redirect /scripts.htm /scripts.php

However, when I access www.maiandream.co.uk/scripts.htm in the browser I now get:

INTERNAL SERVER ERROR

I also tried:

Redirect /scripts.htm /http://www.maiandream.co.uk/scripts.php

But that doesn`t work either.

Any ideas?

UH-Simon · 18th July 2003, 08:28 PM

The 500 error isn't anything to do with the .htaccess redirect. The redirect is working, the problem is with the page you're redirecting to:

http://www.maiandream.co.uk/scripts.php

dreamcatcher · 18th July 2003, 08:35 PM

Well, it wasn`t just the scripts.php page that wasn`t working, it was my whole site.

I have put the .htaccess file back to what it was and everything is working ok again now. So why would editing the .htaccess file cause everything else to disappear?

dreamcatcher · 18th July 2003, 09:36 PM

Its no problem anyway, I`ve just created a scripts.htm page that directs to the php version.

Thanks.

I, Brian · 20th July 2003, 09:00 PM

Dreamcatcher -

Use your "file manager" option in Ensim to access your .htaccess file - you can even edit it through this option.

This is what you want to use in your .htaccess file to change URLs addressed to a htm file to access a php extension file instead:

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.+)\.htm$ $1.php [L]

I take no credit - had to ask the brains at sitepoint for that - thanks to pippo for the code.

dreamcatcher · 22nd July 2003, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by I, Brian
Dreamcatcher -

Use your "file manager" option in Ensim to access your .htaccess file - you can even edit it through this option.

This is what you want to use in your .htaccess file to change URLs addressed to a htm file to access a php extension file instead:

Code:

RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^(.+)\.htm$ $1.php [L]

I take no credit - had to ask the brains at sitepoint for that - thanks to pippo for the code.

Thanks for that I,Brian!!