How do I 301 Redirect a complete folder?
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Hi,
I am want to delete a folder and all the contents. I then need to redirect anyone that is trying to reach a file in that folder to another page on my site.
example: www.mydomain.com/folder/ (contains 50 pages)
I want to delete the folder and all 50 pages.
So if someone tries to reach www.mydomain.com/folder/page1.php
the redirect would take them to a specific page on my site.
Doing this to clean up old content.
How would I do this on the .htaccess? I have redirected a page but not a folder.
Thanks in advance!
Force7
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RewriteRule ^folder/(.*)$ http://www.newurl.com [R=permanent,L]
The above works for me.
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I believe this is the way to go: RewriteRule ^OldFolder/?(.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/NewFolder/$1 [R=301,L] The $1 on the end of the URL appends anything extra after /NewFolder/ onto the new dir.
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