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Redirection in .htaccess

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Bharath_ATZ last edited by

Hi All,

The problem is with the .htaccess file I have written 301 redirection code for Apache server but once I upload .htaccess file from ftp the website is throwing 500 error. Please help as I'm new to the redirection files.
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Bharath_ATZ @CCars last edited by

I uploaded file named .htaccess
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Bharath_ATZ @Leonie-Kramer last edited by

Hi Leonie Kramer,

Thanks for the solution I removed ht from .htaccess now the redirection is working.
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CCars Subscriber last edited by

well, what was in the file you uploaded?
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Leonie-Kramer last edited by

Hi, you probably made a mistake in the .htaccess this will trow a 500 server error.

did you made a backup of the .htaccess

otherwise remove the .htaccess an check if you still get a 500 error?

this is how you add a 301 redirect in .htaccess

Redirect 301 /old/file.html http://www.domainname.com/new.html
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