301 Redirect on a PDF, DOCX files?
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Hi,
I have to rename many pdf and docx files. How can I implement 301 redirect on them as they are linked from 'n' number of places?
Regards,
Shailendra Sial
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Good eyes--Fixed!
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Thanks! It worked. But there is a slight correction in the above code. The word "refresh" will be within double quotes.
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Good way from => http://www.henderson.cc/wp/tag/301-redirect/
While poking around on the Web, I found an article by John Honeck, entitled “Page by Page redirects in IIS for .asp, .html, .pdf, etc.“. He presented an ingenious method for implementing redirection of a PDF document. Rename or remove the old PDF document from the directory. In its place, create a new folder and give it the exact same name as the outdated PDF, including the use of the .pdf extension.
Inside the new folder, place a default Web page (index.htm, default.htm, etc.). In the head of the default Web page, place meta redirect code. A user (or Google spider) visits the directory, finds an object with the correct name and the default Web page redirects them to the new content!
Here’s sample code:
<title>Moved to new URL: http://www.example.com/pdfs/thenewpdf.pdf</title>
This page has been moved to http://www.example.com/pdfs/thenewpdf.pdf
If your browser doesn’t redirect you to the new location please click here
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