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301 redirect syntax for htaccess
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I'm working on some htaccess redirects for a few stray pages and have come across a few different varieties of 301s that are confusing me a bit....Most sources suggest:
Redirect 301 /pageA.html http://www.site.com/pageB.html
or using some combination of:
RewriteRule + RewriteCond + RegEx
I've also found examples of:
RedirectPermanent /pageA.html http://www.site.com/pageB.html
I'm confused because our current htaccess file has quite a few (working) redirects that look like this:
Redirect permanent /pageA.html http://www.site.com/pageB.html
This syntax seems to work, but I'm yet to find another Redirect permanent in the wild, only examples of Redirect 301 or RedirectPermanent
Is there any difference between these? Would I benefit at all from replacing Redirect permanent with Redirect 301?
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There is no difference between "Redirect 301", "Redirect permanent" and "RedirectPermanent". It is clear from mod Alias documentation:
"This directive makes the client know that the Redirect is permanent (status 301). Exactly equivalent to
Redirect permanent
." "permanent - Returns a permanent redirect status (301) indicating that the resource has moved permanently."But, these directives are really confusing, because they are not page to page, but directory to directory. For example:
Redirect 301 /a-very-old-post/ http://yoursite.com/a-very-new-post/
Surprisingly, it will redirect all old subpages to new subpages. In particular it will redirect /a-very-old-post/page1 to /a-very-new-post/page1 Therefore better to use RedirectMatch or RewriteCond+RewriteRule for page by page redirections and for redirections with query strings.
Links to docs: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/B14099_19/web.1012/q20206/mod/mod_alias.html
Link to simple RedirectMatch page by page redirects generator: RedirectMatch generator for htaccess https://www.301-redirect.online/htaccess-redirectmatch-generator
Link to good RewriteRule generator: htaccess 301 redirect rewrite generator https://www.301-redirect.online/htaccess-rewrite-generator
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In **apache **"permanent" "RedirectPermanent" is the same as "Redirect 301"
By default, the "Redirect" directive establishes a 302, or temporary, redirect.
If you would like to create a permanent redirect, you can do so in either of the following two ways:
- Redirect 301 /oldlocation http://www.domain2.com/newlocation
- Redirect permanent /oldlocation http://www.domain2.com/newlocation
Page to Page 301 Redirect Generator for Htaccess
https://www.aleydasolis.com/htaccess-redirects-generator/
If no <var>status</var> argument is given, the redirect will be "temporary" (HTTP status 302). This indicates to the client that the resource has moved temporarily. The <var>status</var> argument can be used to return other HTTP status codes:
<dl> "permanent" & "Redirect 301"</dl>
<dl>
<dd>Returns a permanent redirect status (301) indicating that the resource has moved permanently.</dd>
"temp"</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Returns a temporary redirect status (302). This is the default.</dt>
"seeother"</dl>
<dl>
<dd>Returns a "See Other" status (303) indicating that the resource has been replaced.</dd>
"gone"</dl>
<dl>
<dd>Returns a "Gone" status (410) indicating that the resource has been permanently removed. When this status is used the <var>URL</var> argument should be omitted.</dd>
</dl>
**https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_alias.html **
https://www.bruceclay.com/blog/how-to-properly-implement-a-301-redirect/
To 301 Redirect a Page:
RedirectPermanent /old-file.html http://www.domain.com/new-file.html
To 301 Redirect a Page:
Redirect 301 /old-file.html http://www.domain.com/new-file.html
https://i.imgur.com/PTEj5ZF.png
https://www.aleydasolis.com/htaccess-redirects-generator/
Single URL redirect
Permanent redirect from pageA_.html_ to pageB.html.
.htaccess:
301 Redirect URLs.
Redirect 301 /pageA.html http://www.site.com/pageB.html
https://www.aleydasolis.com/htaccess-redirects-generator/page-to-page/
<ifmodule mod_rewrite.c="">RewriteEngine On
Redirect 301 /pageA.html /pageB.html</ifmodule>https://www.htaccessredirect.net/
//Rewrite to www
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^site.com[nc]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.site.com/$1 [r=301,nc]//301 Redirect Old File
Redirect 301 /pageA.html /pageB.htmlYou asked about Regex
https://mediatemple.net/community/products/dv/204643270/using-htaccess-rewrite-rules
.htaccess
Regular expressions
Rewrite rules often contain symbols that make a regular expression (regex). This is how the server knows exactly how you want your URL changed. However, regular expressions can be tricky to decipher at first glance. Here's some common elements you will see in your rewrite rules, along with some specific examples.
- ^ begins the line to match.
- $ ends the line to match.
- So, ^folder1$ matches folder1 exactly.
- . stands for "any non-whitespace character" (example: a, B, 3).
- * means that the previous character can be matched zero or more times.
- So, ^uploads.*$ matches uploads2009, uploads2010, etc.
- ^.*$ means "match anything and everything." This is useful if you don't know what your users might type for the URL.
- () designates which portion to preserve for use again in the $1 variable in the second string. This is useful for handling requests for particular files that should be the same in the old and new versions of the URL.
See for more regex
- http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html#Regular-Expressions
- https://www.askapache.com/htaccess/mod_rewrite-variables-cheatsheet/
- https://www.askapache.com/htaccess/
Hope this helps
Tom
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