Comments on: Basic Guide to .htaccess http://www.westhost.com/blog/2008/09/26/basic-guide-to-htaccess/ News, Announcements & More Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:20:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tom http://www.westhost.com/blog/2008/09/26/basic-guide-to-htaccess/comment-page-1/#comment-2087 Tom Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:02:31 +0000 http://blog.westhost.com/?p=69#comment-2087 Beginners should also watch out for the difference between permanent and temporary redirects. * Permanent redirects look something like this: Redirect 301 /oldlocation.html http://www.foo.com/newlocation.html - permanent redirects tell Google & friends that a page has moved for good and they needn't check back to the original URL. - this means any Google PageRank and search engine position will be transferred from the old page to the new location. - this is hugely important, as it lets you change your site structure (& even your domain name) without losing your search engine positions. * Temporary redirects look something like this: Redirect 302 /oldlocation.html http://www.foo.com/newlocation.html - this tells Google & friends that your change is only temporary and that they should always check back to the original URL. - browsers automatically follow these redirections, but Google won't update it's listings. Beginners should also watch out for the difference between permanent and temporary redirects.

* Permanent redirects look something like this:

Redirect 301 /oldlocation.html http://www.foo.com/newlocation.html

- permanent redirects tell Google & friends that a page has moved for good and they needn’t check back to the original URL.
- this means any Google PageRank and search engine position will be transferred from the old page to the new location.
- this is hugely important, as it lets you change your site structure (& even your domain name) without losing your search engine positions.

* Temporary redirects look something like this:

Redirect 302 /oldlocation.html http://www.foo.com/newlocation.html

- this tells Google & friends that your change is only temporary and that they should always check back to the original URL.
- browsers automatically follow these redirections, but Google won’t update it’s listings.

]]> By: Jefferson http://www.westhost.com/blog/2008/09/26/basic-guide-to-htaccess/comment-page-1/#comment-1720 Jefferson Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:07:18 +0000 http://blog.westhost.com/?p=69#comment-1720 The Apache web site has a number of useful documents. Nevertheless, a lot of trial and error seems to be required. If even a basic command doesn't work, make sure you added an override to httpd.conf (search the forum for more information). http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/howto/htaccess.html http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/rewriteguide.html The Apache web site has a number of useful documents. Nevertheless, a lot of trial and error seems to be required. If even a basic command doesn’t work, make sure you added an override to httpd.conf (search the forum for more information).

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/howto/htaccess.html
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/rewriteguide.html

]]> By: Kentli http://www.westhost.com/blog/2008/09/26/basic-guide-to-htaccess/comment-page-1/#comment-1496 Kentli Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:05:08 +0000 http://blog.westhost.com/?p=69#comment-1496 The basics are fairly easy to understand. Its rewriting dynamic URLs that stumps me, what with all the $1 $2 variables and cascading conditions. Do you know of any simple .htaccess resources with LOTS of examples that can be copied/ modified? The basics are fairly easy to understand. Its rewriting dynamic URLs that stumps me, what with all the $1 $2 variables and cascading conditions.

Do you know of any simple .htaccess resources with LOTS of examples that can be copied/ modified?

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