html redirect not working

by Kevin Birch

Posted: 17 years ago 8 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

Hi guys

I'm tearing my hair out (not that there is much left to tear out), but I can't get a simple redirect working.

The html is correct (at least I think it is) but when the url is typed to be redirected it displays an index page with my index.html file shown as a link.

Anyone?

Kevin

#html #redirect #working

Gene Pimentel 17 years ago
Hi Kevin,

For a simple redirect, here is the html code you need to name index.html (or index.htm).
Code:

<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=http://www.INSERT_YOUR_URL_HERE.com/page.html"> </head> </html>
However, that is not the best way to redirect. You're better off (for SEO reasons) to name your redirect index.php and use this PHP code:
Code:

<?php header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently"); header("Location: http://www.INSERT_YOUR_URL_HERE.com/page.html"); exit(); ?>
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Kevin Birch

17 years ago

Hi Gene - yup - thats exactly what I did, but I still get the index/ page shown. I even changed permissions on the folder to see if that would help!

There ain't any htaccess file in the folder that may be stopping the redirect

Thanks
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Gene Pimentel

17 years ago

Originally Posted by kevinb

Kevin, if you'll PM me the URL, I'll be glad to take a look...

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Kevin Birch 17 years ago

Gene - just sent a PM - many thanks

Kevin
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Kevin Birch 17 years ago

Excellent - its now working!
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Gene Pimentel 17 years ago

Awesome! Glad it worked.
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markwinder 17 years ago

Hey guys - one other work-around that I've used in the past is to either use the redirect feature in C-Panel or to set up a sub-domain and have it forwarded to the desired link.

I'm guessing there could be some SEO issues at stake here, but it gets the job done when my PHP decides not to work (which, thankfully it does most of the time!)

And thanks for the tips there, Gene!

- Mark.
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snidge 17 years ago

I'm still not into using the PHP redirect as it was left out of FireFox a few versions back. Haven't checked yet if they fixed it or not.
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