need help with 301 redirect

[jfrovich]

Im trying to redirect
supportcave.com/help
to
supportcave.com/fourm

Here is my current .htaccess file
Im currently redirecting
help.supportcave.com to supportcave.com/forum
But i cant get the supportcave.com/help/ to work

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^help.supportcave.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.supportcave.com/forum/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^help.supportcave.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.help.supportcave.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.supportcave.com/forum/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteRule ^/help(.*) /http://www.supportcave.com/forum/$1 [R=301]

How can i do this.

[WebSavvy]

Jas, you're rules are redirecting
help.supportcave.com

not ...
supportcave.com/help/

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^supportcave.com/help/ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.supportcave.com/forum/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^supportcave.com/help/$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.help.supportcave.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.supportcave.com/forum/$1 [R=301,L]

Try that above ...

I don't have access to test this anywhere at the moment as I'm traveling right now.

[jfrovich]

HI Deb
that redirects to
http://www.supportcave.com/help/showthread.php?t=5327

I need both to work..
it should go to
http://www.supportcave.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5327

thanks for trying
ill wait.

http://www.supportcave.com/help/
wont redirect at all

[WebSavvy]

Jas, do you have an index file on that /help/ folder?

If so, is it in PHP?

If so, you can redirect right inside the file itself like this:


<?php
Header( "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently" );
Header( "Location: http://www.dom.com/folder/" );
?>

Replace http://www.dom.com/folder/
with the actual URL you want to redirect to.

This is the "easy way" to do 301 redirects using PHP instead of messing with .htaccess

[jfrovich]

THanks
Added that php file
now how do i redirect the old posts
in the php file?
http://www.supportcave.com/help/showthread.php?t=3088

[JEHochman]

RewriteRule ^/help(.*) /http://www.supportcave.com/forum/$1 [R=301]

Change the above to


RewriteRule /help/(.*) http://www.supportcave.com/forum/$1 [R=301]


Let me know if that works.

[jfrovich]

nope
to make sure its NOT just my pc's issue

try this google search and scroll down
and cleck the supportcave.com/help

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=site%3Awww.supportcave.com%2F&btnG=Search

I want to make sure its not just my pc

[g1smd]

If you have a redirect for a single folder, then that redirect always needs to be placed first in the .htaccess code.

Get that out the way before you use the next redirect to catch all of the other URLs that the first one did not do.

[JEHochman]

Sorry, try this instead:

Redirectmatch 301 /help/(.*) http://www.supportcave.com/forum/$1

And yes, put it in the front.

[jfrovich]

Originally posted by g1smd
If you have a redirect for a single folder, then that redirect always needs to be placed first in the .htaccess code.

Get that out the way before you use the next redirect to catch all of the other URLs that the first one did not do.

Do you mean in the root .htaccess files or the /help/ .htaccess file

JEHochman
ill try when i get home in a few hrs
thanks