301 redirect tool

[curtisreddehase]

Did I see a tool somewhere here that will help me rdirect old pages back into my site?

[OCTeam]

Are you referring to the 301 Manager Module REW can install for you? I think it is $200. I found it to be well worth the $$.

[tcr]

you can use an .htaccess file, assuming your server accommodates it.

[curtisreddehase]

where can I read more about the .htaccess file?

It looks as if I have some learning to do

[tcr]

.htaccess files can be quite complicated .. are you familiar with any programming languages?

what language is your site written in? PHP? ASP? etc...

i can help you out.

can you be a little more specific as to the type(s) of redirects you want to do, ie. from where to where and why (it's all relevant).

[VRI]

If he's using the .htaccess file it couldn't be asp unless the latest version of ISAPI_Rewrite were installed on his Windows server (it uses .htacces as opposed to the httpd.ini file)

Sounds, from the post, as they are just old pages he'd like to redirect to the new pages or domain so I'm sure a 301 is what he's looking for.

Seems as if it would be pretty simple to find some hack and tack code for the redirects, why don't you post the url's so someone can kick in with the required code for your .htaccess file.

If it's an REW site you may not have access to the .htaccess file, don't know for sure.

[LRE]

on http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess.shtml you find a good explanation of the .htaccess file

point 9 shows how to configure redirects: http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess7.shtml

[Wheatworks]

The javascriptkit.com articles suggests:

Redirect /olddirectory/oldfile.html http://yoursite.com/newdirectory/newfile.html

However, if it's a permanent change (a 301) you're making, you'll want to use "redirectpermanent" as in:

redirectpermanent /olddirectory/oldfile.html http://yoursite.com/newdirectory/newfile.html

[webmaster]

it is a REW site, and on REW sites you get no server level access, only CMS access, so .htaccess modifications must be made by REW, but yes we do have a cMS module that can be installed to allow you to control your own /filename redirects. There is a screen of it here: http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/...ms-modules.php

You can also create your own fake filenames for novelty purposes such as /123forthstreet/ and then just redirect it to the actual details page of that property in the IDX - good for postcard marketing etc - kind of like how Google adwords has display URL vs destination URL

[thataway61]

I recommend the 301 redirect module. I rarely use it, but when GST shows some 404 results, I redirect accordingly and get the PR pointed to a relevant page.

I also had some snippet divs that I placed around in some blogs and there were a couple of bad links. Instead of going to the blogs and trying to find all the problems, I simply redirected the bad url's in the module to the page they were supposed to go to.

Again, seldom used, but very useful when needed and saves billable hours and time trying to explain problems in a work order. Instead of explain, post, reply, clarify, get billing, approve billing, etc. - you just go make the change you know that needs to be made - in minutes!

By the way Morgan, can any wildcards be used in redirects?
(i.e. /new-york-condos/* to /new-york-condo/) On occasion the price range URL's from a flubbed up address end up flubbed up too and the wildcard would make the redirects easier. Never tried to see if it would work, but noticed a WP redirect plugin allows that and wondered if REW module would too.