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[etzeppy]

I just replaced an html site with php and I am working on redirects. The original site was a mess with frames, etc. I have the following RewriteRule working to redirect specific requests for index.html to the root:

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RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index\.html\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^index\.html$ <A href="http://mydomain.com/">http://mydomain.com/</A> [R=301,L]

However, I also need to redirect index1.htm and index2.htm to the root. Is there a RewriteRule that would redirect all three (index.html, index1.htm, & index2.htm) so I can do this more efficiently?

I actually have several other files (i.e. main.htm, brochures.html, etc) that also need to redirect to the root but I am assuming I will need separate rules for those.

Edited by etzeppy, 31 December 2010 - 10:13 AM.

[Mhoram]

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RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index\.html\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^index\.html$ <A href="http://mydomain.com/">http://mydomain.com/</A> [R=301,L]

That rule works? Can't say I've ever seen a RewriteRule with HTML tags in it before.

Anyway, it doesn't sound like you need the overhead of mod_rewrite here. Just use simple Redirects:

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Redirect permanent index.html http://mydomain.com/
Redirect permanent index2.htm http://mydomain.com/

and so on.

[etzeppy]

That rule works? Can't say I've ever seen a RewriteRule with HTML tags in it before.

Anyway, it doesn't sound like you need the overhead of mod_rewrite here. Just use simple Redirects:

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Redirect permanent index.html http://mydomain.com/
Redirect permanent index2.htm http://mydomain.com/

and so on.

It does indeed work...well I see your point. The interface converted the destination URL to html when I copied it in but I did not notice. The <A href="http://mydomain.com/"> should not be there. Here is the corrected code:

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RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index\.html\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^index\.html$ mydomain.com [R=301,L]

The idea was to only redirect specific requests for index.html (old bookmarks for example) to the root without rewriting the URL to the new index.php file. I did not want to replace an old bookmark and indexing problem with a new one. I don't really understand the rule. I just found it online and it seems to do what I want.

I am using simple 301 redirects for other pages and they are working. I just thought it might be more efficient to somehow add the additional index* redirects into the conditions of that existing RewriteRule. However, I am okay with what I have. It works.

Edited by etzeppy, 06 January 2011 - 04:07 PM.