Redirecting Web Pages in .htaccess using mod_alias

How to redirect a web page from one location to another

Using mod_alias is simpler than using mod_rewrite and does the job for most of the redirection we have to do. There are several reasons to redirect webpages:

1. The page has been moved to a different location with a different file name or file extension
2. The page no longer exists or is no longer functional and we want to send incoming that may come from links, search engines or bookmarks to another page.

Remember that there are two types of redirects:

• Permanent redirection: 301 Redirect
• Temporary redirection: 302 Redirect:

If we don't want visitors at that former page location, a permanent redirect will avoid them getting a 404 error.

Redirect to another page on the same site:

Redirect 301 /oldpage.html http://www.samedomain.html/newpage.html

or

Redirect permanent /oldpage.html http://www.samedomain.html/newpage.html

Redirect to a web page on another site:

Redirect 301 /oldpage.html http://www.otherdomain.com/newpage.html

or

Redirect permanent /oldpage.html http://www.otherdomain.com/newpage.html

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