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Comment on 301 redirecting on a Windows server ( same as mod_rewrite / .htaccess ) by Sean@WMS

Sean@WMS — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 03:41:48 +0000

Hi Richard,

Indeed if your host is using IIS Password, that will take control over using .htaccess for anything else.

Your prior conditions and rules look correct. So, the question is, what ISAPI rewriter is you host using and is that activated on your account?

For example, this is perfectly valid if there is an RewriteEngine to be used:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^floatingfloors\.html$ floatingfloors.asp [NC,R=301]

Comment on 301 redirecting on a Windows server ( same as mod_rewrite / .htaccess ) by Richard

Richard — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:27:01 +0000

Sorry that should say:

RewriteCond Host: mason-uk\.co\.uk
RewriteRule floatingfloors\.html http\://mason-uk.co.uk/floatingfloors.asp [I,RP]

Comment on 301 redirecting on a Windows server ( same as mod_rewrite / .htaccess ) by Richard

Richard — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:01:10 +0000

Just tried this and it still didnt work:

RewriteCond Host: mason-uk\.co\.uk
RewriteRule /pages/floatingfloors\.html http\://mason-uk.co.uk/floatingfloors.asp [I,RP]

Comment on 301 redirecting on a Windows server ( same as mod_rewrite / .htaccess ) by Richard

Richard — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:57:45 +0000

Thanks for the reply Sean.

I initially tried it with the .htaccess file and it didnt work. I was then directed to use the httpd.ini file because we are hosted on a windows server using IIS Password.

Does that mean anything to you? Would that affect what sort of code would be suitable?

I’m afraid I’m a bit of a beginner with these re-directs…

Comment on 301 redirecting on a Windows server ( same as mod_rewrite / .htaccess ) by Sean@WMS

Sean@WMS — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 03:13:34 +0000

Richard,

What you have here looks correct:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^floatingfloors\.html$ floatingfloors.asp [NC,R=301]

If that isn’t working then either your host doesn’t support an ISAPI rewriter such as ISAPI_Rewrite or maybe they have that functionality executed by .htaccess.

Try loading your rules to a file named .htaccess in your web root directory. If that works, then they are using this method. If it doesn’t, then you really need to take this up with your hosting provider, as the rules you’ve written here are correct.

Comment on 301 redirecting on a Windows server ( same as mod_rewrite / .htaccess ) by Richard

Richard — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:50:15 +0000

Hi I’m new to httpd.ini 301 redirects. My clients website has been updated from HTML to ASP. I set up a httpd.ini page (as per my host instruction - they told me to look online for the code) and tried loads of different types of code i’ve found online and none of them have worked (does it start working straight away? Should I get automatically redirected when I go to the old html page?).

Anyway I tried your code and yet again it does nothing.
This is the entire contents of my httpd.ini file:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^floatingfloors\.html$ floatingfloors.asp [NC,R=301]

(but there is loads more that needs to be added, I just thought I would try and get one redirect working first).
Could you please tell me where I am going wrong? It is an IIS windows server.
Thank you
Richard

Comment on The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete set of HTTP headers by Sean@WMS

Sean@WMS — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:23:46 +0000

Sure, Luigi. Please do provide the link back to acknowledge authorship.

Comment on The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete set of HTTP headers by Luigi Fulk

Luigi Fulk — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:13:10 +0000

Can I have this copied? I will link back to your blog. Is that ok?

Comment on 301 redirecting on a Windows server ( same as mod_rewrite / .htaccess ) by Bruce@ManaSyst

Bruce@ManaSyst — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:21:55 +0000

I have a client with almost 500 redirects of random names the same as Ivan posted. We tried using the RewriteRule in ISAPI ReWrite as coded above and at around 150 rules the performance of the site was unacceptably poor.

It’s the only site on the server.

Anyone know of anything that can handle a large number of redirects efficiently?

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