How Do I Implement a 301 Redirect?

How Do I Implement a 301 Redirect?

• PHP (.htaccess) redirect
• ASP redirect
• ASP .NET redirect
• Windows redirect (IIS)
• ColdFusion redirect
• Canonical issues

PHP 301 Redirect (with a .htaccess File)

If the .htaccess file does not exist, create a new file with no trailing extension after the “.htaccess” using a plain text editor (Remember to put the period at the beginning of the file name!). For a Mac, we recommend BBEdit; for Windows, TextPad. Upload it to the root directory. Usually that’s in /public_html or /www on your server.

Add a new line that reads:

redirect 301 / http://www.new-site.com/

Or to redirect individual pages use the following as an example:

redirect 301 /old_page.html http://www.yourdomain.com/abc/new_page.html
In ASP:

Open the old web page and replace all its content with the following code, replacing “www.new-location.com” with the file name of the new page.

<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<%
Response.Status=”301 Moved Permanently”
Response.AddHeader “Location”, “http://www.new-location.com”
%>