Guide To Setting Up 301 Redirects
February 13th, 2007 • Related • Filed Under
Many bloggers never need to touch their .htaccess file. However, if you ever create one of the following scenarios:
- You change your site’s address
- You want to setup several domains pointing to one website
- You want to enforce only one version of your website (www. or no-www)
- You change your permalink structure either deliberately, or are forced to because you changed blogging platforms
Then learning the basics of setting up 301 Redirects is essential to ensure you don’t lose any valuable traffic or readers. This doesn’t need to be daunting and Daily Blog Tips have setup a very clear and simple guide.
If you have any problems or need any help setting up any of these rules then post a question in the forum, as our resident technical gurus Martin and Ajay will be able to help.
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Comment by Thilak on 13 February 2007:
Alternatively, you could use this http://photomatt.net/2006/06/13/wordpress-no-www/ or http://www.justinshattuck.com/wordpress-www-redirect-plugin/
Comment by Everton on 13 February 2007:
I think plugin use should be avoided as much as possible. Plus, those plugins only deal with scenario 3 above
Comment by Wendy Piersall :: eMom on 14 February 2007:
Just an FYI - Yahoo hosting will not allow you access to your .htaccess file.
I have found it to be a big pain, because I have two old feed addresses that I can’t track with FeedBurner. They just sit there, getting thousands of hits, and I have NO way to know who is doing what.
As far as I know, the only way to get these feed subscribers into FeedBurner is with a redirect in my .htaccess file. If there is another way, I’m all ears.
Comment by Everton on 14 February 2007:
I’m sure there is Wendy, and I’m sure Ajay has a method - I’ve just buzzed him for you
Comment by Ajay on 14 February 2007:
Hi Wendy, you can use the feedburner plugin for WordPress that can be used to redirect feeds.
But, honestly, move to a new webhost.
Comment by Everton on 14 February 2007:
lol I’m so glad I read this! I assumed that because I’d changed the url in my header http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/feed/ and http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/wp-rss2.php no longer existed. I just checked and they do! I wonder how many more subs I have??!!
The increased focus on pushing my feed seems to have worked as my counthas gone up by 200 in the last two days - hopefully I’ll pick up a few more once I’ve fixed this