Web Professionals use mod_rewrite to issue 301 and 302 Redirects for Search Engines. Sometimes you may not have mod_rewrite.c or you want an alternative redirect method. Using mod_alias RedirectMatch you can use REGEX in Redirect commands!
Redirect 301 /d/file.html /ddd/file.html
Redirect 301 / http://www.htaccesselite.com
RedirectMatch 301 /blog(.*) /$1
Note: This is a 302 (temporary)redirect because its meant to point to a temporarily offline file.
RedirectMatch 302 ^/ /temporary-offline.html
Redirect 301 /security/rigging-the-dreamhost-site-of-the-month-contest.html https://www.askapache.com/dreamhost/rigging-the-dreamhost-site-of-the-month-contest/ Redirect 301 /htaccess/speed-up-the-apache-web-server-with-configuration-hacks.html https://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-web-server-speed-configuration-hacks/ Redirect 301 /2007/webmaster/custom-phpini-with-fastcgi-on-dreamhost.html https://www.askapache.com/dreamhost/custom-phpini-with-fastcgi-on-dreamhost/ Redirect 301 /2007/phpbb/sending-post-form-data-with-php-curl.html https://www.askapache.com/htaccess/sending-post-form-data-with-php-curl/ Redirect 301 /htaccess.txt /wp-content/uploads/p/htaccess.txt Redirect 301 /2007/webmaster/php-and-ajax-shell-console.html https://www.askapache.com/tools/php-and-ajax-shell-console/ Redirect 301 /2007/webmaster/custom-phpini-with-fastcgi-on-dreamhost.html https://www.askapache.com/dreamhost/custom-phpini-with-fastcgi-on-dreamhost/ Redirect 301 /seo/tailrankcom-robot.html https://www.askapache.com/seo/tailrank-robot/ Redirect 301 /instruct-search-engines-to-come-back-to-site-after-you-finish-working-on-it.html https://www.askapache.com/htaccess/503-service-temporarily-unavailable/ Redirect 301 /htaccess/instruct-search-engines-to-come-back-to-site-after-you-finish-working-on-it.html https://www.askapache.com/htaccess/503-service-temporarily-unavailable/ Redirect 301 /webmaster/lft-traceroute-tool.html https://www.askapache.com/tools/lft-traceroute-tool/ # 302 Temporary Redirect 302 /apachesearch/ http://google.com/coop/cse?cx=002660089121042511758%3Akk7rwc2gx0i
RedirectMatch 301 ^/wp-content/uploads/p/(.*)$ https://www.askapache.com/s/s.askapache.net/p/$1 RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*)htaccess.html/2/(.*)$ https://www.askapache.com/htaccess/using-http-headers-with-htaccess/$2 RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*)htaccess.html/3/(.*)$ https://www.askapache.com/htaccess/php-htaccess-tips-and-tricks/$2 RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*)htaccess.html/4/(.*)$ https://www.askapache.com/htaccess/seo-search-engine-friendly-redirects-without-mod_rewrite/$2 RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*)htaccess.html/5/(.*)$ https://www.askapache.com/htaccess/modrewrite-tips-tricks/$2 RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*)htaccess.html/6/(.*)$ https://www.askapache.com/htaccess/speed-up-your-site-with-caching-and-cache-control/$2 RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*)htaccess.html/7/(.*)$ https://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-authentication-in-htaccess/$2 RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*)htaccess.html/8/(.*)$ https://www.askapache.com/htaccess/security-with-htaccess/$2 RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*)htaccess.html/9/(.*)$ https://www.askapache.com/htaccess/ssl-example-usage-in-htaccess/$2 RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*)htaccess.html/10/#htaccess-glossary https://www.askapache.com/htaccess/htaccess-for-webmasters/#htaccess-glossary RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*)htaccess.html/10/(.*)$ https://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-variable-fun-in-htaccess/$2 RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*).htm$ https://www.askapache.com/$1.html RedirectMatch 301 ^/200([0-9])/([^01])(.*)$ https://www.askapache.com/$2$3 RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*)/htaccesselite-ultimate-htaccess-article.html(.*) https://www.askapache.com/htaccess/ RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*).html/1/(.*) https://www.askapache.com/$1.html$2 RedirectMatch 301 ^/category/(.+)$ https://www.askapache.com/$1
Redirect 400 /seo/400 Redirect 401 /seo/401 Redirect 402 /seo/402 Redirect 403 /seo/403 Redirect 404 /index.php?error=404 Redirect 405 /seo/405 Redirect 406 /seo/406 Redirect 407 /seo/407 Redirect 408 /seo/408 Redirect 409 /seo/409 Redirect 410 /seo/410 Redirect 411 /seo/411 Redirect 412 /seo/412 Redirect 413 /seo/413 Redirect 414 /seo/414 Redirect 415 /seo/415 Redirect 416 /seo/416 Redirect 417 /seo/417 Redirect 418 /seo/418 Redirect 419 /seo/419 Redirect 420 /seo/420 Redirect 421 /seo/421 Redirect 422 /seo/422 Redirect 423 /seo/423 Redirect 424 /seo/424 Redirect 425 /seo/425 Redirect 426 /seo/426 Redirect 500 /seo/500 Redirect 501 /seo/501 Redirect 502 /seo/502 Redirect 503 /seo/503 Redirect 504 /seo/504 Redirect 505 /seo/505 Redirect 506 /seo/506 Redirect 507 /seo/507 Redirect 508 /seo/508 Redirect 509 /seo/509 Redirect 510 /seo/510
Redirecting using the following directives is done using the module mod_alias. RedirectMatch, RedirectPermanent, RedirectTemp, Redirect
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