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This document will explain how to create a .htaccess file to redirect your site or site content. This will not redirect any emails for your domains.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a configuration file, .htaccess is very powerful. Even the slightest syntax error (like a missing space) can result in your content not displaying correctly or at all. Since .htaccess is a hidden system file, please make sure your FTP client is configured to show hidden files. This is usually an option in the program’s preferences\/options.<\/span><\/p>\n

INSTRUCTIONS<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1<\/strong>. Create an empty text file using a text editor such as notepad, and save it as htaccess.txt.<\/span><\/p>\n

2<\/strong>. Edit the contents of the file. Check the following examples:<\/span><\/p>\n

     301 (Permanent) Redirect<\/strong>: Point an entire site to a different URL on a permanent basis. This is the most common type of redirect and is useful in most situations. In this example, we are redirecting to the “hostitsmart- example.com” domain:<\/span><\/p>\n

                 # This allows you to redirect your entire website to any other domain<\/span><\/p>\n

                 Redirect 301 \/ http:\/\/hostitsmart-example.com\/<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

     302 (Temporary) Redirect<\/strong>: Point an entire site to a different temporary URL. This is useful for SEO purposes when you have a temporary landing page and plan to switch back to your main landing page at a later date:<\/span><\/p>\n

                 # This allows you to redirect your entire website to any other domain<\/span>
\n
\n                 Redirect 302 \/ http:\/\/hostitsmart-example.com\/<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

     Redirect index.html to a specific subfolder<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

                 # This allows you to redirect index.html to a specific subfolder<\/span>
\n
\n                 Redirect \/index.html http:\/\/example.com\/newdirectory\/<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

     Redirect an old file to a new file path<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

                 # Redirect old file path to new file path
\n<\/span>
\n                Redirect \/olddirectory\/oldfile.html http:\/\/example.com\/newdirectory\/newfile.html<\/strong>
\n<\/span>     Redirect to a specific index page<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

                # Provide Specific Index Page (Set the default handler)
\n<\/span>
\n                DirectoryIndex index.html<\/span><\/p>\n

3<\/strong>. Upload this file and re-name it to .htaccess.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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