301 redirect question

[StrictlyNames]

Hi,

I purchased a name that has a lot of backlinks and indexed pages in the search engines.

I know I should do a 301 redirect for the indexed pages, but the problem is that I don't know all the urls.

How do I redirect all indexed pages to my index page, without my current pages being redirected?

I created a site with about 8 pages and don't want those redirected to the index page.

Hope this makes sense.

Thanks for any help.

Dave

 

[Don]

Hey,

I use htaccess to catch most of my haywire traffic...

RewriteBase /
RewriteEngine on

ErrorDocument 404 http://www.yoursite.com
ErrorDocument 401 http://www.yoursite.com
ErrorDocument 403 http://www.yoursite.com
ErrorDocument 405 http://www.yoursite.com
ErrorDocument 500 http://www.yoursite.com
ErrorDocument 302 http://www.yoursite.com
ErrorDocument 503 http://www.yoursite.com
ErrorDocument 406 http://www.yoursite.com
ErrorDocument 400 http://www.yoursite.com
ErrorDocument 423 http://www.yoursite.com
ErrorDocument 408 http://www.yoursite.com
ErrorDocument 204 http://www.yoursite.com
ErrorDocument 410 http://www.yoursite.com
ErrorDocument 206 http://www.yoursite.com
ErrorDocument 504 http://www.yoursite.com
ErrorDocument 202 http://www.yoursite.com
ErrorDocument 412 http://www.yoursite.com

Just drop that in your htaccess file in the root dir.

Enjoy.

 

[StrictlyNames]

thank you greatdomainz

 

[Don]

Any time.

 

[amoeba]

A simpler way to do this is to use mod_rewrite. Put this in your .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ / [R]

This is basically saying, if the request isn't for / (the root of the site), then redirect it back there with an external 301 (that's the [R] part).

 

[Don]

A simpler way to do this is to use mod_rewrite. Put this in your .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ / [R]

This is basically saying, if the request isn't for / (the root of the site), then redirect it back there with an external 301 (that's the [R] part).

Wouldn't this redirect everything though?

He has a few live pages that he wants people to be able to get to I think.

 

[amoeba]

Wouldn't this redirect everything though?
He has a few live pages that he wants people to be able to get to I think.

You're right! I didn't read carefully enough.
So in that case, just add a couple RewriteCond's to check if the file/dir exists:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ / [R]

Voila.

 

[Don]

You're right! I didn't read carefully enough.
So in that case, just add a couple RewriteCond's to check if the file/dir exists:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ / [R]

Voila.

Beautiful. :tu: