wow! did not know that... BUT if I am seeing instant results as we do some tests, that would tell me they are taking quicker than 1 hour, no?
plus, I actually had this done yesterday and when I checked today, no redirect. so, I have to try each test, wait 1 hour.. try again, wait 1 hour??
right now, the most current version on the server uses the
Redirect permanent and not Redirect 301
Dang!
I'm stumped.
Sorry I could not be of more help...
Something must be fishy though as the script I showed you works on the site I showed you and it is hosted on a Godaddy VDS.
I've run out of ideas... maybe someone else can jump in?
but that is a full site redirect, why wouldn't you want to do page by page, one by one and get the pages sent to their correct new page and not generically the home page. I mean, if it is a custom 404 page or the home page, does that really matter? the goal would be to get old pages sent to their new page location, no?
same result as mine.. gives me the default custom 404 page, but not the splash page
so.. as of this very post, I tried every script we posted here thus far. none work as expected. they either
(1) send me to the custom 404 page - which search engines will see as 404
(2) send me to the splash page BUT the page does not load scripts/css and it is just page content with no look or feel. styles and scripts are stripped! WTF?
so far, on GoDaddy, no way to 301 redirect old page direct to new page using .htaccess file!
I would settle for splash page redirect WITH styles intact, but want to redirect old page to new page as I should be able to.
I remember for godaddy, there were different ways of writing them...
Hang on... I did one for godaddy that redirected all old/dead pages to the homepage instead of a 404
Here is my .htaccess that works on Godaddy to redirect all dead pages to our homepage instead:
Code:
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
tis one has the crazy effect that when you hit and old URL or a non existing page, you get the home page BUT from then on, you cannot escape the home page.. it keeps you in that directory by adding an extra ../ directory and so thus you just keep endlessly cycling into the splash page!!
We have reviewed your issue with Custom Error pages on your hosting account. The issue you were experiencing was due to rewrite conditions in your htaccess file. The .htaccess file you were using, which appeared to be the default wordpress file, contains a number of rewrite conditions that state not to display files and directories unless they exist followed by a rewrite rule to show the index.php for everything else. This value would override our custom 404 error page rules causing the index.php page to be displayed anytime a file or directory name that did not exist was referenced. It appears you have removed the htaccess file that was in the hosting and have begun using permanent redirects, resolving the issue of these rewrite rules in the previous htaccess..
BUt as you know.. the "permanent redirects" on their server are NOT working.. hit those old URL links and the .htaccess file I first posted should kick them over to the new page BUT they do not work on their server.. I responded, I wonder what they will say as they act liked i fixed the problem, but since the .htaccess file I used is not working, they are wrong
tis one has the crazy effect that when you hit and old URL or a non existing page, you get the home page BUT from then on, you cannot escape the home page.. it keeps you in that directory by adding an extra ../ directory and so thus you just keep endlessly cycling into the splash page!!
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