How to remove url prefix and redirect it?

Question

I had urls with /content/ prefix e.g. mysite.com/content/bla-bla-bla/ now I whant redirect all to mysite.com/bla-bla-bla/ without /content/ Is this possible? Thanks!

Answer 1

It is possible -- but you need to tell at least which web server do you use.

For Apache this can be achieved with the following rule (using mod_rewrite):

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^content/(.+)$ /$1 [R=301,NC,L]

If you are using Microsoft IIS7.x then it is also possible with the help of URL Rewrite Module (you may need to download and install it separately -- depends which IIS version you have):

<rule name="redirect /content/" stopProcessing="true">
    <match url="^content/(.+)$" />
    <action type="Redirect" url="/{R:1}" />
</rule>