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My website redirects to /temp when visiting the root, I'd like it to appear as the root, without the /temp in the URL address bar.
I have a simple .htaccess:
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^$ /temp [L]
How do I make the address bar show www.example.com instead of www.example.com/temp?
Also, When I see the network panel, I notice the status code is 301, so is this equivalent to a redirect 301?
RewriteRule ^$ /temp [L]
If you have a physical directory temp in the root of your filesystem... and since you have omitted the slash from the end of the RewriteRule substitution then mod_dir will attempt to "fix" the request by appending a slash. It does this by issueing a 301 redirect. (You are then presumably relying on the DirectoryIndex to serve the appropriate file from that directory.)
You can resolve this by appending a slash to the end of the substitution, so mod_dir won't try and do this by issuing a redirect. For example:
RewriteRule ^$ /temp/ [L]
I notice the status code is 301, so is this equivalent to a redirect 301
Yes, that is a 301 (permanent) redirect.
