Directory-level configuration file found mostly on Apache web servers
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How to show 410 Gone status for subdomains that are already been deleted
I bought an auctioned domain to build my new project, from my analysis with Ahrefs, people that were behind this domain had a subdomain called "forum" for their forum, and somehow they didn't know how ...
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RewriteEngine .htaccess rules end up redirecting to example.net/https:/example.net
I'm starting to learn about the Apache .htaccess and I have some issues in my website...
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}
RewriteCond %{...
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1answer
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How to redirect a specific search result using .htaccess
When searching for "interesting people" the search results page of my website is https://example.com/?s=interesting+people&submit.x=0&submit.y=0
Instead of displaying that search results page ...
2
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2answers
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Installing WordPress with /wp path leads to redirect loop when index.html redirects to a shopping cart
So on my site, my shopping cart is located at example.com/zc2
I use this .htaccess file
RewriteEngine On
Redirect /index.html example.com/zc2/
So that anyone that lands on example.com will be ...
2
votes
1answer
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Htaccess redirect pages from subfolder to root directory while preserving any query string
I have moved pages in various sub directories to the root directory and want to set up a 301 redirect for each page and keep any query string that might be present. For example:
www.example.com/...
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How to remove trailing slash from my root URL in htaccess?
I've tried several ways to remove the trailing slash from my URL in .htaccess and nothing worked but now even my URL can't be found because now it has a slash.
Here is what my .htaccess looks like. I ...
2
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2answers
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Can .htaccess be used to set file permissions?
Is it possible to define file type permissions through .htaccess? I have a site that uses .pl and .cgi scripts which require 0755 CHMOD. The shared server setting is apparently geared for WordPress ...
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Use htaccess to check if cookie value exists in requested url
Im stuck if my idea of getting .htaccess to read the cookie value and check if this value is within the requested url. This is my idea:
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} custom_cookie=(.*)$
...
4
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1answer
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Moved images to another folder - need help with htaccess rewrite rule for png
I had to move my image folder.
Before it was example.com/shoplogo/(name*).png now its example.com/shop-logo/(name*).png just stuck with the rewrite rule :-(.
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Change max_input_time when you don't have access to php.ini file
I am using freehosting website to host my wordpress blog. However, while trying to use duplicator plugin to migrate my blog it asks me to change the max_input_time value to 0
I don't see php.ini file ...
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.htaccess rules to remove .php and add a trailing slash are not working
I am trying to go from example.com/filename to example.com/filename/
I have tried almost all possible solutions for getting a trailing slash in my URL but somehow it seems to conflict with the rest ...
0
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1answer
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How to migrate from HTTP and HTTPS old sub domain to HTTPS root new domain in htaccess with least SEO risks?
Looking for the best site migration strategy for SEO, which consider these specific combinations of elements and challenges:
*note: site is in Wordpress.
Htaccess redirect code to go from sub ...
2
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1answer
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Block blank user-agents bots but make exception for ip address possible?
I have the following in my .htaccess file on website2, but when my other website on website1 makes requests to website2 it is blocked because the server user-agent is blank.
Is there are a way to ...
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2answers
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In .htaccess files, is there any difference at all between “!=on” and “off”
I’m trying to better understand Apache’s use of a binary attribute. In an .htaccess file with the code
# Check if HTTPS is 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
Is there more processing occurring&#...
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Local browser caching not working due to .htaccess rules
All the JavaScript files hosted from my server are not being cached - just those from 3rd party CDNs. The information on caching is bountiful, but I've been unable to create something that works. I'...
2
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2answers
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Wordpress htaccess redirect from http to https
Currently I use this rule on my WordPress .htaccess file to redirect HTTP to HTTPS:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{...
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0answers
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htaccess requesting password twice
I am using .htaccess to password-protect a directory. When users attempt to log in, they enter a username and password, and are refused access --- but if they try a second time, they get in just fine ...
2
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1answer
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.htaccess to redirect domain1 to domain2
I currently have a .htaccess file with the current lines to force HTTPS:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
My main domain is ...
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0answers
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Combining password protection and redirects in .htaccess file
I'm a designer who developed a simple site with HTML and CSS.
I'm completely new to .htaccess so it's not surprising I'm struggling to get the file to work as I want.
Problem 1: I want to password ...
4
votes
1answer
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How can I redirect all PDF files with file names that don't start with “public” to the home page?
I would like to disable direct access to all PDF files except those with a public- prefix on the beginning on the file name (e.g., public-samplepdf.pdf) so they can be viewed in public. I'd like to ...
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How to use X-Robots-Tag to noindex all subdomains (save specific exceptions)?
Google's Robots meta tag and X-Robots-Tag HTTP header specifications page (Practical implementation of X-Robots-Tag with Apache section) gives an example of noindexing certain filetypes, ie:
<...
4
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1answer
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Whats the correct htaccess line to direct from sub-domain to main domain
We have a blog on a subdomain which needs to be moved to the main domain
ie: blog.example.com/post-title
to example.com/blog/post-title
Do I need to create a redirect match for each individual post/...
0
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1answer
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.htaccess Redirect if no sub string found in the URL
Whenever user comes in example.com how to redirect them to example.com/home
Note:
The current routing/URL paths should work after adding this condition/rule
For example:
example.com/about-us -> no ...
0
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1answer
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.htaccess rewrite rules working on Mac Apache 2.2 but not on CentOS Apache 2.4
I've run into an issue when moving from a test server to a production server. I have a set of .htaccess rules in a file in the public_html site root:
#Root directory htaccess
RewriteEngine On # ...
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1answer
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what is url robot search engine when enter to my website [closed]
what is url search engine robots when enter to my website
for example i add this code in .htaccess
this code just allow google robots read the robots.txt
i need to add url ( msn , yahoo , bing ) ...
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vote
1answer
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Overwriting cookies in htaccess
I run a website in a quite cheap shared hosting environment (LAMP): technically speaking, in this context the only thing I can do is edit one or more htaccess files.
Maybe for load balancing purposes,...
2
votes
1answer
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How to have .htaccess display 404.html for child pages
I am working on a website example.com that has an error page example.com/404.html.
Here's my entire .htaccess file (Apache):
# Forces HTTPS
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^(....
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votes
1answer
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I cannot do https redirection on my website on .htaccess
Am having a local classified website. I bought SSL for the domain but cannot put https redirect on htaccess since my developer wrote somerule on htaccess to get url for SEO. Can some help for the same....
3
votes
2answers
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.htaccess using HTTP_HOST has one extra extraneous redirect when forcing HTTPS
When I use these lines in my .htaccess file, everything works well:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://example.com%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
Then I tried to make it ...
2
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1answer
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Redirect URL without lang directory to default language
This: example.com/test/ should redirect to: example.com/en/test/, but: example.com/es/test/ shoudn't redirect.
in this case /test/ could be anything, with any number of levels (i.e.: /test/succeeded/ ...
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.htaccess redirect dynamic URL (with numeric ID) to remove “track” from the end
It seems to be easy, but I can't figure out how to solve it, nothing worked for me. I have a dynamic URL like: http://www.example.com/user/46/track and I want to redirect from that URL to http://www....
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0answers
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Disallow URLs made with mod_rewrite in robots.txts [closed]
Here is my robots.txt file:
User-agent: *
Disallow: /head.php
Disallow: /head/
Disallow: /head
Disallow: /header.php
Disallow: /header/
Disallow: /header
Disallow: /footer.php
Disallow: /footer/
...
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WordPress multisite ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS where the domain name ends up in the path for nonexistent pages
I have a WordPress multisite setup with subdomains. I have pointed five subdomains to it. I have also installed SSL to main domain and the other subdomains.
I have written the below Redirect code for ...
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vote
1answer
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RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on is not working even though RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$ works
I have a requirement to check for non HTTPS URLs in htaccess.
My understanding is that RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on will match all URLs that are not HTTPS. But upon testing, I find RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !...
3
votes
1answer
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Problem with .htaccess for files having similar kind of names
I have a file with name lang.php and another file in the same folder with same lang_inst.php.
The .htaccess am using is:
RewriteEngine On
Options -Indexes
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
...
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0answers
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Cannot figure out how my nodejs application run with apache
I need to push my node app updates to remote host which is really wired. It uses standard cPanel + apache bundle, but also has node installed.
Root domain mywired.host hosts static files from ...
2
votes
1answer
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Are these 3 redirect rules equal?
I would like to redirect the non-https and non-www versions my domain to the https and www version of it. I'm a bit confused by the options. Are these redirect rules equal for my purpose?
# REDIRECT ...
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.httaccess password protection not working on recently updated browsers
My situation is this: I have a web folder on an Apache server protected with standard .httaccess password protection. It's been working fine for years and the code hasn't been modified in any way. In ...
2
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2answers
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How is it best to redirect http to https in cPanel?
I am setting up a new site on a domain that has an SSL certificate. The DNS is all configured correctly and I can access the site on either http://example.com or https://example.com URLs.
Currently, ...
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2answers
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How to force ssl and www for a subdomain as an independent domain?
I have own the example.tld .
I want to force SSL and https for root-domain and all of its subdomains.
I have used below code in .htaccess file of root-domain:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} ...
3
votes
1answer
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How to Redirect Pages with Query String?
I want to Redirect as seen below:
https://example.com/p1/p2?sort=p.model&order=ASC&page=2
to
https://example.com/p3/p4?sort=p.model&order=ASC&page=2
Also, I have this code in my ....
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2answers
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Rewrite all URLs within subdirectory to index.html so JavaScript can use the path
I have a part of domain example.com/~mypart. In that folder is index.html. If I visit example.com/~mypart/something I get a "Not Found" error.
I want every address with some string after example.com/...
0
votes
1answer
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Remove two subfolders and change plusses to dashes in the URL using .htaccess
I'm in the process of migrating a website from an old CMS to Wordpress. The way that some of the old URLs were:
http://www.example.com/tags/tagged/tag/tag+name
For Wordpress, I need it to be the ...
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votes
3answers
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Is an .htaccess edit necessary when enabling Cloudflare SSL?
I have recently changed 3-4 of my sites to Cloudflare SSL. After that, I went to General Settings on WordPress and changed URLs from HTTP to HTTPS.
And it redirects from HTTP to HTTPS without any ...
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0answers
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How do I serve webp images from my WordPress site but exclude the WP backend/admin
For some reason that I cannot fathom, my Chrome installation does not show me webp images from my website. I can see webp images on other sites (I think - how can you tell if you are being served a ...
4
votes
1answer
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Can a URL with a # anchor be redirected in .htaccess?
I believe this can't be done, but it would be good to confirm either way. To know if it's worth investing more time in or not.
Can a .htaccess file rewrite/redirect:
example.net/postname#heading2
...
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How best to handle a common mis-spelling of my domain name?
My surname is Kirkby, but very often people mis-spell it, by leaving out the second 'k' and so spell it as Kirby.
My domain name is kirkbymicrowave.co.uk, but I took a guess that a few people at ...
2
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1answer
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Redirecting from one page to another page on my website causes 404 error after using .htaccess file
Currently I'm working on a PHP blog. Where I have used an .htaccess file to get a clean URL, here is the code:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=off
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com$
...
2
votes
1answer
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How to redirect all pages of site A, including those with query strings, to homepage of site B
I want to redirect all pages of SiteA to homepage of SiteB.
I used this code in SiteA's .htaccess file:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://SiteB.tld/ [...
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.htaccess redirect to new domain with new page name [closed]
Does anyone know how (or if) I can do an .htaccess redirect if both the domain and page name have changed?
I can get olddomain.com/page/ to redirect to newdomain.com/page/ (same page name), but not ...
