> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elmer Tolentino [mailto:elmer (at mark) webmerch.com]
> Sent: 27 June 2006 18:59
> To: coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
> Subject: [coba-e:05895] Re: 301 redirects in .htaccess
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Colin Jack [mailto:colin (at mark) mainline.co.uk]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 9:22 AM
> > To: coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
> > Subject: [coba-e:05893] 301 redirects in .htaccess
> >
> > We have moved a client off an old RAQ3 server onto one of our new
> > CentOS/BQ 4.2 specials and have a problem.
> >
> > They use 301 redirects in a .htaccess in the root of their
> web site e.g.
> >
> > Redirect 301 /pages/html/e_of_e.html
> > http://www.easterncathedrals.org.uk/index.html
> > Redirect 301 /pages/html/chelmsford.html
> > http://www.easterncathedrals.org.uk/chelmsford.html
> >
>
> Have a look at your httpd.conf?
>
> I added the block below:
>
> <Directory "/home/.sites/">
> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes MultiViews
> AllowOverride All
> </Directory>
>
> After the default setting of:
>
> <Directory />
> Options FollowSymLinks
> AllowOverride None
> </Directory>
>
> Not sure how much of a security risk it is enabling the
> options and the overrides but I do have redirects working.
>
>
> > This doesn't work on the new box - lots of these in the error_log:
> >
> > [Tue Jun 27 16:47:08 2006] [alert] [client 72.30.110.16]
> > /home/.sites/38/site94/web/.htaccess: Redirect not allowed
> here [Tue
> > Jun 27 16:47:08 2006] [alert] [client 72.30.110.16]
> > /home/.sites/38/site94/web/.htaccess: Redirect not allowed
> here [Tue
> > Jun 27 16:47:35 2006] [alert] [client 84.45.131.144]
> > /home/.sites/38/site94/web/.htaccess: Redirect not allowed here
> >
> > Can anybody shed any light?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Colin
>
The question is why was it disabled in the first place ;)
301 redirects are the recommended solution to avoid annoying the search
engines, but I do wonder why they are not enabled.
Anybody know?
Colin