Re: redirect or rewrite specific html files (Apache Users)

Sorry I should have added the version information:

Server version: Apache/2.4.34 (Red Hat)
Server built: Apr 3 2019 12:07:34
Server's Module Magic Number: 20120211:79
Server loaded: APR 1.4.8, APR-UTIL 1.5.2
Compiled using: APR 1.4.8, APR-UTIL 1.5.2
Architecture: 64-bit
Server MPM: event
threaded: yes (fixed thread count)
forked: yes (variable process count)

I was hoping this was pretty straight forward but maybe it is not..

Thanks,

On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 9:14 AM Herb Burnswell <herbert.burnswell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

I am looking for some guidance on how to forward specific html files to a new locations. The motivation is for users who might have bookmarked a no longer current location and best practices for SEO functionality. Here would be an example:

Old:
https://example.com/old/path/to/old_file.html

New:
https://example.com/new/path/to/new_file.html

There is no consistency to the path of old and new file locations, so my thought would be to define based upon the URI ending in old_file.html. However, in my testing I have not been able to get it correct. Would something like this be the best approach, of course I need to get the proper regex to allow it to work?

Redirect ".*/old_file\.html$" "https://example.com/new/path/to/new_file.html" [R=301,L]

Is a 301 redirect the best way to ensure that SEO is updated for new locations?

Any guidance is much appreciate.

Thanks,

HB