Re: problems with Redirects

[Clint Davis <cdavis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a very good question. I would love to know the answer as well.


On 4/22/04 2:44 PM, "Alan Eshelman" <alan.eshelman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Okay let's say directory with its own subdirectories of pages has been
> removed from my site and any queries for that topic need to be directed
> to another web site and domain. I want to redirect not only requests
> for the main directory for that topic, but also any direct links that
> people might have saved as bookmarks. i.e. i need to redirect
> mysite.com/oldtopic/ and mysite.com/oldtopic/oldpage.html as well. I
> would -assume- you could put in:
> 
> URL Path: /oldtopic/         Destination URL: http://www.othersite.com/
> 
> This works, but -only- if the person hitting my web site goes exactly
> to http://www.mysite.com/oldtopic/
> 
> If they hit a bookmark and try to go to
> mysite.com/oldtopic/oldpage.html, the server tries to redirect them to
> http://www.othersite.com/oldpage.html, which is not what i want, they
> need to be directed to the root of othersite.com.
> 
> So is there some sort of wildcard I can use when defining these
> redirects? Something like:
> 
> URL Path: /oldtopic/*        Destination URL: http://www.othersite.com/


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