Redirecting all pages to my index....

[Okenyon]

Hi there, my website is undegoing major transformation and i have removed all the old /contact.html etc pages, so all i have on the host is index.html and css file - yet all the pages are indexed on google and when clicked show a unprofessinal error page - how can i make it so that easily any extension goes to my homepage?

please break down in detail - very newbish

Okenyon Reviewed by Okenyon on 25th Feb 2011. Redirecting all pages to my index.... Hi there, my website is undegoing major transformation and i have removed all the old /contact.html etc pages, so all i have on the host is index.html and css file - yet all the pages are indexed on google and when clicked show a unprofessinal error page - how can i make it so that easily any extension goes to my homepage? please break down in detail - very newbish ;) Rating: 5

[CyberHacK]

Hey,

Make 404's redirect to your home page.

[Webestrian]

Ok here is a detailed reply.There is a file in the first directory of your site, public_html, if you are using cPanel and a couple of the other control panels call it http_docs I think.

The file name is .htaccess. It controls all the behind the scenes stuff that manages your site. In this case you are telling it that you want all errors forwarded to a specific page.

To do this,you should add the following line to your .htaccess file:

ErrorDocument 404 /index.php

(or index.html, whatever your index page is).

Hope it helps.

Regards.

[Okenyon]

i placed a file named .htaccess.

with

ErrorDocument 404 /index.php


in the root of the public folder and it didnt work?

[Sponge Bob]

lol 404 is just for the pages that are not available is when they will redirect to the index page.

If you are using cpanel u can redirect all pages through that, go to redirects and redirect all pages to the page you want.

[CyberHacK]

Sponge that is what he needs,

He only has 2 files on his host and the rest aren't there anymore but still indexed. Therefore 404's are what is shown. On cPanel, go to edit error pages & put in a meta refresh to redirect it to your index.

[killer123]

301 redirect:
http://www.webconfs.com/how-to-redirect-a-webpage.php

[Lifetalk]

Create a file named .htaccess

Enter this in it:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule (.*)$ index.html [L]

[Webestrian]

i placed a file named .htaccess.

with

ErrorDocument 404 /index.php


in the root of the public folder and it didnt work?

Strange.works for me tho !
Proof : Type any url with hotfiledownloads.org and it'll go to index page.
e.g. http://www.hotfiledownloads.org/imhottestmenot.html goes to index page

[Lock Down]

He server may be using nginx which plays havoc on standard .htaccess .