FYI
There's a module for that.

http://drupal.org/project/path_redirect

Ryan LeTulle

bayousoft.com
twitter.com/bayousoft





On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 5:59 AM, Pinbrook Gmail Support <pinbrook@gmail.com> wrote:
just hoping the lack of replies means no-one can see anything wrong
with the 301 lines so maybe there is something else in the htaccess
that is causing the knock on effect. this really has me stumped!

# Apache/PHP/Drupal settings:
#

# Protect files and directories from prying eyes.
<FilesMatch "\.(engine|inc|info|install|make|module|profile|test|po|sh|.*sql|theme|tpl(\.php)?|xtmpl|svn-base)$|^(code-style\.pl|Entries.*|Repository|Root|Tag|Template|all-wcprops|entries|format)$">
 Order allow,deny
</FilesMatch>

# Don't show directory listings for URLs which map to a directory.
# Options -Indexes

# Follow symbolic links in this directory.
# Options +FollowSymLinks

# Make Drupal handle any 404 errors.
# ErrorDocument 404 /index.php

# Force simple error message for requests for non-existent favicon.ico.
<Files favicon.ico>
 # There is no end quote below, for compatibility with Apache 1.3.
 ErrorDocument 404 "The requested file favicon.ico was not found.
</Files>

# Set the default handler.
DirectoryIndex index.php


# Requires mod_expires to be enabled.
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
 # Enable expirations.
 ExpiresActive On

 # Cache all files for 2 weeks after access (A).
 ExpiresDefault A1209600

 <FilesMatch \.php$>
   # Do not allow PHP scripts to be cached unless they explicitly send cache
   # headers themselves. Otherwise all scripts would have to overwrite the
   # headers set by mod_expires if they want another caching behavior. This may
   # fail if an error occurs early in the bootstrap process, and it may cause
   # problems if a non-Drupal PHP file is installed in a subdirectory.
   ExpiresActive Off
 </FilesMatch>
</IfModule>

# Various rewrite rules.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
 RewriteEngine on

 # If your site can be accessed both with and without the 'www.' prefix, you
 # can use one of the following settings to redirect users to your preferred
 # URL, either WITH or WITHOUT the 'www.' prefix. Choose ONLY one option:
 #
 # To redirect all users to access the site WITH the 'www.' prefix,
 # (http://example.com/... will be redirected to http://www.example.com/...)
 # adapt and uncomment the following:
 # RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^rannochsmokery\.co.uk$ [NC]
 # RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.rannochsmokery.co.uk/$1 [L,R=301]
 #
 # To redirect all users to access the site WITHOUT the 'www.' prefix,
 # (http://www.example.com/... will be redirected to http://example.com/...)
 # uncomment and adapt the following:
 # RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.com$ [NC]
 # RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.com/$1 [L,R=301]

 # Modify the RewriteBase if you are using Drupal in a subdirectory or in a
 # VirtualDocumentRoot and the rewrite rules are not working properly.
 # For example if your site is at http://example.com/drupal uncomment and
 # modify the following line:
 # RewriteBase /drupal
 #
 # If your site is running in a VirtualDocumentRoot at http://example.com/,
 # uncomment the following line:
 # RewriteBase /

 # Rewrite URLs of the form 'x' to the form 'index.php?q=x'.
 # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
 # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !=/favicon.ico
 # RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]
</IfModule>

# $Id: .htaccess,v 1.90.2.5 2010/02/02 07:25:22 dries Exp $

# custom 301s added

redirect 301 /acatalog/index.html
http://www.taymouthcourtyard.co.uk/rannochsmokery/index.php
redirect 301 /acatalog/Smoked_Duck_Breast.html
http://www.taymouthcourtyard.co.uk/rannochsmokery/smoked-meats-c-15.html

On 25 November 2010 18:39, Pinbrook Gmail Support <pinbrook@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have recently launched a new site and want to do 301 redirects from
> the old pages to the new. So i am adding extra lines to the drupal
> htaccess file.
>
> But if i add
>
> redirect 301 /acatalog/index.html
> http://www.newdomain.co.uk/rannochsmokery/index.php
> redirect 301 /acatalog/Smoked_Duck_Breast.html
> http://www.newdomain.co.uk/rannochsmokery/smoked-meats-c-15.html
>
> at the bottom of htacess all subsequent visits via a browser to any
> existing page on the site results in google saying "oops, that page
> doesnt exsist" - if i remove the 301s all pages are found
>
> What am i doing wrong in my htaccess please
>
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