[support] htaccess woes

Fri Nov 26 11:59:40 UTC 2010

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:
#

# 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 at 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
>