Redirect to Website

dw1256 · 25-Jul-2005, 12:52 PM #1

I make fairly simple web pages with Microsoft Frontpage but I am soon going to be over the server space I have available. I am looking for a script to upload onto the server space, to redirect to my computer where I will host the website using gene6 ftp server.

Before I even worry about some of the settings for the server, I would just like to get the right script, if possilbe, using the following to make it more simple for me:

Represent IP Address with - xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Index file location - C:\website\index.htm(do i need the full path or is some of that taken care of with the server?)
Refresh to new location as quickly as possible.

And Finally, I dont know much about code which is why I use frontpage, but do I just copy the script and paste it in the code sections on Frontpage between <body> and </body>?

Thanks.

I Fix 4 U · 26-Jul-2005, 09:15 AM #2

You can also do redirects in cpanel I think.

dw1256 · 26-Jul-2005, 12:21 PM #3

How would you go about doing that?

brendandonhu · 26-Jul-2005, 12:33 PM #4

You could use this tag for refresh by adding it to <head> in frontpage.

Code:

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://xx.xxx.xx.xx">

But that isn't foolproof and won't work for some browsers/users.

If this is an Apache server, you could create a file called .htaccess and do a redirect there (this is what a cPanel redirect would do, but we don't know if you have cPanel or not)

Code:

Redirect /directory/file.html http://xx.xxx.xx.xx/file.html

If your webhost supports PHP, you could create a PHP script with this in it:

PHP Code:

  <?

header('Location: http://xx.xxx.xx.xx/file.html');

?>

I Fix 4 U · 26-Jul-2005, 12:34 PM #5

I use the second one, cpanel does that for me but i know how2 do it manually. I mess with htaccess every now and then.

brendandonhu · 26-Jul-2005, 12:37 PM #6

Yes, but how do we know the thread starter has cPanel?

I Fix 4 U · 26-Jul-2005, 01:08 PM #7

We don't which is why I'm glad you actually put the code in there

dw1256 · 26-Jul-2005, 02:10 PM #8

I dont have cpanel. How do I create the .htaccess file?

I Fix 4 U · 26-Jul-2005, 02:12 PM #9

First check in your ftp if you have a directory (or sometimes a shortcut to a directory) called www.

There may be an htaccess file in there, infact there should be, it is used by apache.

brendandonhu · 26-Jul-2005, 02:17 PM **#10**

First you need to make sure its an Apache server. You can do that by asking your webhost or checking their website.

Then you need to create a file called .htaccess (there probably isn't one there yet, otherwise, edit the existing one) and put the Redirect code in it.

I Fix 4 U · 26-Jul-2005, 02:18 PM **#11**

Brendan, I thought .htaccess is always there if it is an apache server?

brendandonhu · 26-Jul-2005, 02:23 PM **#12**

.htaccess is optional.
It won't be there unless you made one (or cpanel made one for you)

I Fix 4 U · 26-Jul-2005, 03:29 PM **#13**

Cpanel mustv made one for me before I found out about it.

pushcrew · 01-Aug-2005, 03:22 AM **#14**

first cpanel isn't available for windows users. Its a linux thingy, maybe zpanel, but don't know if it does that kinda stuff.

brendandonhu · 01-Aug-2005, 04:23 AM **#15**

Who said anything about Windows? This is most likely a Linux server.

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