Redirect advice

[NileCruises]

My website has two versions of the homepage:

http://www.nile-cruises-4u.co.uk/http://www.nile-cruises-4u.co.uk/index.cfmI wondered if I could set up a 301 redirect in the .htaccess file so that only the http://www.nile-cruises-4u.co.uk page was returned as the homepage?Colin

[djlaidler]

Hey Colin,

Highly recommend redirecting the index.cfm Page to /

The easiest way would be;

Redirect 301 /index.cfm http://www.nile-cruises-4u.co.uk/

Check out www.sitepoint.com/htaccess-for-all/ for more details on htaccess.

Redirection like this prevents duplicate content, but also improves usability. 

NOTE: This has been edited to fix the issue highlighted below.

Cheers Dan

[NileCruises]

Hi Dan,

Thanks very much for that. I've added that to the .htaccess file but whenj I've checked both pages still show.

I checked again via http://www.webconfs.com/redirect-check.php and then I get this error message:

Either http://www.nile-cruises-4u.co.uk/index.cfm is NOT REDIRECTING to any URL or the redirect is NOT SEARCH ENGINE FRIENDLY

I wonder if I've missed something?

Colin

[ThompsonPaul]

Colin, if you just copy and pasted the code Daniel provided, there is a typo in his spelling of your domain name - note the extra "s" at the end of the word "Nile".

If this is the code you're using, the redirect can't work because there is no such page to redirect to (the not redirecting to any url part of the error).

Did you include the typo in the .htaccess entry you created?

Paul

[NileCruises]

Thanks Paul, I hadnt' noticed it.
I'll amend it now and give it another try.

Thanks Paul and thanks Dan.

Colin

[NileCruises]

Nope, unfortunately still not working.

Still get the same error message unfortunately.

Colin

[djlaidler]

Hi Colin,

Sorry for the spelling mistake the first response was off my phone. I have fixed the error (removed the s) in the above answer.

I added the same line to htaccess and you can try the redirection for yourself.

f4240.com/index.cfm

and attached my htaccess as a file for reference.

If you are still struggling I would do the following. Comment out all other code in htaccess temporarily if there is anything (comment by adding # at start of line) to isolate the issue. Ensure that there is no additional white space in the line. EG/ no additional spaces at end of line etc

If you still have no joy, consult your hosting company as they may block htaccess from functioning correctly.

Dan

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