301 redirect of a subdirectory

[nyc-seo]

Hello!

I am working on a website with the following structure: example.com/sub1/sub2/sub3. The page "example.com/sub1" does not exist (I know this is not the optimal architecture to have this be a nonexistent page). But someone might type that address, so I would like it to redirect it to example.com/sub1/sub2/sub3.

I tried the following redirect: redirect 301 /sub1 http://example.com/sub1/sub2/sub3.

But with this redirect in place, if I go to example.com/sub1, I get redirected to example.com/sub1/sub2/sub3/sub2/sub3 (the redirect just inserts extra subdirectories).

If someone types "example.com/sub1" into a browser, I would "example.com/sub1/sub2/sub3" to come up. Is this possible?

Thank you!

[Matt-Williamson]

This should do the trick

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^sub1 http://example.com/sub1/sub2/sub3 [R=301,NC,L]

[nyc-seo]

Matt,

Thank you very much.

I tried that code, but it seems to conflict with other redirects already in place. I will see what I can figure out.

[Matt-Williamson]

Hi - what other redirects do you have in place - could you stick them on here and perhaps I can help you make sure they don't conflict?

[nyc-seo]

Matt,

Thank you so much for your generous offer! I apologize for my delayed reply. I have had to turn my focus toward other issues and let this one go for the moment.

i really appreciate your support!

[nyc-seo]

Matt,

Our web designer just made a change within Expression Engine, our CMS, and it worked!

Here's the code:

{if segment_2 == "" && segment_3 == ""}{redirect="sub1/sub2/sub3"}{/if}He put the code at the very top of the main /sub1/ template. It means "if segments 2 and 3 are empty, forward to /sub1/sub2/sub3."Thanks again for your help!