Hi, does anyone know how to do a search engine friendly redirect, so i can redirect users automatically from www.website.com to www.website.com/en

 

thanks

 

ben

not sure if i am right, but you could use a .htaccess file to manage the redirect and/or create a subfolder called en and redirect your website to it.

 

Sorry i cannot be of more help. .htaccess and redirects confuse me

Hi,

 

How does this work for you?

 

Create a file called .htaccess and add the following code into it and upload it into the root of your web folder.

 

RewriteEngine on 
RewriteRule /$	/en/ [L,R=301]

 

You could also try adding the full address instead of just slashes if that doesn't work.

the host server has to be apache driven for that to work. if the host server is windows based .htaccess won't work.

check with your supplier first.

 

ben is there a google friendly alternative to .htaccess for IIS users?

the host server has to be apache driven for that to work. if the host server is windows based .htaccess won't work.

check with your supplier first.

 

ben is there a google friendly alternative to .htaccess for IIS users?

 

i think you just call it htaccess.txt instead of .htaccess

i think you just call it htaccess.txt instead of .htaccess

 

 

no, .htaccess is an apache exclusive file. simply renaming it that way won't do anything.

 

just found this, if your server does happen to be running IIS ISAPI Re-Write will allow you to do URL re-writes much the same as using a .htaccess file.

no, .htaccess is an apache exclusive file. simply renaming it that way won't do anything.

 

just found this, if your server does happen to be running IIS ISAPI Re-Write will allow you to do URL re-writes much the same as using a .htaccess file.

 

 

Thats cool, i just thought i saw somewhere yesterday that said do it that way. I learn something new everyday