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  • 07-05-2021 6:51am
    #1
    Timfy
    Registered Users Posts: 723 ✭✭✭


    A press release for a website that we have mashed together has been released. Unfortunately, the URL included was incorrect.

    Should have been domain/win.html
    What was sent domain/win

    Is there any way to set up a simple redirect that sends .../win to .../win.html

    Obviously if it was an incorrect spelling I could just set up a quick and dirty redirect script on the "wrong" page and if there was the trailing / I could just mirror the directory but no, nothing that simple.

    Any suggestions would be gratefully accepted... cheers all!

    No trees were harmed in the posting of this message, however a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.



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    JDxtra
    Registered Users Posts: 5,867 ✭✭✭JDxtra


    Create a folder called "win". Inside here, place an index.htm file that contains your redirect code.


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    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Can you create a folder called win and tgen create a default.html file which contains a redirect.

    It's nasty, I know.

    Depending on your server setup, there's probably a better way.


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    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    JDxtra wrote: »
    Create a folder called "win". Inside here, place an index.htm file that contains your redirect code.

    Aha, great minds eh?


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    Timfy
    Registered Users Posts: 723 ✭✭✭Timfy


    Guys... a thousand thank yous to you both. So bloody simple that I didn't even try that... I assumed that the lack of trailing / would throw that out the window!!!

    Superstars!

    No trees were harmed in the posting of this message, however a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.



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    #6
    Timfy
    Registered Users Posts: 723 ✭✭✭Timfy


    Thread can be closed now.

    No trees were harmed in the posting of this message, however a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.



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    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Timfy wrote: »
    I assumed that the lack of trailing / would throw that out the window!!!

    It won't, because the url lacks a file extension, and so the server will interpret win as a folder name.


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    daymobrew
    Registered Users Posts: 6,490 ✭✭✭daymobrew


    I would think that a .htaccess file with a 301 redirect would be quicker for the browser: 
    Redirect 301 /win https://domain.com/win.html
Redirect 301 /win/index.hml https://domain.com/win.html
    You'd have to experiment to find which one works as it would depend on what the server sees the incoming request as.


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