Changing url of a web site

Bin Zhang bzhang at library.kcc.hawaii.edu
Tue Apr 1 18:57:07 EST 1997


>>>>> "Timothy" == Timothy Renick <timothyr at library2.websteruniv.edu> writes:

    Timothy> Hello, I have setup a new server to run our web site.
    Timothy> The url has changed on purpose.  Now what I want to do is
    Timothy> to keep all of the old server urls active, however, have
    Timothy> them all point to a page that states something like "Our
    Timothy> URL has changed to ...."  I have made the new page, but I
    Timothy> can't figure out how to make all of the old urls point to
    Timothy> it.  The problem is that many people have bookmarked into
    Timothy> the site and I want them to change their bookmarks.  The
    Timothy> old site is running an older NCSA web server.

On your old server configuration file srm.conf, add a line like this: 

Redirect /oldpath/ new_URL

Hope this helps.

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