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1. AB24
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   Hey :)

   I am trying to redirect IE 6 users to a static page (namely upgrade.php in my site root), i have added the following code to my .htaccess file :

   RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "MSIE 6"
   RewriteRule (.*) /upgrade.php [L,R=301]

   the above code works and will forward visitors using IE 6 to the page, however i get an error "Too many redirects".

   Any ideas?

   Thx,

   AB24

2. Curtiss Grymala
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   Where did you add the code? Is it at the top of your .htaccess file or at the bottom?

3. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 9 months ago #

   Also put in the FULL path http://domain.com/upgrade.php

4. AB24
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   Hey, thanks for your replies :)

   @Curtiss : it is near the top, just after the code below :

   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteBase /
   RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

   could this be overriding the original redirect to upgrade.php? giving me an infinite loop?

   @Ipstenu good point, I will add this tomorrow when i return to work.

   In the mean time i have been googling the problem and found this.

   I noted on the last line, {the rewrite rule} the author took out the (.*) and replaced it with just a . {period} as below :

   RewriteRule . upgrade.html [L]

   so tomorrow i will try the code below and report my findings

   RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "MSIE 6"
   RewriteRule . http://myDomain.com/upgrade.php [L,R=301]

   :)

5. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 9 months ago #

   Put it at the ABSOLUTE top. Above the WordPress stuff.

   RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "MSIE 6"
   RewriteRule (.*) http://myDomain.com/upgrade.php
   
   # Begin WordPress
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteBase /
   RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
   ....

   ETA: I wouldn't put the 301 stuff in there, since you don't really need that except for Google, and Google don't use IE 6 ;)

6. AB24
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   Thanks once again :)

   I will try this out tomorrow morning.

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