Title: .htaccess Redirect Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # .htaccess Redirect * [npolen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/npolen/) * (@npolen) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-redirect-6/) * I need to redirect old webpages (not created in WordPress) to the new wordpress home page (www.raminternationalcatering.com). I can’t seem to make the .htaccess file work because I am VERY NEW to the WordPress dashboard and how it works. Could you help me out with some example code and where I am suppose to upload the file? Is it suppose to be in the wp-admin folder or the entire site folder or somewhere else? I have wp-admin, wp-content and wp-includes. Is there suppose to be code before I write ‘Redirect 301 /webpage.html [http://www.domain.com/newwebpage.html](http://www.domain.com/newwebpage.html). * Thanks! Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-redirect-6/#post-2642485) * Google is your friend… [http://ndesign-studio.com/blog/301-htaccess-redirect](http://ndesign-studio.com/blog/301-htaccess-redirect) * Thread Starter [npolen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/npolen/) * (@npolen) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-redirect-6/#post-2642499) * So, my code would like like in my .htaccess file… * Redirect [http://www.theram.com/catering.shtml](http://www.theram.com/catering.shtml) [http://www.raminternationalcatering.com](http://www.raminternationalcatering.com) * Correct? No code above or below the code typed out above? * Also, where I I upload my .htacess file? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-redirect-6/#post-2642502) * Please re-read the instructions at the page I linked to above. * Thread Starter [npolen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/npolen/) * (@npolen) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-redirect-6/#post-2642508) * Hi, I am sorry but I am still having troubles. I have reread it and tried to change my file. This is what I have in my .htaccess file… * Redirect 301 /www.theram.com/catering.shtml [http://www.raminternationalcatering.com/](http://www.raminternationalcatering.com/) * What is wrong? It doesn’t work when I click on the [http://www.theram.com/catering.shtml](http://www.theram.com/catering.shtml) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-redirect-6/#post-2642511) * Try renaming catering.shtml * Thread Starter [npolen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/npolen/) * (@npolen) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-redirect-6/#post-2642517) * I am assuming you meant this… * Redirect 301 /catering.shtml [http://www.raminternationalcatering.com/](http://www.raminternationalcatering.com/) * This does not work, any other suggestions to get this to work? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-redirect-6/#post-2642524) * No. Try renaming the file currently called catering.shtml * Thread Starter [npolen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/npolen/) * (@npolen) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-redirect-6/#post-2642528) * All due respect but, could you elaborate a little more as to why I should have to rename the file? In my other non-wordpress websites, I have not had to rename files in order to have the .htaccess file work properly. Thanks * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-redirect-6/#post-2642631) * You’re trying to redirect a page that exists. It can cause issues. * `Redirect 301 catering.shtml http://www.raminternationalcatering.com/` * should be fine if the file does NOT exist. * The default WP .htaccess can be seen here: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks#Creating_and_editing_.28.htaccess.29](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks#Creating_and_editing_.28.htaccess.29) * Put any redirects ABOVE that. * [nicolaaa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicolaaa/) * (@nicolaaa) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-redirect-6/#post-2642650) * I need to redirect old webpages (not created in WordPress) to the new wordpress home page (www.raminternationalcatering.com). I can’t seem to make the .htaccess file work because I am VERY NEW to the WordPress dashboard and how it works[.](http://www.lalinguaarabapertutti.com) Could you help me out with some example code and where I am suppose to upload the file? Is it suppose to be in the wp-admin folder or the entire site folder or somewhere else? I have wp-admin, wp-content and wp-includes. Is there suppose to be code before I write ‘Redirect 301 /webpage.html [http://www.domain.com/newwebpage.html](http://www.domain.com/newwebpage.html). * Thanks! * i think you can use short link redirection * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-redirect-6/#post-2642675) * nicolaaa – You should really make your own topic, as this is a different situation. * You don’t upload pages into WP. They’re generated dynamically. Write a post ( or a page). That gives you a permalink like domain.com/newpage * Then you put THAT info into your .htaccess: * `Redirect 301 /webpage.html http://www.domain.com/newwebpage` * If you need help understanding how to write pages and posts in WP, start [http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_Posts](http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_Posts) * Thread Starter [npolen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/npolen/) * (@npolen) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-redirect-6/#post-2642677) * Thanks for your help! I really messed up my files and cannot get to my dashboard and the website says 403 forbidden. I am awesome. Ha! I have someone else working on it now, so hopefully they can solve the mystery. 🙁 Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) The topic ‘.htaccess Redirect’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [htaccess](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/htaccess/) * [redirect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/redirect/) * In: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/) * 12 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [npolen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/npolen/) * Last activity: [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-redirect-6/#post-2642677) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics