Gossamer Forum: General: Perl Programming: 404 re-direct

Mar 24, 2003, 3:03 AM

klauslovgreen

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Mar 24, 2003, 3:03 AM

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404 re-direct

Hi,

Have you seen anything similar to:
http://www.willmaster.com/...r/404/mr.pl?v=manual

I really need something like this - sadly this is not very stable (only work once in a while..?!?)

Klaus

http://www.ameinfo.com

Mar 24, 2003, 3:23 AM

Andy

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Mar 24, 2003, 3:23 AM

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Have you heard of 'BirdTrap' by BigNoseBird?

http://www.bignosebird.com/carchive/birdtrap.shtml

Cheers

Andy (mod)
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Mar 24, 2003, 5:13 AM

klauslovgreen

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Mar 24, 2003, 5:13 AM

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Hi Andy,

Thanks - but it does not seem to be able to handle specific pages.. ie. if someone visit mydomain.com/andy and it does not exist - I want a list and then be able to re-direct future requests of /andy to ex. /cgi-bin/search.cgi?key=andy

Any ideas?

Klaus

http://www.ameinfo.com

Mar 24, 2003, 5:20 AM

Andy

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Mar 24, 2003, 5:20 AM

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Where are you setting up your .htaccess file, and also, what does it now contain? You may need to restart you machine (if you are on a dedicated server).

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Mar 24, 2003, 5:39 AM

klauslovgreen

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Mar 24, 2003, 5:39 AM

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Hi,

I am setting it up on root level and it redirects 404 to /cgi-bin/404.cgi

So I want that 404.cgi script to handle things as per my first post.

Klaus

http://www.ameinfo.com

Mar 24, 2003, 5:45 AM

Andy

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Mar 24, 2003, 5:45 AM

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Do you specifically need a .cgi script to handle it?

I use;

ErrorDocument 404 http://new.linkssql.net

Just put that in a .htaccess file, in your public_html (htdocs, or whatever you use)...and try it again. Seems to work fine for me.

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Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Mar 24, 2003, 5:50 AM

klauslovgreen

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Mar 24, 2003, 5:50 AM

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Hi Andy,

Yes I can use that and it would work to some extend - but the reason I need the handling by a cgi script is because I am moving to a new server (all running on LinksSQL) and hence some very know URL's like /advertising /contact etc that we have been using to promote our site for years will now be in new locations.

So to make it smooth for the user I would like to have a re-direct file that takes care of these known and promoted url's and re-direct them to where Links will be having them.

I know that I could set a load of index pages up in otherwise empty directories and use Meta refresh - but ... life is short :-)

Klaus

http://www.ameinfo.com

Apr 2, 2003, 8:31 PM

zeroisgod42

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Apr 2, 2003, 8:31 PM

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for a short time, keep an eye on your error log, and build redirects
of in your .htaccess have it auto forward hits on those paths to the new path

Apr 3, 2003, 9:05 AM

klauslovgreen

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Apr 3, 2003, 9:05 AM

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Thanks - how can I use .htaccess for that - could you give me an example?

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Klaus

http://www.ameinfo.com

Apr 11, 2003, 10:17 AM

webmaster33

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Apr 11, 2003, 10:17 AM

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This this syntax in .htaccess:

Code:
RedirectPermanent /contact http://www.newsite.com/contact/contact.html

EDIT: This should work well for search engines, too. Some will follow it correctly to the new site.

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Apr 11, 2003, 10:20 AM

klauslovgreen

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Apr 11, 2003, 10:20 AM

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Thanks

Klaus

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