URL structure changed, what to put in .htaccess generator box

[TWDesign]

I've just launched a new site on PrestaShop

 

It replaces an older site that was just written in static HTML.

 

In order to preserve link juice as much as possible I want to do the following

 

Redirect

 

www.mysite.com/index_files/.......

 

to

 

www.mysite.com/ja/

 

AND

 

www.mysite.com/eng/......

 

to

 

www.mysite.com/en/.....

 

 

 

How should I write those redirect instructions.

Please be EXPLICIT as possible.

i.e. to I need to write "Redirect" above or before the instructions?

[Bazze]

I've just launched a new site on PrestaShop

 

It replaces an older site that was just written in static HTML.

 

In order to preserve link juice as much as possible I want to do the following

 

Redirect

 

www.mysite.com/index_files/.......

 

to

 

www.mysite.com/ja/

 

AND

 

www.mysite.com/eng/......

 

to

 

www.mysite.com/en/.....

 

 

 

How should I write those redirect instructions.

Please be EXPLICIT as possible.

i.e. to I need to write "Redirect" above or before the instructions?

 

You need to write some rules for Apache's rewrite module. Google for 'apache mod rewrite tutorial' and you'll find more than enough to help you out. An example: http://www.sitepoint.com/guide-url-rewriting/

[TWDesign]

This is what I mean about being EXPLICIT.

 

Do I need to write all of this?

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^/shortcut$ /complicated/and/way/too/long/url/here

</IfModule>

 

or just the 2nd and 3rd line?

 

or just the 3rd line?

 

 

Little help?

[Bazze]

This is what I mean about being EXPLICIT.

 

Do I need to write all of this?

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^/shortcut$ /complicated/and/way/too/long/url/here

</IfModule>

 

or just the 2nd and 3rd line?

 

or just the 3rd line?

 

 

Little help?

 

Well, I could do everything for you but then I'll have to send you an invoice for it. Sometimes you just have to figure stuff out yourself, if you don't have the time you pay people to do it for you.

 

All those lines should be fine. The IfModule statement is just a safety statement in case the rewrite module isn't enabled.