301 redirect on windows server (not asp)?

modernape · March 22nd, 2006, 04:33 PM

Hiya,
I've been searching for this for a while, but can't find a solution. I need to create some 301 redirects for some renamed html pages, but my server is windows based. I can't afford to move to an apache server, so can't do .htaccess or IIS (only works with .asp pages?). What do I do? Much appreciated

benbramz · March 22nd, 2006, 09:10 PM

Code:

<% 
Response.Status = "301 Moved Permanently" 
Response.addheader "Location", "http://www.yourdomain.com/newpageurl/" 
Response.End 
%>

modernape · March 23rd, 2006, 09:00 AM

Great, that was easier than I thought! Thanks for that, much appreciated. : )

benbramz · March 23rd, 2006, 12:46 PM

wgrasty · February 14th, 2007, 03:25 PM

I was happy to find that this is possible on Windows servers; however, I tried it and it's not working. I am wanting to redirect an .html file to a .asp file. Is there anything additional I need to do besides using that code for my .html file? Any help is appreciated.

Rob · February 14th, 2007, 05:13 PM

whoa..... way to drag up and old thread.... nice find!!

This is way more difficult, but can be be achieved using a custom 404 error handler.... not for the feint hearted especially if you have multiple pages to do.

I would shout me on msn messenger for this one -
aspwiz {at} hotmail {dot} com

moojoo · February 15th, 2007, 12:33 PM

Apache it's easy with .htaccess =P. And isn't apache free? Apache, Linux, PHP/MySQL = server for nothing.

badlyDrawnToy · February 15th, 2007, 01:14 PM

IIS allows you to redirect without scripting. see http://www.accessibility101.org.uk/tips/80.htm for how to do it

Rob · February 15th, 2007, 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by badlyDrawnToy

IIS allows you to redirect without scripting. see http://www.accessibility101.org.uk/tips/80.htm for how to do it

That is useless in this situation as it relies on the fact you have admin access to the server. Not having admin access basically means you are screwed for .htm files, as the .net method will not trap them.

I'm sure others will find it useful however.

The only resolution here is to implement a custom 404 error handler in ASP, or .net and to scrape the requested url, analyse it and deal with it in script - ultimately issuing a 301 redirect that way.

Anyway, wgrasty'ss problem has now been resolved with the above method

Rostok · June 4th, 2007, 11:48 AM

You should try this ASP script(s).
http://evolvedcode.net/content/code_smart404/
for handling the custom 404 error messages, which means basically that you should delete/rename your old files and this script will redirect them to the new ones. Works for .htm or .html as well.

annanilova · March 25th, 2008, 09:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by benbramz

Code:

<% 
Response.Status = "301 Moved Permanently" 
Response.addheader "Location", "http://www.yourdomain.com/newpageurl/" 
Response.End 
%>

I am on a Windows server, too, and would like to use this code to redirect one of my HTML pages. Could someone explain WHERE should I insert this code? What should be the file's name and extension and where should it be placed? Sorry for a "stupid" question, I am a complete newbee.

Bspencer11 · July 9th, 2009, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by annanilova

I am on a Windows server, too, and would like to use this code to redirect one of my HTML pages. Could someone explain WHERE should I insert this code? What should be the file's name and extension and where should it be placed? Sorry for a "stupid" question, I am a complete newbee.

I am also a complete noob, and don't know where to put this code. Plus, will it even work on an html page, or does i need to be ASP?

adw1104 · November 4th, 2009, 12:11 PM

If anyone can tell me WHERE this useful code snippet has to go to enable redirects on a windows server I would be very grateful.

I have already tried pasting it inside the <head></head> tags of the old page - didn't work.
Then I tried deleting all the code from the old page and left only the code snippet - that didn't work.

My hosting support say that scripting issues are none or their concern and just send me links to unhelpful web pages.

Please, if anyone can help me save my rankings that have taken me four years to build I would be most grateful. Truly I would.

I have been trying for two days to get this apparently simple little job done.

Thanks in advance