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On Monday 20 August 2007 16:01, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi Dave, > > On Sun, Aug 19, 2007 at 06:59:26PM +0100, Dave Morgan wrote: > > My current .htaccess file - > > > > Redirect 301 /topmenu.html /topmenu.php > > Redirect 301 /books-az.html /books.php > > Redirect 301 /goodsinwards.html /gallery2/main.php/v/4801pics/ > > Redirectmatch 410 ^(/gallery/)* > > > > The top three lines work, but the bottom line does not. > > > > What should I have put on the bottom line to get it to match all > > paths starting /gallery/ ? > > I think you want: > > RedirectMatch permanent ^/gallery/.*$ /gallery2/main.php > > or: > > RedirectMatch gone ^/gallery/.*$ > > Cheers, > Andy The first think a bot should do when searching a web site is go get www.website.dom/robots.txt - this file tells the bot where it can and cannot go - you dont want a bot running all your cgi-bin files etc... Its best to set this up to disallow everything and enable only those bits of your site that are relatively permanent otherwise you'll be trying to redirect every last page you ever write. .htaccess should be used for security and 'housekeeping' and should not be used for fending of search engines Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html