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Thanks Dee! I've been so busy, I hadn't even notice that! :D
Melissa Rhiannon
OS Windows 10
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Wow, I just surprised even myself. I poked around in RSD and figured how to correct what had been screwed up on the other pages, when I switched the image from a png to a jpg. Check it out gang! :P
Melissa Rhiannon
OS Windows 10
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Here's a peripheral question, if you wouldn't mind. I was just looking over Webmaster and it said there are a lot of 404 codes from pages I've deleted in the past, but other sites might be linking to? Is there a way to add code that would redirect all 404's to my main index page? Does anyone know?
Melissa Rhiannon
OS Windows 10
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You can do it with .htaccess.

# Redirect old file path to new file path
Redirect /old-directory/old-file.html http://example.com/new-directory/new-file.html
I can't hear what I'm looking at.
It's easy to overlook something you're not looking for.

This is a site I built for my work.(RSD)
http://esmansgreenhouse.com
This is a site I built for use in my job.(HTML Editor)
https://pestlogbook.com
This is my personal site used for testing and as an easy way to share photos.(RLM imported to RSD)
https://ericrohloff.com
User 404575 Photo


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887 posts

Hmmm, looks like it might work for a single main page, but there are lots of pages from the past, on sites all over the place, directed at my site, for urls that no longer exist.
Melissa Rhiannon
OS Windows 10
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Senior Advisor
20,238 posts

# Redirect old file path to new file path
Redirect /old-directory/old-file.html http://example.com/new-directory/new-file.html
Redirect /old-directory2/old-file2.html http://example.com/new-directory2/new-file2.html
Redirect /old-directory3/old-file3.html http://example.com/new-directory3/new-file3.html
I can't hear what I'm looking at.
It's easy to overlook something you're not looking for.

This is a site I built for my work.(RSD)
http://esmansgreenhouse.com
This is a site I built for use in my job.(HTML Editor)
https://pestlogbook.com
This is my personal site used for testing and as an easy way to share photos.(RLM imported to RSD)
https://ericrohloff.com
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Senior Advisor
10,951 posts

You can also do this from your cpanel or control panel on your hosting account if you have access to that. It's pretty simple from there as well.

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