i am looking to do 301 redirects.

from index.html to default.aspx

I want to do this in the htaccess file.

this is what i am currently doing and it doesn't seem to work.

redirect 301 /index.html http://www.mooreparkstables.com.au/default.aspx

what am i doing wrong?

I have about 15 URL to redirect...so i want to deal with this through the htacess file.

Thanks

ilan

Hi,

Would you please be more specific about it doesn't work? You can take a look at the following page on how to redirect a web page using a 301 Redirect: 

http://www.isitebuild.com/301-redirect.htm 

Redirect Old domain to New domain (htaccess redirect)

Create a .htaccess file with the below code, it will ensure that all your directories and pages of your old domain will get correctly redirected to your new domain.
The .htaccess file needs to be placed in the root directory of your old website (i.e the same directory where your index file is placed)

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.newdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Please REPLACE www.newdomain.com in the above code with your actual domain name.

In addition to the redirect I would suggest that you contact every backlinking site to modify their backlink to point to your new website.

Note* This .htaccess method of redirection works ONLY on Linux servers having the Apache Mod-Rewrite moduled enabled.

so what is the best y to modify links for a windows server?

i found this solution on the web...

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Webmasters/thread?tid=128d859a1c88ece9&hl=en

is this really a solution?

Ilan

For those that are searching, here is the answer

1. Make sure your webhost has enabled htacces of httpd.ini

2. In either case on a WINDOWS SERVER you use ISAPI

3. If you use htaccess you use ISAPI version 3

if you use httpd.ini use ISAPI version 1

here is an example for htaccess

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.html$ / [NC,R=301,L]

RewriteRule ^about\.html$ /aboutus.aspx [NC,R=301,L]

I hope that help someone else!

Ilan