Can .htaccess fix this problem?

BT69 · Sep 30, 2024

1. ) 2 years ago a I set up an html site without a wordpress blog

2.) 18 months later I installed a wordpress blog in a different directory on same domain

3. ) I linked to the blog from the main page (index.php)

I've deleted the html site but I want to keep the wordpress blog.

Can I use .htaccess to redirect to wordpress blog's subdirectory? Or, will I have to do a new install of wordpress in the domain's root directory?

xReminisce · Sep 30, 2024

BT69 said:
Can I use .htaccess to redirect to wordpress blog's subdirectory?

Yes, you can
Something like this

Code:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/subdirectory/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /subdirectory/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

Replace /subdirectory/ with the actual name of your subdirectory.

BT69 · Sep 30, 2024

xReminisce said:
Yes, you can
Something like this

Code:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/subdirectory/ RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /subdirectory/$1 [L] </IfModule>

Replace /subdirectory/ with the actual name of your subdirectory.

I'm really weak in my knowledge of .htacess so kindly tolerate my attempt to understand this.

Where it says "RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f " "RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d" Do I write in "index.php" for the old site?

xReminisce · Sep 30, 2024

BT69 said:
I'm really weak in my knowledge of .htacess so kindly tolerate my attempt to understand this.

Where it says "RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f " "RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d" Do I write in "index.php" for the old site?

Code:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?yoursite.com$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/my_subdir/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /my_subdir/$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?yoursite.com$
RewriteRule ^(/)?$ my_subdir/index.php [L]
</IfModule>

This should ensure all your request to your root domain are redirected
Change according for my_subdir and yoursite
my coding is quite rusty

if anyone has a better way go nuts

Scroog · Sep 30, 2024

Why would you throw away the homepage, just install one more wordpress and recreate your html or move the blog from the folder to the root than make category called blog in your wp so your old urls are still same...

xReminisce · Sep 30, 2024

xReminisce said:
Code:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?yoursite.com$ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/my_subdir/ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /my_subdir/$1 [L] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?yoursite.com$ RewriteRule ^(/)?$ my_subdir/index.php [L] </IfModule>

This should ensure all your request to your root domain are redirected
Change according for my_subdir and yoursite
my coding is quite rusty if anyone has a better way go nuts

Honestly, just go to your hosting's live service/ticket and ask them to fix it for you.
9 outta 10 times they would do it for free

BNB · Sep 30, 2024

You have: site dot com (index file deleted) and site dot com / blog

Everything you need to do is 301 redirect from site com to site com / blog

You can upload a simple html index file with 1 line of code that will do 301 redirect.

You can ask your hosting to do it for you, or from your C-panel you can do it yourself, just find Redirections option

If you want via .htaccess (most simple one) just enter this anywhere in .htaccess and save.

RewriteEngine on
Redirect 301 /index.html /site.com/blog.html

You can do it via PHP file, any will work, just upload a file to root of website or edit .htaccess or use cpanel or ask hosting company to assist you. They must do it for free.

Since you wrote PHP index file actually, here you go, just upload another index .php with this

PHP:

<?php
// Permanent redirection
header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
header("Location: http://www.site.com/blogname.html");
exit();
?>

BT69 · Sep 30, 2024

xReminisce said:
This should ensure all your request to your root domain are redirected
Change according for my_subdir and yoursite
my coding is quite rusty if anyone has a better way go nuts

You're wonderful and thank you

BNB said:
You have: site dot com (index file deleted) and site dot com / blog

You're really awesome too ! Thanks

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