How do I Setup HTaccess?

coreygeer

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I'm confused on this.. I want to set up a HTAccess file to re-direct but how do I make it or set it up? Is it a file I have to manually make, is it a file I have to edit or what is it?

How exactly do I set it up or make one?

 

fatboy

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You can create your own - most ready made sites like WP, Joomla etc come with one.
To create your own ask the question or hit Gooooooogle

 

unravelled

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if you use godaddy try the mod rewrite method instead of straight redirect

 

yeti_racer

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Make a file in the root of your web directory named .htaccess, and use the following text in it:

Code:

Redirect /myaffiliate http://www.myaffiliatewebsite.com

Now, in your posts or whatever, when you post the link http://www.mydomain.com/myaffiliate the people clicking it get sent to http://www.myaffiliatewebsite.com

 

coreygeer

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I've created a text file and labeled it .htaccess but I can only see it if I view my directory through Filezilla.

Also, I'm using Host Gator.

 

coreygeer

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Alright nevermind, I got it now.. I had to rename the file through Filezilla, I got it figured out now.

 

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hudval69

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Code:

http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess7.shtml

Web page explains alot of different things you can do with htaccess