‘Photo Manipulation’

htaccess: Stopping “page not found” errors

Stop Page not found errors when you restructure or move your site

Its a problem I come across often. Someone does a complete site redesign and all the filenames and paths have changed. They are really pleased with their new site. It looks good and works well. But what they don’t realise is their users aren’t so happy. Why? Well perhaps they have bookmarked one of your old pages. Or perhaps they type a search phrase into a search engine and it returns a link to your old pages. In both cases they will get “Page not found”.

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