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V45 Advanced Member United Kingdom 416 Posts Pre-sales questions only (More Details...)	Posted - 06/26/2018 : 13:49:19 Hopefully someone can advise if the following is doable via the htaccess file. A client of mine has a client billing system on their website and for the client to access the client area the URL is as in 1 below. What he wants to know is is it possible to rewrite the URL via htaccess so as to use the much shorter URL in 2 ? 1. https://domainname.co.uk/secure/billing/clientarea.php 2. https://domainname.co.uk/clientarea.php The site isn't live yet Will - Bolton Manchester UK
Andy ECT Moderator 95440 Posts	Posted - 06/26/2018 : 13:59:58 Hi Will I'm sure it is possible to set up redirects via the htaccess file but is this client area you're referring to the vsadmin folder or something else? Andy Please feel free to review / rate our software
V45 Advanced Member United Kingdom 416 Posts Pre-sales questions only (More Details...)	Posted - 06/26/2018 : 14:17:45 Hi Andy It is not in the vsadmin folder. It's been kept totally separate and sits in the secure/billing folders. I've been searching through stuff on the billing systems forum tonight, as well as online generally, but I just can't make any headway. I thought I'd post here & give my favourite 'college of knowledge' a try for an answer Will - Bolton Manchester UK
ITZAP Ecommerce Template Guru Australia 1017 Posts	Posted - 06/26/2018 : 18:38:46 Hi Will, I presume your client wants to tell customers to visit the short and simple URL (2) which will then instantly redirect to actual location, long URL (1). Here is the .htaccess entry to accomplish that: # ==================================== # URL Redirects # ==================================== redirect 301 /clientarea.php https:// domainname.co.uk/secure/billing/clientarea.php Or you can simplify the short URL even further. # ==================================== # URL Redirects # ==================================== redirect 301 /clients https:// domainname.co.uk/secure/billing/clientarea.php Remove the space I added after https:// I put all redirect 301 entries near end of the .htaccess file. Presume in the <head> of clientarea.php you have this entry: <meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow"> Gary Edited by - ITZAP on 06/26/2018 18:52:06
V45 Advanced Member United Kingdom 416 Posts Pre-sales questions only (More Details...)	Posted - 06/27/2018 : 00:34:38 Hi Gary, That works a treat, thank you. [quote]Presume in the <head> of clientarea.php you have this entry: <meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow">[/quote] That is not in the head as the structure uses a common header.tpl file which is common to the rest of the billing system. Will - Bolton Manchester UK
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