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301 Redirect
htaccess & Redirects | Updated September 2026 A 301 redirect is a permanent redirect. It tells browsers and search engines that a page has...
Complete Guide to htaccess on Apache
htaccess & Redirects | Updated January 2026 The .htaccess file is one of the most powerful tools available on your hosting account. It controls how...
Create a 410 Redirect for Missing Files
htaccess & Redirects | Updated January 2026 A 410 (Gone) status code tells search engines that a page has been permanently removed and should...
Disable error_log via htaccess
htaccess & Redirects | Updated January 2026 The error_log file in your public_html directory captures PHP errors. If it is growing large or you...
How to Create a Temporary 302 Redirect via htaccess
htaccess & Redirects | Updated March 2026 A 302 redirect sends visitors (and search engines) to a different URL temporarily. Unlike a 301...
htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable
htaccess & Redirects | Updated March 2026 The "pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable" error means Apache cannot...
htaccess referral redirect
htaccess & Redirects | Updated January 2026 You can use .htaccess to redirect visitors based on the referring URL (the page they came from)....
Nginx and htaccess Redirect Issues
htaccess & Redirects | Updated March 2026 If your .htaccess redirects aren't working for specific directories, or a folder keeps redirecting to...
Preserving SEO After a Weebly Migration with 301 Redirects
htaccess and Redirects | Updated July 2026 Moving off Weebly changes your URLs, and if you do nothing about it, every old link in Google's index...
Redirecting non-www to www with htaccess
htaccess & Redirects | Updated January 2026 Choosing between www and non-www for your domain is a personal preference, but you should pick one...
What are these htaccess files that keep popping up?
htaccess & Redirects | Updated January 2026 If you keep finding .htaccess files appearing in your directories that you did not create, they are...
When I Upload an htaccess File It Disappears
htaccess & Redirects | Updated March 2026 Your .htaccess file is there. You just can't see it. Files that start with a dot (.) are hidden files...
www vs non-www: Setting Up Canonical Redirects
htaccess & Redirects | Updated July 2026 Every site hosted with Ultra Web Hosting answers to both www and non-www by default, which means...
