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301 Redirect
Updated 2026 Quick Answer A 301 redirect permanently sends visitors and search engines from an old URL to a new one. Add this to your .htaccess...
Complete Guide to htaccess on Apache
htaccess & Redirects | Updated 2026 The .htaccess file is one of the most powerful tools available on your hosting account. It controls how Apache...
Create a 410 Redirect for Missing Files
htaccess & Redirects | Updated 2026 A 410 (Gone) status code tells search engines that a page has been permanently removed and should be...
Disable error_log via htaccess
htaccess & Redirects | Updated 2026 The error_log file in your public_html directory captures PHP errors. If it is growing large or you want to...
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 2026 You can use .htaccess to redirect visitors based on the referring URL (the page they came from). This is...
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...
Redirect http to https and www
Updated 2026 Quick Answer To redirect HTTP to HTTPS and non-www to www (or vice versa), add this to your .htaccess file:RewriteEngine On...
Redirecting non-www to www with htaccess
htaccess & Redirects | Updated 2026 Choosing between www and non-www for your domain is a personal preference, but you should pick one and...
Show longer file names in directory/folder index
Updated 2026 Quick Answer To show longer file names in Apache's directory listing (mod_autoindex), add this to your .htaccess:IndexOptions...
What are all these htaccess files?
Article Updated This article has been consolidated Everything about .htaccess files is in our complete .htaccess guide. Short answer: .htaccess...
What are these htaccess files that keep popping up?
htaccess & Redirects | Updated 2026 If you keep finding .htaccess files appearing in your directories that you did not create, they are being...
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...
