404 Not Found Errors -> Redirect

404 Not Found Errors -> Redirect - If a page has internal and external outgoing links to redirecting URLs, it’s returning 3xx (301, 302, etc.) HTTP status codes standing for redirection. This issue means that the page does not exist on a permanent or temporary basis. It appears on most of the popular web browsers, usually caused by a misconfigured website. However, there are some steps you can take to ensure the issue isn’t on your side. You can find more details about redirecting URLs by reading the Google Search Central overview. In this article, we’ll go over how you can fix the 404 Not Found Errors -> Redirect error on your web browser. Problem :

Hi i have recently moved my forum from Mybb to Vanilla, so the index pages such as showthread.php now do not exist. This is a big problem for SEO, what do I do to redirect this to the home page?

Solution :

In your .htaccess file:-

redirect 301 /path/to/url http://www.domain.com/path/to/new/url

Note the first URL has no domain name, but the second one does.

We hope that this article has helped you resolve the redirects, 404, error in your web browsers. Enjoy browsing the internet uninterrupted!