.htaccess how to redirect the contents of a directory to a subdirectory

.htaccess how to redirect the contents of a directory to a subdirectory - 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 .htaccess how to redirect the contents of a directory to a subdirectory error on your web browser. Problem :

I'm trying to redirect the contents of a directory that is placed at the top level of my website, to a subdirectory one level deep.
I also need to exclude two files and a folder.

Nothing I've tried so far seems to work for me, the last one being:

RewriteEngine on

#RewriteCond %REQUEST_URI !^exludedfile.html$ 
#RewriteCond %REQUEST_URI !^exludedfile.html$ 
#RewriteCond %REQUEST_URI !^/folder/exludedsubfolder/.*$


RewriteRule ^/folder(.*)$ /folder/subfolder/$1 [R=301,NC,L]

Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong this time?

Solution :

RewriteRule ^/folder(.*)$ /folder/subfolder/$1 [R=301,NC,L]

As just mentioned in this other answer... in per-directory .htaccess files the RewriteRule pattern matches the URL-path less the directory-prefix, so the URL-path that is matched does not start with a slash. So, the pattern should be more like: ^folder(.*)$

Unless you have a requirement to use the root .htaccess file, I would create a .htaccess file in the directory you are redirecting from instead. So, in the /folder/.htaccess file (not the document root), try the following:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /folder

RewriteCond %REQUEST_URI !^/folder/subfolder
RewriteCond %REQUEST_URI !^/folder/exclude-file1.html$
RewriteCond %REQUEST_URI !^/folder/exclude-file2.html$
RewriteCond %REQUEST_URI !^/folder/exclude-dir
RewriteRule (.*) subfolder/$1 [R=302,L]

The NC flag is not required here.

The first RewriteCond directive is to prevent a redirect loop, since we are redirecting to a subfolder of the folder we are redirecting from!

I've also used a 302 (temporary) redirect. When you are sure it's working OK, change to a 301 (permanent) - if that is the intention. 301s are cached by the browser so can make testing problematic.

Another way is to use the RedirectMatch directive.

RedirectMatch temp "^/folder
(?!
/subfolder|
/exclude-file1.html$|
/exclude-file2.html$|
/exclude-dir)(.*)$" 
"/folder/subfolder/$1"

As single line

RedirectMatch temp "^/folder(?!/subfolder|/exclude-file1.html$|/exclude-file2.html$|/exclude-dir)(.*)$" "/folder/subfolder"

Change from temp (302) to permanent (301) when ready.

The regex reads like this...

Match request line beginning (^) with /folder

not followed by (?!) exclusion 1 or (|) exclusion n
followed by anything else (.*) to end of request line ($).

Redirect matched request to target/first captured group ($1).

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