.htaccess 301 Redirect from Old URL structure to New URL structure

Question

I\'m trying to redirect a user to a new URL structure.

Here\'s the old URL structure:

http://www.mywebsite.com/pants/pant-item-1234

Here\'s the new URL s

Answer 1

Just use Rewrite URL... I wouldn't redirect unless you're not using mywebsite.com as a landing page at all. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/rewriteguide.html You will need to make sure you have your rewrite engine on.

Answer 2

RewriteRule ^pants/(.+)$ /catalog/pants/$1 [R=301,L]

Or, if pants can actually be something else

RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/(.+)$ /catalog/$1/$2 [R=301,L]

I haven't tested it, so I'm not sure it will work, sorry