301 SEO Redirects using Joomla htaccess
While developing Joomla sites, time by time we may need to use custom 301 redirects whether we migrate the site to latest version OR converting any website from static to CMS. As you all know, there are lots of SEO extensions are available and you can use them to do 301 redirects but best way to get this done is using .htaccess file.
If you already aware of RewriteRule than you can do it within a second but if you don't than let me help you. It's a simple command that you need to write in .htaccess file that you'll find at root. If you don't find than you can create one in root folder.
So I assume, you have .htaccess file placed at Joomla Root folder. Open that file and write below line in it:
RewriteRule ^oldpage\.php$ "http://www.newsite.com/newpage.php" [R=301,L]
If you want to redirect whole folder than you can use below syntax:
RewriteRule ^oldfolder\?$ "http://www.newsite.com/newpage.html" [R=301,L]
Hope this helps.. If you still have any issue OR have bulk redirection work than our Joomla Experts are always ready to help so don't hesitate and contact us right now!