301 with images

[computergenius]

I was wondering if 301s work OK with images. I assume that they would.

Recently we changed the location and file name of tens of thousands of graphics in a long overdue tidy up, and of course some of them got missed.

I have had some success with intelligent 404 pages in the past - see http://hahomes.com/348 as an example, which goes to the custom 404 page, invisibly, since page or folder 348 doesn't exist, then recognises that 348 is a property code, and finds the correct page.

Not quite the same, as it is a 301 on a page, not on a graphic, but I wondered if this ought to work just as well with graphics.

Mod Rewrite isn't going to work, as there are so many images - it would make a huge file! Pity we can't use PHP in htaccess files...

Has anyone done 301s on graphics, or got any thoughts?

[incrediblehelp]

Have you tested a few to see? Maybe post a few examples for us to review?

[computergenius]

No, I haven't tried, it won't be a quick job - but I thought that, since the idea was a little far out, I would see if anyone else had done it.