.htaccess

[apwade]

I am trying to redirect a directory and all pages e.g. /shops/merchant1.htm to a generic file generic.htm using htaccess, does any have any ideas how to do this?

Also the generic.htm contains php.

I currently have hundreds of shops each with its own htm page, but i really want one generic.htm page that will cover all the shops, but driven by php and a mysql database. This would save dramatically on admin work generating a new page for each new merchant when it could be driven by one page reading the url address to modify the page to suit the new merchant.

Cheers,

Andrew

[apwade]

I am surprised nobody knows the answer to this question I am sure loads of sites would require this sort of functionality.

It is possible by using mod rewrite and has saved me loads of admin work on my website.

[chadhaajay]

Yes it is possible using a 301 Redirect and here is sample code to accomplish this scenario.

redirect 301 /test http://www.your-website-url-comes-here.com

Put this code in your .htaccess file and put this file in your website's root folder. Now, whenever someone will try to open http://www.your-website-url-comes-here.com/test/ or any file in test folder then it will redirect the borswer to http://www.your-website-url-comes-here.com
Sincerely,

Ajay Chadha (Director)
Chadha Software Technologies