htaccess redirect for pointing a URL to another URL

Hey folks,

I've never really messed around with the htaccess file(s), but I want to temporarily have my MagicThemeParks.com URL point to MagicThemeParks.com/mk/forum until I have the homepage completed.

I'm sure it's simple, but I wanted to make sure that I didn't miss anything or there were any special rules to type out. Thanks!

I did a little Google search and it looks like this might work, but wanted to check with my fellow brains here at AA

Code:

Redirect 301 /magicthemeparks.com http://www.magicthemeparks.com/mk/forum

Would that work?

Also, once I want to have the homepage 'back', do I simply remove the redirect in the htaccess and that's it?

 

thats it arny!

whenever you dont want it to redirect just remove it

 

Is it that simple? I have been trying really hard to figure out how that works. Does it add much time/overhead?

 

Yes for a simple one page 301 redirect its that simple.

It won't add noticeable time or overhead.

 

Okay, so I added the redirect line into a .htaccess file and uploaded it to my magicthemeparks.com directory. But, it's not doing any redirecting. Does it take some time before it goes into effect?

 

Sorry, didn't notice the typo in the first post, try this one instead

Code:

Redirect 301 /index.html http://www.magicthemeparks.com/mk/forum

If that doesn't do it (or incase your server wants index.php before index.html)

Code:

Redirect 301 http://magicthemeparks.com http://www.magicthemeparks.com/mk/forum

Should do the trick

 

David, worked with the first one!

Thanks for the help!