apache - how to redirect page not found

Sat Oct 2 18:00:04 PDT 2004

Am Sonntag, 3. Oktober 2004 01:10 schrieb David Banning:
> I notice on some web sites when you try to load a page that does not
> exist, it directs the users browser to another page. How do I set
> that up in apache?

Three different methods:

-Use .htaccess, I dont have a syntax example handy.

-Use the redirect directive in httpd.conf. Example:

RedirectMatch permanent /dir1/*(.*)$ http://www.yoursite.com/dir2

-Use html refresh. Create the page which should get redirected with the 
following content:
<html>
<head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" content="0;URL=http://www.yoursite.com/newlink">
</head>
</html>
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