Need redirecting old site to new site

[balak]

Hey,
I got site A on VPS A,
and I just bought a new domain B and VPS B also.
Now I need to shut down VPS A and redirect everything from domain A to domain B (hosted on VPS B). -> it's 301 redirecting I guess

So I need some trusted member who know to do this. Please PM me

balak Reviewed by balak on 9th Jun 2012. Need redirecting old site to new site Hey, I got site A on VPS A, and I just bought a new domain B and VPS B also. Now I need to shut down VPS A and redirect everything from domain A to domain B (hosted on VPS B). -> it's 301 redirecting I guess So I need some trusted member who know to do this. Please PM me Rating: 5

[HostImage.ca]

Are you completely shutting down both the domain, and the server? (In A's case)
If you've got the content secured, you can use URL forwarding in your DNS manager provided by your hosting service to point A at domain B.

If you want to keep the individual page SEO, you can go the longer route and redirect every single page that you need or want.

To do this, you would place the following on each of those pages, within the header.
Fill TARGETURL with the page it will direct to when someone navigates to it.

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1; 
             URL=http://TARGETURL" />

This will atleast allow you to salvage some authority, however it's a half second or so loading time longer then the above method.


Shoot me a PM if you need some help

[balak]

No, I'm just shutting down VPS A, domain A will be redirected to domain B.
Site B has same content like site A.
So I need it to redirect not just main page, but all page/posts.

example:
www.old-domain.com/post123/
will redirect to
www.new-domain.com/post123/

[okone]

You do it at the webserver level, not file level.

Point dns for the old domain to your old server. Then setup a vhost in apache (or whatever web daemon you use) for your old domain and add a 301 permanent redirect.

Just google apache 301 redirect for information. Its really easy and can be done in the vhost or via htacess.

[HostImage.ca]

But then you have additional loading time, and little provided SEO benefit and almost no user convenience (AKA the page their looking for now takes them to the homepage at the new domain).

It is easier though..

edit: to get it like you want in the current OP you will need to do the second method I suggested.

[okone]

Loading time, are you having a laugh? This method will automatically redirect users to the same page on the new domain and much quicker than your method.

A 301 redirect is the method the OP asked for and its the one I've given. It also happens to be the one Google and other search engines recommend if you move domain, so it is perfectly fine for SEO. I think you need to get your facts straight.

[HostImage.ca]

So when he types in websiteA.com/my-chosen-page.html that vhost in apache will provide the viewer with websiteB.com/my-chosen-page.html?

This had not worked to that result in my case, and would result websiteB.com

Also, at the point I posted OP had not clearly said what the desired effect was to that extent, and I provided two answers for either one.
You replicated the second answer which does the same thing (easier - if it works). I guess I better be going to get my facts straight.

[okone]

If you set it up properly, then yes.

[balak]

okone: but old server (vps A, with .htacess in it) will be shutted down, will your method work?

[Qoo]

What you would need to do is add the Site A's domain on your VPS B and then do a htaccess redirect.

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.SITEB.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Because if site A's domain is no longer hosted anyway (shutting down VPS A), the redirect would stop no matter which method you use so you have to ensure Site A is hosted some where.