Apache webserver tip for redirecting old links to the new WordPress
25 Dec 2009 - DaveMost of the Google search results for netsnbytes are for blog posts hosted on Emperor. Emperor is the Linux server in my basement but Emperor is on the DSL line.
A few years ago I got to know Apache pretty well. Apache magic allowed me to do a bit with the DSL line and no port 80 access. Apache running on Emperor, the Linux server, was the gateway to a half-dozen web servers in the basement. Those servers allowed me to research a lot of new technology as it came out. Working with Apache was a good learning experience too.
All it took was a little more Apache magic to redirect old search links to the new WordPress place here.
Apache conf excerpt for anyone interested:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?netsnbytes\.net
RewriteRule (.*) https://blog.netsnbytes.org/$1 [R=301,L]
My handiest resource has been the Apache Cookbook from O’Reilly. You can get it here at Amazon.