Redirecting index.html

[slobjones]

Although I've long since changed my url and switched to a database system, Google is still showing oldsite.com/index.html in search results.

A standard 301 redirect for index.html prevents my site from loading.

How do I safely redirect calls to index.html to newsite.com?

Here are the redirects I'm currently using:

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RewriteCond %{http_host} ^(www\.)?oldsite.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.newsite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^((www\.)?oldsite\.com|newsite\.com)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.newsite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^.*$
RewriteRule ^index.php/index.php/?(.*)$ http://www.newsite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

[richardk]

Try

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Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \ /index\.html(\?.*)?\  [NC]
RewriteRule ^index\.html$ http://www.newsite.com/ [R=301,L]

RewriteRule ^index.php/index.php(/(.*))?$ http://www.newsite.com/$2 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^((www\.)?oldsite\.com|newsite\.com)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.newsite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

[slobjones]

Thanks for your assistance, richardk.

Is it possible this mod could have created a problem with my subdomain?

The sub's address follows the format http://subdomain.oldsite.com

The mod solved the first problem but I then encountered a 403 error when trying to access the subdomain. I believe the message indicated I did not have permission to access index.php.

I restored the old .htaccess and after some delay, was again able to access the subdomain.

[richardk]

Try

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Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?(oldsite\.com|newsite\.com)$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \ /index\.html(\?.*)?\  [NC]
RewriteRule ^index\.html$ http://www.newsite.com/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?(oldsite\.com|newsite\.com)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^index.php/index.php(/(.*))?$ http://www.newsite.com/$2 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^((www\.)?oldsite\.com|newsite\.com)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.newsite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

[slobjones]

It works!

Many thanks as always for your assistance, richardk.