Content redirection in apache

[elgo]

Hi guys,

I have installed apache version 2.x, I want to redirect all the contents to be redirected to index.html. Even if some users have bookmarked some URL when they hit the page should be redirected to index.html. Basically I want to block the whole site with some splash page.

Note: I do not want to redirect to anyother server or any other domain.

Your solutions are appreciated.

 

[ericbrunson]

You can make your 404 error document your index page.

 

[elgo]

Ericbrunson,

I am not talking about the error pages. I want to redirect all the valid pages to be redirected to a standard page, say maintenance page.

Example:

http://www.yourserver.com/products/products.html

The above pages is valid, but I want to redirect to

http://www.yourserver.com.

 

[SimonDavis]

I'm confused.

Why have any pages on the site, if nobody can see them?

 

[elgo]

SimonDavis,

Well, New users can not see other index.html page. But If someone have already bookmarked with a specific URL they will be able to reach the page directly. I want to block that traffic also and redirect to index.html. You got me?

 

[SimonDavis]

Not really - if you don't want ANYBODY to see the pages, why have them there - like someone suggested, change your .htaccess file so that a 404 page not found just pops up the index, provided the page they're looking for doesn't exist.

I'm sure I'm missing the point though . . .

Alternatively, you could set all the page permissions to something restrictive, and use the same method to redirect a 403 error to the index. Then at least you could give selected people access to the pages.

 

[elgo]

Still, I did not get answer to my question. I do not want to touch any of the content, not even a single file. I do not want to remove any file. I just want to redirect all the pages to index.html where I will replace the index.html page with maintenance page. I do not care about 404 errors.