: Need help writing .htaccess / Apache rule I have some URLs which are now 404 due to site upgrade. I want all URLs starting with www.example.com/archives/* to point to www.example.com/news (notice

@Angie530

To learn about .htaccess writing rules you can refer the official link of
Apache Module mod_rewrite: httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html.
And for URL rewriting guide: httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/rewriteguide.html.

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@Courtney195

I assume you want to redirect permanently:

RedirectMatch 301 ^/archives/.* www.example.com/news

I've placed this rule in tariffplansindia.com test it there.

Here is another:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.example.com/archives [NC]
RewriteRule ^archives/(.*) example.com/news [R=301,L]


I've placed this rule in rtidiary.org test it there.

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