How do I redirect my site using a .htaccess file?

1. Create an empty text file using a text editor such as notepad, and save it as htaccess.txt.

2. Edit the contents of the file. Check the following examples:

301 (Permanent) Redirect: Point an entire site to a different URL on a permanent basis. This is the most common type of redirect and is useful in most situations. In this example, we are redirecting to the \”mt-example.com\” domain:

# This allows you to redirect your entire website to any other domain Redirect 301 / http://mt-example.com/ 

302 (Temporary) Redirect: Point an entire site to a different temporary URL. This is useful for SEO purposes when you have a temporary landing page and plan to switch back to your main landing page at a later date:

# This allows you to redirect your entire website to any other domain Redirect 302 / http://mt-example.com/ 

Redirect index.html to a specific subfolder:

# This allows you to redirect index.html to a specific subfolder Redirect /index.html http://example.com/newdirectory/ 

Redirect an old file to a new file path:

# Redirect old file path to new file path Redirect /olddirectory/oldfile.html http://example.com/newdirectory/newfile.html

Redirect to a specific index page:

# Provide Specific Index Page (Set the default handler) DirectoryIndex index.html