Redirect broken index.html files to home page using htaccess

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I want to redirect my broken index.html files from sub folders to home page using htaccess

Example:-

http://blogs.hds.com/hdsblog/category/
http://blogs.hds.com/hdsblog/category/sustainability/page/

are broken links (reported by Google Webmaster). These do not exist.

I want to update my htaccess file, so that URLs like these automatically redirect to the home page of my site.

We do prefer to see a wee bit of trial and error on your part rather than asking for a complete solution. Thanks. — Kev
– Kev, Commented Mar 20, 2013 at 1:52

Olaf Dietsche · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-18 17:11:40Z

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You can use a simple RewriteRule for these URLs

RewriteRule ^hdsblog/category/ / [R,L]

This redirects all requests starting with /hdsblog/category/, including /hdsblog/category/sustainability/page/ to your home page http://blogs.hds.com/.

If you want to redirect only these exact requests, you must specify multiple RewriteRules

RewriteRule ^hdsblog/category/$ / [R,L]
RewriteRule ^hdsblog/category/sustainability/page/$ / [R,L]

answered Mar 18, 2013 at 17:11

Olaf Dietsche

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