where to place redirect from old website to new website

[jenni101]

Hello,

I have a wp site that will be removed soon, but I still have the domain name.

Should I add the redirect in cPanel?

Or as a redirect in the bottom box in the htaccess custom code? (though not sure how to do this for a whole site).

Or in the rewite engine custom code like this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^oldsite.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.oldsite.com$
RewriteRule (.*)$ https://www.some-other-domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

many thanks.

[AITpro Admin]

The answer depends on where the old site was installed and your hosting account folder structure. Post that information in your forum reply.

Example:
/public_html/ – is a WordPress website installed in your hosting account root folder?
/public_html/old-site-installation-folder/
/public_html/another-site-installation-folder/

[jenni101]

Thanks for your quick reply.

My old site is with another hosting provider installed in the root like this: /public_html/

And my new site is installed in it’s own sub-folder (GWIOD) like this: /public_html/new-site-installation-folder/

Thanks.

[AITpro Admin]

You would create an htaccess file or use an existing htaccess file in the root hosting account where the old site is/was: /public_html/.htaccess and add your htaccess code that you posted above in that htaccess file.  Note: Since you are redirecting the entire old site to your new site you only need your redirect htaccess code in that htaccess file.

[jenni101]

Brilliant! Thank you.

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