What's The Easiest Way To Create A Direct Link In The Sidebox?

[RodG]

This is on a shared server with many other websites.

Most are. :)

I put it in the root folder for that site.

Correct (I thought I detailed that earlier?)

I even tried changing the path so it says /zencart/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=343 http://www.book-oasis.com since the zencart program is in a folder. Nothing works.

This may or may not be right, it really depends of the perspective of the server, and more specifically, the defined document root.

I would suggest that you be smart here, and use the tools available to you. Assuming you have cPanel, and also assuming you know what you want to redirect, and where you wish to redirect, log into the cPanel, find the Redirect tool, then just enter the data. Heck, don't even try typing it. First go the the page you want redirected - copy its URL Now got to where you want to end up. Copy its URL. Now just paste that into the relevant fields and save.

The only difference between this method and the .htaccess method is none. It is the same method. It just that using the cPanel tool ensures that you are editing the *right* .htaccess file, and also prevents you from making other syntax errors that can occur with manual edits.

Cheers
RodG

[DK_Scully]

That didn't work, either. I selected the proper website name, and added zencart/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=343 in the second field. It created a redirect, but it didn't take the full url. Instead, it cut it off at www.carnal-pleasures.com/zencart/index.php and won't take the remainder. So of course it won't refresh anything. Any other suggestions? Thanks!

[RodG]

That didn't work, either. I selected the proper website name, and added zencart/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=343 in the second field. It created a redirect, but it didn't take the full url. Instead, it cut it off at www.carnal-pleasures.com/zencart/index.php and won't take the remainder. So of course it won't refresh anything. Any other suggestions? Thanks!

Hmm, can't say I've ever had a problem with truncation.

So, next suggestion (since you apparently need to edit the .htaccess directly) go to Google, search for "redirect .htaccess generator" - You'll find many sites where you can enter the source/destination URL's and they will generate the needed code. You then only need to cut n paste that into your own .htaccess file.

I honestly can't remember the last time I've ever actually *typed* code into an .htaccess file - It is *so* easy to make a mistake, and things really need to be 'perfect' in order to work. This is why I use one of the code generators. :) (no, I don't have a preference which one I use)

Cheers
RodG

[RodG]

and added zencart/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=343 in the second field.

Question. Was this what you typed in because you think it is what is needed, or did you copy this from the page that you are wanting to redirect?

Instead, it cut it off at www.carnal-pleasures.com/zencart/index.php

I assume that this is where you wish to redirect *to*? Until now you've been telling us that you wish to redirect to http://www.book-oasis.com so forgive me if I'm a little confused here. I'm not 100% sure, but it is possible that cPanel isn't allowing the destination to contain parameters because this could conflict with its 'Wild Card Redirect' (IOW, in your case, the cPanel is preventing you from achieving your aim). cPanel is only really good for simple cases - I suppose you could say that this is the reason the code generators exist - they go a step or three beyond what cPanel can do.

Cheers
RodG

[DK_Scully]

Rod:

I'm trying to get http://www.carnal-pleasures.com/zenc...ndex&cPath=343 to redirect to http://www.book-oasis.com. And I copied it directly from the page. The redirect box cut it off at http://www.carnal-pleasures.com/zencart/index.php instead of taking the complete url.

[RodG]

Rod:

I'm trying to get http://www.carnal-pleasures.com/zenc...ndex&cPath=343 to redirect to http://www.book-oasis.com. And I copied it directly from the page. The redirect box cut it off at http://www.carnal-pleasures.com/zencart/index.php instead of taking the complete url.

 
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}  ^www\.carnal-pleasures\.com$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING}  ^main_page=index&cPath=343$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^zencart/index\.php$ http://www.book-oasis.com/? [R=301,NE,NC,L]

Cheers
RodG

[RodG]

Rod:

I'm trying to get http://www.carnal-pleasures.com/zenc...ndex&cPath=343 to redirect to http://www.book-oasis.com. And I copied it directly from the page. The redirect box cut it off at http://www.carnal-pleasures.com/zencart/index.php instead of taking the complete url.

This *should* also work.

Redirect 302 /zencart/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=343 http://www.book-oasis.com

[Website Rob]

I'm trying to get http://www.carnal-pleasures.com/zenc...ndex&cPath=343 to redirect to http://www.book-oasis.com.

Add the following at the top of the .htaccess file for carnal-pleasures.com, removing any duplication further down in the file.

#############################
##  General Settings

# Some basic protection provided by Apache
Options +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch -FollowSymlinks -Indexes

# Define the default Character Set for Browsers
AddDefaultCharset utf-8

RewriteEngine ON


#############################
##  Rewrites

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} cPath=343
RewriteRule .? http://www.book-oasis.com/ [R=301,QSD,L]

Note that any URL having cPath=343 within it will be redirected.