Why wont this redirect work?

I am trying to set up a 301 redirect on my site but i keep getting a 'redirect loop' error. I'm not sure why? I've got other redirects in place and they work fine (using similar coding). The code i'm putting in to htaccess is:

redirect 301 /ethnicgiftsbuddhistandtibetan-c-3_12.html http://www.handcrafteduk.com/

The page I am trying to redirect from does still exist but I didn't think that would cause the problem?

Any help appreciated.

Many thanks,

Gary :smile:

Might review this

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^firstddomain.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^firstdomain-2.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.maindomain.com/$1 [R=301]

Hi Kobra,

Thanks for the reply. I've got that and it still does it. The strange thing is that other redirects work. :dontgetit

Here's an example:

redirect 301 /10ostrichfeathers-p-246.html http://www.handcrafteduk.com/whiteostrichfeathers-p-246.html
redirect 301 /ethnicgiftsrussian-c-3_14.html http://www.handcrafteduk.com/ethnicgiftsrussiandolls-c-3_14.html

I've just tried to do it through my cpanel and got the following message:

Apache detected an error in the Rewrite config.

Syntax error on line 71 of /home/user/public_html/.htaccess.LxU3vrTy3cQiojBFbLXf2ZYuUw39XW5y:
RewriteCond> directive missing closing '>'

Please try again.

Any ideas?

2 Things... redirect the live product is causing the loop... You see your SEO urls is also trying to redirect it.

Try adding your redirect above the rewrite syntax for your SEO urls.

~Melanie

mprough:

2 Things... redirect the live product is causing the loop... You see your SEO urls is also trying to redirect it.

Try adding your redirect above the rewrite syntax for your SEO urls.

~Melanie

Melanie, you only went and bloody did it. Thank you. :clap::clap::clap::clap:

Cheers!