Redirecting specific pages to new URLs (301 redirects in Drupal)

Google web master has just flagged me for duplicate content and duplicate titles for a url that I haven't the foggiest where it came from. I would like to do a redirect whenever this url comes up because I think I may have some valuable back links going to this weird url. Heres the weird url and where I would like to have it redirected to. I am not very versed at htaccess rules but if someone gave me something I could cut and paste into my htaccess custom redirect location I could handle it. I am using drupal 6x with fusion.

weird url:

http://www.fourseasonshvacr.com/?userId=info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Faccount%2...

would like it redirected to:

http://www.fourseasonshvacr.com

Thanks in advance for the help

On shared hosting server, so for example my addon website becomes http://www.maindomain.com/addon.com/etc

Could I

RewriteRule ^http://www.maindomain.com/addon.com/(.*)\.html$ http://www.addon.com/ [R=301,L]

Thanks heaps in advance

Cheers

I just came back in here because I spent hours a few months ago trying to fix a Not Found with a 301 redirect. I am no more savy than the next guy so I though I would show where I have had success with this on 2 drupal sites so far. Here is what my code says.

"RewriteRule ^upcoming/newest/SEO$ http://www.karmalynx.com [R=301,L]"

just substitute your sites info for mine

Here is what is posted on KarmaLynx.com. That goes into more detail.

This comes from reading many unanswered questions in the drupal.org community discussion area. I noticed that not many people were able to get their 301 redirects to work properly. I read incorrect answers many times over. Here is a quick an easy version. I have also included a 301 redirect that this site karmalynx.com uses so you can see exactly what you will need to enter into your .htaccess file to have success.

First here is what is listed in the Drupal information how to section under the title, "Redirecting specific pages to new URLs (301 redirects in Drupal)"


Here is the information from the Drupal Page:

    In the file, you will find the commands:

    # Various rewrite rules.
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
      RewriteEngine on

      # Modify the RewriteBase if you are using Drupal in a subdirectory and
      # the rewrite rules are not working properly.
      #RewriteBase /drupal

    RewriteBase /


    Immediately after that code -- and before the Drupal-provided "Rewrite old-style URLs" commands -- add your rewrite rules using the following format:


    #custom redirects

    RewriteRule ^old/URL/path$ http://yourdomain.com/new/path [R=301,L]

    #end custom redirects


Next the instructions say:

    Note the convention: The old path is simply the path off the root. The new path is the full path, including the domain. The [R=301,L] code is the 301 redirect instruction. (axbom notes: "The 301 tells browsers and spiders it is a permanent redirect, and the L ensures that no other rewrites are processed on the URL before it reaches Drupal; Hence place this code above Drupal 's own URL rewrite, but below the command RewriteEngine on.")

    If you have more paths to add, insert the rewrite commands as their own line as above.

This can be confusing since they explained it by saying "old path is simply the path off the root." So here is where I believe a lot of people will be helped:

First you want to find this section in your .htaccess file: (this assumes you have made no changes yet)

    # Various rewrite rules.
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
      RewriteEngine on

      # If your site can be accessed both with and without the 'www.' prefix, you
      # can use one of the following settings to redirect users to your preferred
      # URL, either WITH or WITHOUT the 'www.' prefix. Choose ONLY one option:
      #
      # To redirect all users to access the site WITH the 'www.' prefix,
      # (http://example.com/... will be redirected to http://www.example.com/...)
      # adapt and uncomment the following:
      #RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com$ [NC]
      #RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301]
      #
      # To redirect all users to access the site WITHOUT the 'www.' prefix,
      # (http://www.example.com/... will be redirected to http://example.com/...)
      # uncomment and adapt the following:
      # RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.com$ [NC]
      # RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.com/$1 [L,R=301]

      # Modify the RewriteBase if you are using Drupal in a subdirectory or in a
      # VirtualDocumentRoot and the rewrite rules are not working properly.
      # For example if your site is at http://example.com/drupal uncomment and
      # modify the following line:
      # RewriteBase /drupal
      #
      # If your site is running in a VirtualDocumentRoot at http://example.com/,
      # uncomment the following line:
      #RewriteBase /
   


    RewriteRule ^Money$ http://www.karmalynx.com/BusinessPolitics [R=301,L]


    RewriteRule ^upcoming/newest/Computer$ http://www.karmalynx.com [R=301,L]


    RewriteRule ^upcoming/newest/SEO$ http://www.karmalynx.com [R=301,L]


    RewriteRule ^Computer/Drigg_Powered_logo_gone_and_error_in_logs$ http://www.karmalynx.com [R=301,L]




      # Rewrite URLs of the form 'x' to the form 'index.php?q=x'.
      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !=/favicon.ico
      RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]
    </IfModule>

Above We have highlighted in red what you need to add to do a very simple 301 redirect. Thje green text is the "OLD/URL/path" from the instructions. The very important part to executing this redirect is to make sure you keep the " ^ " in the front and make sure you end with a " $ ". Also you want to add the Rewrite rules where we added them above. In the drupal forum, the missing " $ " really seemed to be throwing people off.



That should do it, I hope it helps someone out.