Newbie question re "redirecting" web site

[DustyFQ]

Looking for help / suggestions on how to do something which I suspect is very easy, but not sure I will describe clearly or with the correct lexicon.

I have a website hosted by FQ (www.mydomain.com). When someone goes to that site I would like them to actually end up at another site (www.anotherplace.com) that is not hosted by FQ. This is something I would like to put into only temporarily (temporarily being about one year).

Can I do this ... if so how would I go about it?

Thanks in advance

[Melissa]

Depending on your needs... ie if you don't need the features of the Full Package during the time the domain will be "redirected"...you might just want to look at changing to an ER (Externally Redirected domain):
http://www.FutureQuest.net/Services/RP/#ER

Then, when you're ready for it to be a Full Package again, you would just need to order an upgrade.

More info about downgrading/upgrading:
http://service.FutureQuest.net/kb390
http://service.FutureQuest.net/kb396

[DustyFQ]

Ah yes ... I should have said ... I use the email with multiple POP3 accounts and would like to continue doing that uninterrupted. Looks to me that the externally redirected solution would not allow that ... was hoping there was another way.

[Melissa]

Oh, there are certainly other ways if you want to keep the Full Package...

Searching these forums for terms such as 301 or redirect* I'm sure will turn up some past discussions on this topic.

This link also provides some good information:
http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articles3/spiders-301-redirect.htm

If you have specific questions after reading, I would suggest posting them here for others to assist now that they know more about your specific situation. :)

[DustyFQ]

Thanks for the references …have figured out enough to be dangerous!

Sounds like I need to create a text file named “.htaccess" containing only
redirect 301 / http://centaur.grouphub.com /

In CNC I go to Server Info and select document root which takes me to /big/dom/xcentaurfed/www where there is one folder (stats) and three files (404.html, index.fquest and robots.txt). Currently there is no .htaccess file.

I assume that I upload the .htaccess file here and whenever someone visits www.centaurfed.com they will go to http://centaur.grouphub.com

And our email will work as before …. And life will be good!

Am I on the right track here??

Thanks!

[Melissa]

Am I on the right track here??
Sounds like it. :)

Just one lil thing...
redirect 301 / http://centaur.grouphub.com /
You'll want that to be:
redirect 301 / http://centaur.grouphub.com/
(space before last slash removed)

Be sure to hit [Enter] after.

And, if you choose to upload an .htaccess file, just be sure to do it in ASCII mode. (You can simply create it in the CNC instead.)

[DustyFQ]

Turns out I needed to move it up one level to the parent directory ... but seems to work fine.

Thanks very much!