Resolved Redirect from "bare" domain to specific URL

[dragan979]

Server operating system version

Plesk Obsidian Web Host Edition

Plesk version and microupdate number

Version 18.0.41 Update #1

I have domain hosted in Plesk, mydomain.com

I want to make redirrection/rewriting so when someone type mydomain.com is automatically redirected to mydomain.com/page

mydomain.com/page exists in plesk, i followed Redirects in Plesk | HostGator Support but when clicking "Apply" i'm getting warning that current site will be deleted

 

[Peter Debik]

When you change the hosting type to redirect, it indeeds erases your content, because then the web server is instructed to only send a 301 redirect to the browser, but no content. This is not what you want. You want an "URL rewrite" with mod_rewrite (installed by default). You'll find tons of manuals on URL rewrites on Google. You probably simply need to add a line like

Redirect / /page/

to your .htaccess file (if page is not a page, but directory), or /page.html if it is a page. Also, when your goal is to set a different index page for your website, then you may want to look into the "Apache & Nginx settings" configuration, because you can set your index page name there.

 

[dragan979]

created .htaccess file

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /page/$1 [L] and it works

thanks