Directory aliases

[allu62]

Hi. Can anyone please tell me how to do to define aliases like the following (Apache httpd.conf on my Windows 10):

 

  Alias /animaldb "C:/Programs/Apache24/htdocs/computing/website/animaldb"

 

corresponding to the links:

  /animaldb/ => /computing/website/animaldb/

 

There is an Alias item in CPanel, but as I understood this is intended for domain aliasing rather than for directories. I actually use Redirect, what works well, but the redirected pages are excluded in Google Search, because of being redirects. Thanks for suggestions.

 

[Flaze]

Put this in a .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^animaldb /computing/website/animaldb/ [L]

[wolstech]

You can do this with URL rewriting instead.

 

To be honest though, Google will follow a redirect and index the final destination, so your content would end up indexed either way. The URL shown is the only difference.