The purpose
Moving my website from an FC2 account to a custom domain.
I want to transfer the same file from the same directory on each page.
Redirecting with .htaccess
We’ll edit the .htaccess file to implement a redirect. This file should be automatically created in your top-level folder when you create an account on the FC2 homepage.
However, in FC2’s file manager, right-clicking doesn’t allow editing, as shown below. (The same applies to the old file manager.)
While it can’t be edited through the file manager, it’s not read-only; file operations are possible.
You can update the .htaccess file using the following method.
- Overwriting via FTP
- Rename the file to .htaccess.
This time, I’ll show you how to rename a file to “.htaccess” using only a file manager.
Edit .htaccess
Open your file manager and navigate to the folder you want to update the .htaccess file in. (This can also be done with older file managers, but this explanation will cover the new file manager.)
make a backup copy of the .htaccess file.
remove .htaccess.
Click the “Create File” icon in the top-left corner of the file manager to create a new file. (You can leave the name as the default “newfile.html”. Changing the file extension may prevent you from editing it.)
Right-click the created file and select “Edit with Source Code View” to edit it.
Once editing is complete, save the file, then right-click and select “Rename,” changing the file extension to “.htaccess”.
The .htaccess file with the specified content has been successfully created.
content of .htaccess
To redirect from your FC2 homepage to another domain, use the following .htaccess file.
The source will be my FC2 account. The destination URL will be updated to reflect the new website address (including the www and .com components).
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{http_host} ^transfer-source.web.fc2.com
RewriteRule ^(.*) https://www.transfer-destination.com/$1 [R=301,L]Result
Accessing “transfer-source.web.fc2.com” will redirect you to “www.transfer-destination.com”.
Accessing “transfer-source.web.fc2.com/sub/” redirects to “www.transfer-destination.com/sub/”.
Accessing “transfer-source.web.fc2.com/sub/2.html” redirects to “www.transfer-destination.com/sub/2.html”.
Another opinion
JavaScript redirection → This requires embedding the code in each page, which is quite cumbersome. If each page needs to redirect to a different destination page, even more code adjustments would be necessary (though you might find a solution).
Reference
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