Here is an example code of how to do a redirect using a web.config file.

web.config 301 redirect

This example will redirect single pages to a new location.

Let say the new pages of your site have .html extensions and you want the new location to be its own directory

(IE. http://yourdomain.com/services.html will change to http://yourdomain.com/sales/).

1. Open web.config in the directory where the old pages are located.
2. Add code for the old location path and new destination:

<configuration>

<location path=”sales.html”>

<system.webServer>

<httpRedirect enabled=”true” destination=”http://yourdomain.com/sales” httpResponseStatus=”Permanent” />

</system.webServer>

</location>

<location path=”inventory.html”>

<system.webServer>

<httpRedirect enabled=”true” destination=”http://yourdomain.com/inventory” httpResponseStatus=”Permanent” />

</system.webServer>

</location>

</configuration>

You can add as many location paths as necessary.

The other example will redirect an entire directory to a new location.

For example, if you want http://yourdomain.com/dir-old/ redirected to http://domain.com/new-directory/ open web.config in /dir-old, then add the following line of code within the <system.webServer> section:

<httpRedirect enabled=”true” destination=”http://yourdomain.com/new-directory” httpResponseStatus=”Permanent” />