htaccess rewrite all to index.html

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I'm trying to write the .htaccess file so that whatever the user requests, he will have the page index.html

I've written this:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule .* index.html [NC]

I understand that this will cause: whatever the incoming request URL is, i.e, www.domain.com/*** (whatever comes after the slash), the result will be the page www.domain.com/index.html

However, I'm getting a Server error. What am I missing?

NOTE: I don't want it to be permanent redirect, I'm just trying to "hide" the content of my site for a couple of hours with that index.html page (which says that the site is under maintenance).

Oussama Jilal · Answer 1 · 2013-03-01T22:18:15.077

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If you want to redirect everything to temporary maintenance page, you can do :

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/maintenance.html$
RewriteRule .* /maintenance.html [L,R=302]

the R=302 flag is used to generate a temporary redirect

edited Mar 01 '13 at 22:18

answered Sep 19 '12 at 13:44

Oussama Jilal

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this generates an infinite loop and server does not respond! – tommueller Mar 01 '13 at 15:36

Giona · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-19T13:47:36.557

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Try to remove Options +FollowSymlinks , some servers won't allow you to overwrite a php.ini setting.

edited Sep 19 '12 at 13:47

answered Sep 19 '12 at 13:37

Giona

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I don't want it to be permanent redirect, I just want to "hide" everything for a couple of hours. – Tamer Shlash Sep 19 '12 at 13:39
Ok, i've removed the `R=301` rule ;) – Giona Sep 19 '12 at 13:40
Are you sure your server supports custom .htaccess ? Have you tried removing `Options +FollowSymlinks` ? – Giona Sep 19 '12 at 13:43

htaccess rewrite all to index.html

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