.htaccess - Redirecting 301 non-existing files(pdf,doc) etc -
i've drupal cms based site in files regularly deleted. keep backlinks want non-existent pdf , word files redirect common page informing deletion. is right way do? : ( picked 301 redirects on non existent image, pdf or url using .htaccess ) : rewriteengine on rewritebase / rewritecond %{request_filename} !-d # not dir rewritecond %{request_filename} !-f # not file rewriterule ^.*\.(pdf|doc|xls|xlsx|docx|zip)$ show-deleted-page.htm [r=301,l] here drupal .htaccess file needs work: # # apache/php/drupal settings: # # protect files , directories prying eyes. <filesmatch "\.(engine|inc|info|install|make|module|profile|test|po|sh|.*sql|theme|tpl(\.php)?|xtmpl)$|^(\..*|entries.*|repository|root|tag|template)$"> order allow,deny </filesmatch> # don't show directory listings urls map directory. options -indexes # follow symbolic links in directory. options +followsymlinks # make drupal handle 404 errors. errordocument 404 /index.php # s...