301 redirection on apache server

This is how to a simple 301 redirection, it is better to use htaccess for this, create a text file, name it '.htaccess' without the quotes, place the file in your root folder and add the following line to it:

redirect 301 /oldpage.htm http://www.domain.com/newpage
replace oldpage.htm with your old page name and domain.com with your domain

This can be used to add the www to the url if not enetered by the client

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mysite.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mysite.com/$1 [L,R=301]