Strange redirect problem... my site is not resolved?

[visoredge]

I put an .htaccess file in a directory 216.111.111.11/~username/test with the contents:

Redirect / http://www.cnn.com/test.php

When I go to http:/216.111.111.11/~username/test

It goes to

http://www.cnn.com/test.php~username/test/

WHY does the "~username/test/" get stuck on the redirected URL? Is this because my domain has not resovled yet??

 

[jmstacey]

My guess would be because you put it in the test directory but you did not specify the relative path in the redirect.

 

[visoredge]

Hi jim,

Thanks.
I'm a newbie at this, can you tell me what it means to specify the relative path in the redirect?

 

[jmstacey]

i.e.
Redirect /~username/test http://www.cnn.com/test.php