301 Permanent Redirects via .htaccess file

[innomad]

I currently have free btconnect webspace with my broadband and am hosting a site on home.btconnect.com/mysite.

I need to move this site to a different domain name, hosted on a different server but retain the backlinks/SEO.

In order to do this, I need to setup a 301 redirect from:

home.btconnect.com/mysite.

to

mydomain.co.uk

via the .htaccess file.

Please advise if BT support access to .htacess on the free hosting plan and if not, is this available on the paid hosting plan?

[dave · Accepted solution]

.htaccess files are not supported on free webspace, but are supported on paid packages. However the URL home.btconnect.com/mysite is not availble on paid for webspace so this may still not help.