Can't Redirect to desired URL - = mark not accepted?

[Thenotsowyzewun]

Hi,

I'm running CPanel 10.8.2-RELEASE 83 (well, my Host is anyway).

I'm trying to redirect our website to our eBay ME page whilst it is under construction, and would prefer not to use a HTML page with a 5 second redirect.

The URL address I need to redirect to is:
http://members.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=dvdextrasuk

Unfortunately when I click on Redirects within CPanel and try to configure this, it instead points our website to:
http://members.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid

I think this is because it doesn't like the = mark. Is there an equivalent (much like %20 that is used for spaces)? - I haven't been able to find one.
Otherwise, is there a workaround for this, or do we need a newer version of CPanel?

Thanks very much for your assistance!

 

[ujr]

you can do this with htaccess...the easiest of these would be something like

RedirectMatch Permanent ^/$ http://www.ebay.com/

or

Redirect 301 /index.html http://www.ebay.com/

You could also use conditions, so that you could only allow your IP address, and redirect all other users...

Anyway, there are many possibilities, it just depends on how you'd like to do it and what best suits your needs

 

[Thenotsowyzewun]

Thanks very much, that's exactly what I needed

 

[moogle]

you can do this with htaccess...the easiest of these would be something like

RedirectMatch Permanent ^/$ http://www.ebay.com/

or

Redirect 301 /index.html http://www.ebay.com/

You could also use conditions, so that you could only allow your IP address, and redirect all other users...

Anyway, there are many possibilities, it just depends on how you'd like to do it and what best suits your needs

Hey, this looks like fun.
What would I add to have my IP view the real files?

 

[Thenotsowyzewun]

Hi,

Not too sure what your comment means, are you saying this causes a security vulnerability?