.htaccess redirection problem

[J1mmy]

I am trying to create a 301 redirect using a htaccess file. I have done this once before on one of my sites, and it has worked perfectly. For some reason, it doesnt work this time. My line is:

redirect 301 /index.php http://domain.com/forum/forumindex.php

Are there any mistakes in that? Also, where should this file go, in the public_html folder or outside the public_html folder?

[_Aerospace_Eng_]

It should go in the public_html folder. Also what type of server are you using? Apache or Windows?

[J1mmy]

Im using Apache.

Its in both directories, I have no idea why this isnt working.

What other methods could I use

[karlosio]

how about maybe trying


redirect permanent /index.php http://domain.com/forum/forumindex.php