Apache

In your Document root open the .htaccess file if present otherwise create a .htaccess file
Once the file is open edit the contents of the file and add the following code to it

Redirect 301 /

Replace the url with your url where you want your website to be redirected to.
Upload the .htaccess file and test, the redirection should work

If you do not want a certain person/IP Address to access your website you can add the following code to your .htaccess file 

order allow,deny
deny from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
allow from all

In the above code replace the xxx with the IP Address that you would like to Ban accessing your website

Create a .htaccess file within your web directory where all your website files are located Add the following code to it RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yourdomain.com$ RewriteRule ^/?(.*)$ "http\:\/\/www\.yourdomain\.com\/$1" [R=301,L] Replace yourdomain.com with your website address This will ensure that when yourdomain.com is entered in the address bar it will redirect to www...

Did you recently install a SSL Certificate for your domain and need to force access to your website via https instead of http? This can be done using the mod_rewrite Module with the Apache HTTP Server. Add the following code to your .htaccess file, save and refresh your website. RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on RewriteRule ^ {HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301] This permanently redirect...