301 Redirect - single HTTPS file to HTTP

The way the website I am working on right now uses a single directory to host the HTTP and HTTPS websites. How would I go about setting up a 301 redirect for one file to always redirect from the HTTPS site to the HTTP one?

I would assume the best way to handle this regardless of file type would be through .htaccess but majority of the tutorials I have read don't quite cover what I want to do.

As far as I familiar with redirects, this kind of redirect is used on the server side and if you have paid web hosting account - just ask web hosting company to do that for you. I believe that any company would be more then happy to help you.

Hi MoonDoggy Dog.
Sorry I'm being thick.

Both files use the same directory but for different sites. Is that correct?

Are both files are on the same server or different ones?

Sorry I'm being thick, and the booze from last night isn't helping

But if they are on the same server something like this should do it in your .htaccess file, I don't use https in my rewrites nor ever need to include them so I'm not 100% sure this will work TBH but my logical guess goes like this -


What this does is redirect everything to your http www. version of your site, change the RewriteRule if you need the destination URL to be different. As in the non www. version or a different domain extention.

This will rewrite everything that is not www.yourSite.com to www.yourSite.com though so make sure you need to do this in your case other wise you may cause your self some grief afterwards.

I would say though that Tolerant is right, if you are not use to rewriting and redirection get your hosting to do it for you, I wouldn't start testing on live pages for your first time. If they screw up it's their a-s-s and not yours. Well not so much yours

Jaz