[44net] website migration

Jay... This is from Bob Simmons, ( WB6EYV ) I used to live in SB. ( now in Santa Maria, retired ) You might recall me, I've been an Impulse customer for decades. I have a problem, maybe you can help. or know who can help... or maybe not. I know you are a busy fellow, you may want to hand this off to someone else... I will understand. Not sure if I am asking for something difficult, or even impossible... but here goes. +++++++++++++ I was told recently my ( personal ) IMPULSE website service will be discontinued end of October, and I must relocate my website elsewhere. My email was already relocated ( by your people ) to HIIWAY in Alabama, so I decided they would also be the new host for my website. ++++++++++++ The problem is this : I want to preserve all the old legacy bookmarks ( if possible ) that pointed to my website at the original SILICON BEACH address : www.silcom.com/~pelican2 There must be thousands of those bookmarks out there, my website hasn't moved in over 20 years. I created it in a personal website space ( not a business space ) because originally I just wanted to learn how to make websites, and that space was "free" with my internet service. I used it to learn how to make ( simple ) websites, and also to show off my technical skills by describing a Doppler DF I had created. It morphed eventually into a business site, ( with modest success ) but that was not my original intention, and I never bothered to move it. I don't make much $ from it these days but lots of people still find me with it, and I sometimes get work opportunities from it. ++++++++++++++ If I move my website to the HIIWAY servers, all those bookmarks will "go dead", and 20 years of internet "profile" will be lost. I spoke with HIIWAY people, they don't own the SILCOM.COM domain so there isn't much they can do. I was hoping you folks might be able to create a REDIRECT from the original website address in your domain to the new HIIWAY address. I don't know the HIIWAY address yet. I haven't moved the website yet. I wanted first to discover if this request is even possible. I suspect it is highly unorthodox, you might decline to even attempt it. If that is true, I'll try to figure something else out, or just "bite the bullet" and kiss the legacy bookmarks "good bye". Either way, the sooner I can discover if it is possible / practical, the sooner I can get back to the work of moving the website. ++++++++++++++ I hope you get this and respond in a timely manner, I only have maybe 2 weeks left. That should be plenty of time to move it, but I've never moved a website before, I expect unknown problems in the transition. so I might need the spare time for troubleshooting. Anyway, thanks again for all your help over the years. it was priceless. Hope things are well there. ( Email is probably best way to respond, I usually ignore cell calls from unknown numbers ) Regards Bob Simmons / WB6EYV 1600 East Clark Ave Space 68 Orcutt CA 93455 ( 805 ) 598 3542 cell