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Hi
I'm trying to redirect some old URLs to new ones in my .htaccess file using 301 redirects.
If the old URL ends in a file extension or a trailing slash:
The redirects work as expected, i.e.:
www.mysite.com/old_page.html redirects in browser to www.mysite.com/new_page.php
www.mysite.com/old_page/ also redirects in browser to www.mysite.com/new_page.php
However, if the old URL does not end in a file extension or forward slash, the redirects do not work:
www.mysite.com/old_page in browser returns 404 not found
On examining the rewrite error logs, it seems that the server is throwing a "filedoesnotexist error" for "old_page" before it even attempts to perform the redirect.
I've done similar things with other web hosts, and never encountered this problem before. I'm on shared VIP hosting - could it be due to a setting in the server's httpd.conf file, possibly with Allowoverride All|None|... or similar?
Cheers
Joel
I'm trying to redirect some old URLs to new ones in my .htaccess file using 301 redirects.
If the old URL ends in a file extension or a trailing slash:
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^old_page.html$ new_page.php [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^old_page/$ new_page.php [R=301,L]
The redirects work as expected, i.e.:
www.mysite.com/old_page.html redirects in browser to www.mysite.com/new_page.php
www.mysite.com/old_page/ also redirects in browser to www.mysite.com/new_page.php
However, if the old URL does not end in a file extension or forward slash, the redirects do not work:
RewriteRule ^old_page/$ new_page.php [R=301,L]
www.mysite.com/old_page in browser returns 404 not found
On examining the rewrite error logs, it seems that the server is throwing a "filedoesnotexist error" for "old_page" before it even attempts to perform the redirect.
I've done similar things with other web hosts, and never encountered this problem before. I'm on shared VIP hosting - could it be due to a setting in the server's httpd.conf file, possibly with Allowoverride All|None|... or similar?
Cheers
Joel
I'm not an expert on rewrite rules and regular expressions, but I'd expect the following to cause all three scenarios to work.
The '?' just makes the trailing slash optional.
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^old_page.html$ new_page.php [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^old_page/?$ new_page.php [R=301,L]The '?' just makes the trailing slash optional.
DogAndAHalf wrote:
However, if the old URL does not end in a file extension or forward slash, the redirects do not work:
www.mysite.com/old_page in browser returns 404 not found
Some clarification needed I think. That rule isnt going to match that URL so a 404 is expected if the old page doesnt exist anymore?
Do you really mean that rewrite rule should match to www.mysite.com/old_page or have you just copy/pasted it wrongly?
However, if the old URL does not end in a file extension or forward slash, the redirects do not work:
RewriteRule ^old_page/$ new_page.php [R=301,L]
www.mysite.com/old_page in browser returns 404 not found
Some clarification needed I think. That rule isnt going to match that URL so a 404 is expected if the old page doesnt exist anymore?
Do you really mean that rewrite rule should match to www.mysite.com/old_page or have you just copy/pasted it wrongly?
Hi and welcome to the forums!
There are probably different ways to fix this - but here's my simple method!
Surely the old location has actually got a file type?
i.e. My URL www.hmmm.ip3.co.uk/camera/ can also be found by typing
www.hmmm.ip3.co.uk/camera/index.php - obviously you may have to change the file type to htm/html/shtml or whatever you are using.
There are probably different ways to fix this - but here's my simple method!
Surely the old location has actually got a file type?
i.e. My URL www.hmmm.ip3.co.uk/camera/ can also be found by typing
www.hmmm.ip3.co.uk/camera/index.php - obviously you may have to change the file type to htm/html/shtml or whatever you are using.
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Hi
I'm trying to redirect some old URLs to new ones in my .htaccess file using 301 redirects.
If the old URL ends in a file extension or a trailing slash:
The redirects work as expected, i.e.:
www.mysite.com/old_page.html redirects in browser to www.mysite.com/new_page.php
www.mysite.com/old_page/ also redirects in browser to www.mysite.com/new_page.php
However, if the old URL does not end in a file extension or forward slash, the redirects do not work:
www.mysite.com/old_page in browser returns 404 not found
On examining the rewrite error logs, it seems that the server is throwing a "filedoesnotexist error" for "old_page" before it even attempts to perform the redirect.
I've done similar things with other web hosts, and never encountered this problem before. I'm on shared VIP hosting - could it be due to a setting in the server's httpd.conf file, possibly with Allowoverride All|None|... or similar?
Cheers
Joel
I'm trying to redirect some old URLs to new ones in my .htaccess file using 301 redirects.
If the old URL ends in a file extension or a trailing slash:
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^old_page.html$ new_page.php [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^old_page/$ new_page.php [R=301,L]
The redirects work as expected, i.e.:
www.mysite.com/old_page.html redirects in browser to www.mysite.com/new_page.php
www.mysite.com/old_page/ also redirects in browser to www.mysite.com/new_page.php
However, if the old URL does not end in a file extension or forward slash, the redirects do not work:
RewriteRule ^old_page/$ new_page.php [R=301,L]
www.mysite.com/old_page in browser returns 404 not found
On examining the rewrite error logs, it seems that the server is throwing a "filedoesnotexist error" for "old_page" before it even attempts to perform the redirect.
I've done similar things with other web hosts, and never encountered this problem before. I'm on shared VIP hosting - could it be due to a setting in the server's httpd.conf file, possibly with Allowoverride All|None|... or similar?
Cheers
Joel