Hi there,
I've been searching quite a bit for a solution, but thus far, none of them have worked properly.
I can redirect static urls to static urls just fine, but when I try and redirect an old dynamic url to a static one, it redirects, but it adds the query string to end of the url (i.e. www.nwcolorado.com/? or www.nwcolorado.com/?listingID=201).
I want to redirect:
http://www.nwcolorado.com/NWR_Listingview.php?listingID=201
to:
http://www.nwcolorado.com/
How would I accomplish this?
Also, is there a simple way to do this for all dynamic urls using "NWR_Listingview.php" as the base? Reason I ask is that there are several listings that need to be redirected to the home page.
Here's my htaccess file thus far:
Code:
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
<Files 403.shtml>
order allow,deny
allow from all
</Files>
deny from 91.74.160.18
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^nwcolorado.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.nwcolorado.com$
Redirect 301 /NWR_BuyingProcess.php http://www.nwcolorado.com/contact-us/
Redirect 301 /NWR_Buyingsellingtips.php http://www.nwcolorado.com/help-faq/real-estate-tips/
Redirect 301 /NWR_Contactus.php http://www.nwcolorado.com/contact-us/
Redirect 301 /NWR_Localphotogallery.php http://www.nwcolorado.com/local-information/fort-collins-photos/
Much thanks in advance.
Just to be clear, I don't want to rewrite the old urls, I want to redirect them to the main domain. I'm throughly diving through the web looking for viable solutions, but still no luck.
I generally don't rush people for help, it's just that I took this client's site live recently and the search engine spiders are very active with it.
Thanks.
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Doing the redirect with mod_rewrite would probably remove the query string.
You could also just redirect in the NWR_Listingview.php PHP, no?
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| Originally Posted by jharnois Doing the redirect with mod_rewrite would probably remove the query string.
You could also just redirect in the NWR_Listingview.php PHP, no? |
Hi Jeremy,
Thanks for your help.
I tried putting the code below in the .htaccess file, but it didn't work. Is there something I'm doing wrong? :
Code:
RewriteRule ^NWR_Listingsearch.php$ http://www.nwcolorado.com/? [R=301,L]
Now my htaccess file is like this:
Code:
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
<Files 403.shtml>
order allow,deny
allow from all
</Files>
deny from 91.74.160.18
RewriteRule ^NWR_Listingsearch.php$ http://www.nwcolorado.com/? [R=301,L]
Redirect 301 /NWR_BuyingProcess.php http://www.nwcolorado.com/help-faq/real-estate-tips/
Redirect 301 /NWR_Contactus.php http://www.nwcolorado.com/contact-us/
Redirect 301 /NWR_Localphotogallery.php http://www.nwcolorado.com/local-information/fort-collins-photos/
I don't want to redirect via the NWR_Listing.php page for SEO reasons, something I just learned late last night from one of Matt Cutts' videos (the head of Google's Webspam team).
Thanks.
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It should be ^NWR_Listingsearch\.php$ but that shouldn't prevent it from matching. You might add the NC (no case) flag, too.
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| Originally Posted by jharnois It should be ^NWR_Listingsearch\.php$ but that shouldn't prevent it from matching. You might add the NC (no case) flag, too. |
Thanks again for your continued support.
I tried what you suggested, minus the nc part for now, but no dice.
Here's what I have thus far:
Code:
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
<Files 403.shtml>
order allow,deny
allow from all
</Files>
deny from 91.74.160.18
RewriteRule ^NWR_Listingview\.php$ http://www.nwcolorado.com/ [R=301,L]
Redirect 301 /NWR_BuyingProcess.php http://www.nwcolorado.com/help-faq/real-estate-tips/
Redirect 301 /NWR_Contactus.php http://www.nwcolorado.com/contact-us/
Redirect 301 /NWR_Localphotogallery.php http://www.nwcolorado.com/local-information/fort-collins-photos/
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I don't see any issues with your syntax. Your next step is to enable a RewriteLog, which requires access to httpd.conf, and to remove other directives to see how their existence affects your rule.
Note that without the NC flag, you must request NWR_Listingview.php case correctly or the RewriteRule will not match.
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