Redirect permanent does not work?! Why?

[wflorian]

Hey,

I am trying to redirect some pages. I have several pages with the the following url design:

/index.php?template=somepage

I changed this design with a RewriteRule to /somepage.html

Right now the page is reachable through /index.php?template=somepage and /somepage.html
This would mean DuplicateContent. So I would like to redirect the /index.php?template=somepage pages to the new ones.

I tried the following code in my htaccess:

Redirect permanent /index.php?template=somepage http://www.XXXX.com/somepage.htm

But actually it does not work at all. Not even an error message. Does anybody know why? Any suggestions what changes I should make in my .htaccess file?

Thanks in advance.

Regards.
Florian

[V@no]

Code: [Select]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} index\.php$
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^((.+)&)?template=([^&]+)&*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^((.+)&)?template=([^&]+)(&.+)$
RewriteRule .* http://www.XXXX.com/%3.html?%2%4 [R=301,L]


[wflorian]

Hey v@ano,

thanks for your answer. I tried your code. But when using I do get an error message. Unfortunately in the URL field there is the correct /somepage.html URL. I get this error:

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

Umleitungsschleife   

Die aufgerufene Website leitet die Anfrage so um, dass sie nie beendet werden kann.

Der Verbindungsversuch zur aufgerufenen Adresse wurde abgebrochen. Die aufgerufene Website leitet die Anfrage so um, dass sie nie beendet werden kann.

    * Haben Sie Cookies, die von dieser Website benötigt werden, deaktiviert oder blockiert?
    * HINWEIS: Falls das Akzeptieren von Cookies die Probleme mit der aufgerufenen Adresse nicht behebt, handelt es sich vermutlich um eine Fehlkonfiguration des Servers und nicht um einen Fehler Ihres Computers.

TRANSLATED MESSAGE:

Redirection loop

The requested site directs the request so that they can never be stopped.

The connection attempt to address called was canceled. The requested site directs the request so that they can never be stopped.

     * Do you have cookies from this Web site are needed, disabled or blocked?
     * NOTE: If the acceptance of cookies with the problems of the called address does not resolve, it is probably a misconfiguration of the server and not an error on your computer

[wflorian]

No idea anybody?

[V@no]

Worked fine on my test site...
please show your entire .htaccess including these changes (you can alter the paths if you wish)

[wflorian]

hey v@ano, thanks for helping me.

here we go:

<code>
ErrorDocument 404 /404.html

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mysite\.de$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mysite.de/$1 [L,R=301]

#RewriteBase /is/xxxx/xxxx
RewriteRule ^lightbox\.htm$ lightbox.php?%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^lightbox\.([0-9]+)\.htm$ lightbox.php?page=$1&%{QUERY_STRING}

RewriteRule ^search\.htm$ search.php?%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^search\.([0-9]+)\.htm$ search.php?page=$1&%{QUERY_STRING}

RewriteRule ^cat\.htm$ categories.php?%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^cat([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.htm$ categories.php?cat_id=$1&page=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^cat([0-9]+)\.htm$ categories.php?cat_id=$1&%{QUERY_STRING}

RewriteRule ^img([0-9]+)\.htm$ details.php?image_id=$1&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^img([0-9]+)\.([a-zA-Z0-9]+)\.htm$ details.php?image_id=$1&mode=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}

RewriteRule ^postcard([a-zA-Z0-9]+)\.htm$ postcards.php?postcard_id=$1&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^postcard\.img([0-9]+)\.htm$ postcards.php?image_id=$1&%{QUERY_STRING}

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)\.htm$ index.php?template=$1&%{QUERY_STRING}

RewriteRule ^sitemap.xml$ google.php
</code>

[wflorian]

does the full code help you?

[V@no]

I did specify "including these changes"


Any way, try remove

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RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)\.htm$ index.php?template=$1&%{QUERY_STRING}


[wflorian]

 

well i did remove the line, unfortunately i do get a 404 error page.

when opening a url www.XXXXXXXX.com/index.php?template=somepage I do get redirected to www.XXXXXXXX.com/somepage.htm (I can see the URL in the browser line) but the I do get the 404 error page.

here is the full htaccess with the new code:

Code: [Select]

ErrorDocument 404 /404.html

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^XXXXXX\.de$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.XXXXXX.de/$1 [L,R=301]

#RewriteBase /is/htdocs/XXXXXX
RewriteRule ^lightbox\.htm$ lightbox.php?%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^lightbox\.([0-9]+)\.htm$ lightbox.php?page=$1&%{QUERY_STRING}

RewriteRule ^search\.htm$ search.php?%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^search\.([0-9]+)\.htm$ search.php?page=$1&%{QUERY_STRING}

RewriteRule ^cat\.htm$ categories.php?%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^cat([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.htm$ categories.php?cat_id=$1&page=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^cat([0-9]+)\.htm$ categories.php?cat_id=$1&%{QUERY_STRING}

RewriteRule ^img([0-9]+)\.htm$ details.php?image_id=$1&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^img([0-9]+)\.([a-zA-Z0-9]+)\.htm$ details.php?image_id=$1&mode=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}

RewriteRule ^postcard([a-zA-Z0-9]+)\.htm$ postcards.php?postcard_id=$1&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^postcard\.img([0-9]+)\.htm$ postcards.php?image_id=$1&%{QUERY_STRING}

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} index\.php$
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^((.+)&)?template=([^&]+)&*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^((.+)&)?template=([^&]+)(&.+)$
RewriteRule .* http://www.XXXXXX.de/%3.htm?%2%4 [R=301,L]

RewriteRule ^sitemap.xml$ google.php


[V@no]

Finally got it working:

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RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)\.htm$ index.php?template=$1&rewritten&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} index\.php$
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !&rewritten&?
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^((.+)&)?template=([^&]+)&*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^((.+)&)?template=([^&]+)(&.+)$
RewriteRule .* http://www.XXXXXX.de/%3.htm?%2%4 [R=301,L]


[wflorian]

THANK YOU v@ano. Works absolutely great!