Question about 301 redirect for trailing / ?
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I am cleaning up a fairly large site.
Some pages have a trailing slash on the end some don't. Some of the existing backlinks built used a trailing slash in the url and some didn't.
We aren't concerned with picking a particular one but just want to get one set and stick to it from now on.
I am wondering, would I clean this up within the same redirect in the htaccess file that takes care of the www and non www?
example
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.domain.com/ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://domain.com$1 [L,R=301]I currently use that to redirect the www. to the non www as you can see. However here is what I was confused about.
Would this code be enough to redirect ALL pages with a / to the ones without?
or would I also need to add another code (so there is 2) to my htaccess like below?
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.com/ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://domain.com$1 [L,R=301]RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.domain.com/ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://domain.com$1 [L,R=301]That way, now, even the non www pages with a trailing slash will redirect to the non www without the trailing slash.
Hopefully you understand what I am getting at. I just want to redirect EVERYTHING to the non www WITHOUT a /
Thank you
Jake
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Hmm Well, I'm not that technical either, I just know a little bit about 301's
Try this in stead of the second code snippet:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^\.domain\.com$ [NC] RewriteRule ^(.+)/$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]
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Thanks Yannick,
Quick question, I have dropped both snippets into the htaccess file. When I view my url in internet explorer it still has the trailing slash. All instances of the www. have been removed however. Is this just something IE does leaving the trailing slash even if it is in fact being redirected?
Is there a tool or a way to check to make sure the action has been completed correctly?
Thanks again for the help, this technical stuff is NOT my background.
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The one with the 2 code snippets is the one you needl! You just have to realize: what is accessed more often: the www version of a page or the / version of your pages? This speeds up apache a bit if the one that is accessed most is on top of the other.
Cheers!
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