Can I redirect a URL that has a # in it? How?
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Hi there -
My web developer is saying that I can't do a URL redirect with a "#" in it. Currently, the URL is actually an anchored link within a page (which the URL indicates with a #). I want to change the content to a new URL, but our website links internally to the old URL, so we would need to do a URL redirect (assume 301).
Can you tell me if this is possible and how?
Thanks!
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Here is the info on pushstates - as mentioned above: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/Manipulating_the_browser_history
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Again, that is not possible because of the #. You can't redirect a browser side page.
There are some tricky things you can do with modern browsers to push things through via ajax but this is another kettle of fish and even then I am not sure that it is possible to 301.
Sorry!
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Hi -
Another restriction - we only want to redirect one of the anchor pages.
e.g., www.website.com/#training1 - we would want to redirect this.
www.website.com/#training2 - we would NOT want to redirect this.
Is this possible?
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I might be wrong but isn't a # done browser side, so I am not sure this is possible as a search engine can't see the # anyway.
Willing to be proved wrong on this one but think that is the case.......might go and grab one of our techies and check.
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Hello Daylan,
Would you please share the code you used while redirecting
http://www.website.com/training# to
I mean what code to use if i were to redirect the first url to second (removing the # )
Thanks
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In appache you can set a re-write rule (for 301's) that would apend everything from the # tag to the redirected url.
EG: website.com/training#1. You could set the rule redirecting the website.com/training to go to awesomesite.com/training and attach the #1 if it existed on the new page.
We've done it on our site a few times.
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