Url rewrite & 301 redirects
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Hi all
I am having some issues rearding url rewrites and 301 redirects with 1 and 1 hosting and am unsure of the best approach. The website is a custom made shopping cart system with categories and products.
The current urls for categories are : index.php?l=product_list&c=1 The new url format required is : /banner-stands
The current urls for products are : index.php?l=product_detail&c=1&p=1 The new url format required is : /banner-stands/banner-stand
Thanks
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Can you show me the URL?
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You would point like this using your .htaccess:
redirect 301 /index.php?l=product_list&c=1 http://www.yourdomain.com/banner-stands
redirect 301 /index.php?l=product_detail&c=1&p=1 http://www.yourdomain.com/banner-stands/banner-stand
the /index.php?l=product_list&c=1 is the old one that your want to 301 redirect.
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Here is a lot of resources on 301 redirects. I do not need to go overboard however I believe the first few URL should get you there.
If you using a CMS like WordPress and you tell me it would be a lot easier troubleshoot
http://moz.com/learn/seo/redirection
http://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/tools/
http://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/blog/search-engine-optimization/301-redirects/
http://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/301.html
http://www.webconfs.com/redirect-check.php
http://www.somacon.com/p145.php
http://www.ragepank.com/redirect-check/
http://www.internetofficer.com/seo-tool/redirect-check/
http://www.ragepank.com/articles/php-redirect-function/
http://www.seoworkers.com/seo-articles-tutorials/permanent-redirects.html
http://perishablepress.com/permanent-301-redirect-via-php-or-htaccess/
http://www.phpjunkyard.com/tutorials/php-redirect.php
Sincerely,
Thomas
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