Server responds with 302 but the pages doesn't appear to redirect?
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I'm working on a site and am running some basic audits, including a campaign within Moz.
When I put the domain into any of these tools, including response header checkers, the response is a 302 that says there is a redirect to an Error Page. However, the page itself doesn't redirect, and resolves fine in the browser. But all of the audit tools cant seem to get any information from any of the pages.
What is the best way to troubleshoot what is going on here? Thanks.
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Yeah thats whats going on. Its using something called SiteCore. Looks like theres an issue on their end, but tough to troubleshoot from my perspective. Thanks.
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What platform is the site developed on? Does it use an internal system to write friendly urls? I have seen a couple that when they write the page they send a 302 header because a bug or lack of understanding from the developers end.
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