RewriteQueryString and .htaccess usage
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I'm trying to redirect a whole load of pages which use a query string to a different directory for example.
Original URL: example.com/news/post.php?s=2011-01-28-some-text
New URL: example.com/blog/post.php?s=2011-01-28-some-text
My understanding is that because the url uses query strings I need to use a rewrite rather than the usual redirect 301 etc. I've come up with this but it is not doing the job. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} s=
RewriteRule ^/news /blog [L,R=301] -
Hi Jarno,
This worked perfectly, thank you!
All the best,
Rodney
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Rodney,
I believe you have the use the $ symbol for following the content and using the ^ symbol I always start off by using the base URL. You could try:
RewriteEngine on
Options MultiViews FollowSymLinks
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} .
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.example.com [NC]
RewriteRule (.) http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^news(.) http://www.example.com/blog$1 [R=301,L]I think this should do the trick.
regards
Jarno
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