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How do I fix a 301 Redirect Loop?
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Saturday I waas doing some correcting of some duplicate titles, including nofollowing tags, etc. (my main problem was duplicate titles due to tags and categories being indexed).
Now this morning I see that one of my pages refuses to load, citing a 301 redirect loop.
http://www.incredibleinfant.com/feeding/switching-baby-formula/
Originally, the page was posted under the wrong category.
http://www.incredibleinfant.com/uncategorized/switching-baby-formula
I resaved it under the correct category (feeding) and now it won't load.
Can someone help me figure out how to correct this mess?
Thanks so much
Heather
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thank you, I will look there. Thanks for getting back to me and pointing me in a new direction. Appreciate it!
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Hi Heather,
Yes this is what I was looking for.
Sorry for not getting back to you sooner.
Generally the Wordpress core systems work great, its other modules that tend to cause issues. I don't see a specific problem with the htacess, did you install any other redirecting scripts like canonical redirects?
It sounds like this maybe a somewhat common issue and you may find quicker answers to this sort of technical issue directly on the Wordpress forums. I've done some basic things with WP before, but I have not digested it to the degree you would expect to find on the official forums.
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Is this what you need?
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Hi Heather, can you post your HTACCESS info that pertains to this redirect?
You may simply have an ambiguous statement in there.
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