301's are not difficult for me, but handling the code for a logic to re-route requests for "URL" to "URL/" is something I dont know how to do. I can manually 301 or rel canonical my CMS pages on Magento everytime, but that defeats the purpose or the automation in htaccess I am trying to get working.

thanks

Thank You Kevin.

This is almost the default Magento htaccess file(out of the box), I think I had a couple entries to fix a couple other issues, the code I just added that isnt working is in the middle of the htaccess, its commented starting with this: ** "## slash removal re-write done by ALEX MEADE for iamgreenminded.com**

uncomment these lines for CGI mode

make sure to specify the correct cgi php binary file name

it might be /cgi-bin/php-cgi

Action php5-cgi /cgi-bin/php5-cgi

AddHandler php5-cgi .php

############################################

GoDaddy specific options

Options -MultiViews

you might also need to add this line to php.ini

cgi.fix_pathinfo = 1

if it still doesn't work, rename php.ini to php5.ini

############################################

this line is specific for 1and1 hosting

#AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
#AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php

############################################

default index file

DirectoryIndex index.php

############################################

adjust memory limit

php_value memory_limit 64M

php_value memory_limit 256M
php_value max_execution_time 18000

############################################

disable magic quotes for php request vars

php_flag magic_quotes_gpc off

############################################

disable automatic session start

before autoload was initialized

php_flag session.auto_start off

############################################

enable resulting html compression

#php_flag zlib.output_compression on

###########################################

disable user agent verification to not break multiple image upload

php_flag suhosin.session.cryptua off

###########################################

turn off compatibility with PHP4 when dealing with objects

php_flag zend.ze1_compatibility_mode Off

<ifmodule mod_security.c="">###########################################

disable POST processing to not break multiple image upload</ifmodule>

SecFilterEngine Off
SecFilterScanPOST Off

############################################

enable apache served files compression

http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#gzip

Insert filter on all content

###SetOutputFilter DEFLATE

Insert filter on selected content types only

#AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/css text/javascript

Netscape 4.x has some problems...

#BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html

Netscape 4.06-4.08 have some more problems

#BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4.0[678] no-gzip

MSIE masquerades as Netscape, but it is fine

#BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html

Don't compress images

#SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI .(?:gif|jpe?g|png)$ no-gzip dont-vary

Make sure proxies don't deliver the wrong content

#Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary

############################################

make HTTPS env vars available for CGI mode

SSLOptions StdEnvVars

############################################

enable rewrites

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on

############################################

slash removal re-write done by ALEX MEADE for iamgreenminded.com

RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(.)/$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !.(gif|jpg|png|jpeg|css|js)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.)$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1/ [L,R=301]
############################################

############################################

you can put here your magento root folder

path relative to web root

#RewriteBase /magento/

############################################

uncomment next line to enable light API calls processing

RewriteRule ^api/([a-z][0-9a-z_]+)/?$ api.php?type=$1 [QSA,L]

############################################

rewrite API2 calls to api.php (by now it is REST only)

RewriteRule ^api/rest api.php?type=rest [QSA,L]

############################################

workaround for HTTP authorization

in CGI environment

RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

############################################

TRACE and TRACK HTTP methods disabled to prevent XSS attacks

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^TRAC[EK]
RewriteRule .* - [L,R=405]

############################################

redirect for mobile user agents

#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/mobiledirectoryhere/.$
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "android|blackberry|ipad|iphone|ipod|iemobile|opera mobile|palmos|webos|googlebot-mobile" [NC]
#RewriteRule ^(.)$ /mobiledirectoryhere/ [L,R=302]

############################################

always send 404 on missing files in these folders

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(media|skin|js)/

############################################

never rewrite for existing files, directories and links

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l

############################################

rewrite everything else to index.php

RewriteRule .* index.php [L]

############################################

Prevent character encoding issues from server overrides

If you still have problems, use the second line instead

AddDefaultCharset Off
#AddDefaultCharset UTF-8

############################################

Add default Expires header

http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#expires

ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 year"

############################################

By default allow all access

Order allow,deny
Allow from all

###########################################

Deny access to release notes to prevent disclosure of the installed Magento version

<files release_notes.txt="">order allow,deny
deny from all</files>

############################################

If running in cluster environment, uncomment this

http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#etags

#FileETag none

Permanent URL redirect - generated by www.rapidtables.com

Redirect 301 /thebirdword http://www.thebirdword.com

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !example.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(.)/$
RewriteRule ^(.)$ http://domain.com/$1/ [L,R=301]

I have found both of the articles you linked here, nothing is working - any code I try gives me the same error on most of my pages:

"This webpage has a redirect loop

ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS"

Still need a fix for this

thanks

Hello,

Can anyone help me find a solution to Fixing and Creating Magento CMS pages to only use one URL  and not two URLS?

www.domain.com/testpage

www.domain.com/testpage/

I found a previous article that applies to my issue, which is using htaccess to redirect request for pages in magento 301 redirect to slash URL from the non-slash URL.  I dont understand the syntax fully in htaccess , but I used this code below.

This code below fixed the CMS page redirection but caused issues on other pages, like all my categories and products with this error:

"This webpage has a redirect loop

ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS"

Assuming you're running at domain root.  Change to working directory if needed.

RewriteBase /

# www check

If you're running in a subdirectory, then you'll need to add that in

to the redirected url (http://www.mydomain.com/subdirectory/$1

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www. [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mydomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Trailing slash check

Don't fix direct file links

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(.)/$
RewriteRule ^(.)$ $1/ [L,R=301]

Finally, forward everything to your front-controller (index.php)

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule .* index.php [QSA,L]

Yes, this is the stuff I am looking for !

Process , process, process

Thanks

I've already gone through the newbie guides, im still looking for a good research and implementation flowchart on keywords, if anyone has a process to share?

Thanks

Hello,

First post here. I am a IT infrastructure engineer that does application and deployment work mostly,  but new to SEO. That being said, I am a firm believer in demming wheel and defined process/flow charts.

I have a website up, built as best practice, its a Magento CE open source Ecommerce store.  After some initial research,  it seems I really need to define my keywords before I start branding my landing pages and such.

So i am going to have to go back and implement the keywords and evaluate.

But as I am reading it seems most SEO people try their keywords in google ad words first? Then implement?

I am hoping to find some flow or process sheets on how successful Keyword research is done via step by step process and evaluation. And explanations of each.

How many keywords to start with per landing page, how many to try and get in the H1 headers, paragraphs, URL. How long to leave keywords in to test?

Also, I am a start up company that is competing with the big boys in my market space. I know I cant compete for the big keywords in my market? What is my best strategy for getting any kind of ranking as a small business in a global market?

SEO is a mysterious, intriguing thing to me! Very much reminding me of one of my favorite whimsical quotes I will leave you will now, and thanks for reading.

-Alex

"Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple." - Willy Wonka