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re-direct 301 .htacess - can someone help please

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    michael.hayes Reply #1, 9 years, 5 months ago
    Hi,

    I am running modx revo 2.2.14-pl and am trying to setup 301 re-directs for my new site (I thought it would be a lot easier). Basically I am running revo on a Windows server enviroment, configured via IIS and running .htaccess via helicon ape. Now my .htaccess file is fine as I have setup the re-write conditions and enabled g-zip without issue, I just cant seem to figure out 301 re-directs with revo. I have searched for this issue on google and have found many threads about it, I have tried the majority and still no joy.

    Please find a copy of my .htaccess file:

    # Helicon Ape version 3.1.0.135

    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html [L,QSA]

    SetEnv gzip

    ExpiresActive On
    Header set Cache-Control public
    ExpiresByType image/.+ "access 15 days"
    ExpiresByType text/css "access 5 days"
    ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access 5 days"
    ExpiresByType application/javascript "access 5 days"

    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "Password Protected Area"
    AuthUserFile .htpasswd
    Require valid-user

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      BobRay Reply #2, 9 years, 5 months ago
      Can you give some examples of the before and after full URLs you want?
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        michael.hayes Reply #3, 9 years, 5 months ago
        Hi Bob,

        Yes they would be:

        Old url: http://www.mysite.com/my-link.php

        New url: http://www.mysite.com/my-link

        I also have directories setup on my old site

        Old url: http://www.mysite.com/directory-name

        New url: http://www.mysite.com/new-directory-name

        Thanks,
        Michael
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          BobRay Reply #4, 9 years, 5 months ago
          Try this (put it at the top -- above the www and FURL rules):

          RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /


#remove .php
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/.+)\.php$
RewriteRule ^(.+)\.php$ %1 [R=301,L]

#rewrite directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f    
RewriteRule ^directory-name/(.*)$ /new-directory-name/$1 [R=301,NC,L]
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            michael.hayes Reply #5, 9 years, 5 months ago
            Hi Bob,

            Thanks for coming back to me again:

            I updated my .htacces and it now looks like the following:

            # Helicon Ape version 3.1.0.135

RewriteEngine
 on
RewriteBase /


#remove .php
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/.+)\.php$
RewriteRule ^(.+)\.php$ %1 [R=301,L]

#rewrite directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f    
RewriteRule ^directory-name/(.*)$ /new-directory-name/$1
 [R=301,NC,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html [L,QSA]

SetEnv gzip

ExpiresActive On
Header set Cache-Control public
ExpiresByType image/.+  "access 15 days"
ExpiresByType text/css  "access 5 days"
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access 5 days"
ExpiresByType application/javascript "access 5 days"

AuthType Basic
AuthName "Password Protected Area"
AuthUserFile .htpasswd
Require valid-user


            is that correct?

            Anyway what I have doesn't work unfortunately.

            Thanks
            Michael
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              BobRay Reply #6, 9 years, 5 months ago
              For this one, did you put the actual directory names in?

              RewriteRule ^directory-name/(.*)$ /new-directory-name/$1


              Also, try it this way:

              RewriteRule directory-name/(.*)$ new-directory-name/$1
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                michael.hayes Reply #7, 9 years, 5 months ago
                Hi Bob,

                Yes I added the directory names to the rewrite rule and it did not work, I also tried your alternative which does not work for me either.

                I have been able to setup re-directs for the old site on this server before/currently using web.config file, now I am using helicon ape / .htaccess I am having some difficulty getting it to work with the new modx site. Some of the old directories are becoming obsolete so it will be the basic request for those url's that I want to re-direct to a new url of my choice.

                I have 301 redirects setup fine with several other sites including wordpress sites that I am running off the same server.

                Thanks again,
                Michael
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                  BobRay Reply #8, 9 years, 5 months ago
                  I can't think of any reason why those wouldn't work, unless it's an nginx server or handles .htaccess rules in some strange way.

                  You could try commenting out the RewriteCond lines for those rules. Other than that, I'm afraid I don't have anything else to suggest.
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                    michael.hayes Reply #9, 9 years, 5 months ago
                    Hi Bob,

                    Thank's for your time, I have ended up going back to the IIS URL Rewrite module which is working for me.


                    I created a rewrite map:

                    		    
<rewriteMaps configSource="Web.RewriteMaps.config"/>
  <rules>
    <rule name="Old Page Redirects" stopProcessing="true">
	<match url=".*"/>
	  <conditions>
	    <add input="{OldPages:{REQUEST_URI}}" pattern="(.+)"/>
	  </conditions>
	  <action type="Redirect" url="{C:1}" appendQueryString="false" redirectType="Permanent"/>
    </rule>


                    and my re-direct config:

                    <rewriteMaps>
  <rewriteMap name="OldPages">
    <add key="/oldpage.aspx" value="/newpage.aspx" />			
  </rewriteMap>
</rewriteMaps>


                    Thanks for your help Bob,

                    Michael
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                      BobRay Reply #10, 9 years, 5 months ago
                      I'm glad you got it sorted. Thanks for reporting back. smiley
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