301 Redirect problem (old sites' URLs) MODx Evo 1.0.4

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anonymized-26931 Reply #1, 16 years, 4 months ago

Hi everybody,

i would like to 301 redirect old URLs from a site that has been ported over to MODx.

the problem seems to be an "?" in the old site’s URL

http://www.domain.com/?open=praxis
to
http://www.domain.com/praxis.html

this doesn’t work:

RewriteRule ?open=praxis praxis.html [L,NE,R=301]

without the "?" does:

RewriteRule open=praxis praxis.html [L,NE,R=301]

does anyone know how i can get this working?

( i placed the rule just below RewriteBase / )

thanks, j

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kp52 Reply #2, 16 years, 4 months ago

?open=praxis is a query string, not a URL, so you need a rewrite rule using a condition that tests for it. That’s about as far as I dare go in giving .htaccess advice. Following is the closest I found to your situation with a quick burst of googling: http://discuss.joyent.com/viewtopic.php?id=16947. That should set you off on the right track, I hope.
wink

KP

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anonymized-26931 Reply #3, 16 years, 4 months ago

hehe, okay ... at least it’s a part of the URL wink

thanks KP, i’ll check your link! j

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anonymized-26931 Reply #4, 16 years, 4 months ago

hmmm ... made a Snippet with the following code and placed it on the site start (home page):

<?php
$home='1';
$news='12';
$kontakt='7';
switch($_GET['open']) {
	case 'home' :
	$modx->sendRedirect($modx->makeUrl($home), 0, 'REDIRECT_HEADER', 'HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently');
	break; 
	case 'aktuelles' :
	$modx->sendRedirect($modx->makeUrl($news), 0, 'REDIRECT_HEADER', 'HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently');
	break; 
	case 'kontakt' :
	$modx->sendRedirect($modx->makeUrl($kontakt), 0, 'REDIRECT_HEADER', 'HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently');
	break; 
	}
?>

..it’s working, but is this legit? anything i should change? is it secure?

thanks, j

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anonymized-26931 Reply #5, 16 years, 4 months ago

guess this is a better way to handle it ... found it here: http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,45869.msg270970.html#msg270970

<?php
// old URl with the corresponding new ID
$urlid = array(
	'home' => '1',
	'praxis' => '3',
	'kontakt' => '7',
	'impressum' => '8'
	);

// set default
$url= '1';

if (isset($_GET['open']) && isset($urlid[$_GET['open']])) {
	$url = $urlid[$_GET['open']];
	$modx->sendRedirect($modx->makeUrl($url), 0, 'REDIRECT_HEADER', 'HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently');
	}
?>