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    • 25342
    • 13 Posts
    Hi all,
    I wanted to do a 301 redirect

    From www.website.com/something/else

    to www.website.com/else


    I tried using
    redirect 301 /something/else http://www.website.com/else

    But i get this
    http://www.website.co,/else?q=something/else


    here is the .htaccess file i have

    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /

    # Fix Apache internal dummy connections from breaking [(site_url)] cache
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*internal\ dummy\ connection.*$ [NC]
    RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^.+/images/(.*)$ /images/$1 [L,NC]

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^.+/css/(.*)$ /css/$1 [L,NC]

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^.+/js/(.*)$ /js/$1 [L,NC]

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

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    Any help would be greatly appreciated guys.
      • 21246
      • 55 Posts
      Try this below your RewriteBase /

      RewriteRule ^something/else /else [R=301,L]