Answered What's the best extra for redirecting old urls? [Resolved]

Is there an extra/plugin for redirecting old document resource urls to new ones?

I used to use Virtual Aliases but that no longer works, and it hasn't been updated in four years.

You could create a TV to hold all the mutant urls for each doc.

Thanks

[ed. note: markg last edited this post 12 years, 3 months ago.]

Have you looked into Redirector http://rtfm.modx.com/extras/revo/redirector

Personally I don't do 301 directs but let a search plugin on 404 suggest new address to the visitor or just set up the old address as a weblink.

Is that 404 plugin an extra? I was just thinking of writing one.

I generally do all rewrites in .htaccess. It's quite fast that way.

Quote from: BobRay at Jun 13, 2014, 07:05 PM

Is that 404 plugin an extra? I was just thinking of writing one.

I generally do all rewrites in .htaccess. It's quite fast that way.

It's an Evo plugin that shouldnt be to hard to rewrite.
https://forums.modx.com/thread/90907/remove-html-without-loss-of-google-ranking---htaccess-rewrite#dis-post-497963

Have you looked into Redirector http://rtfm.modx.com/extras/revo/redirector

I've never been able to get Redirector to even install properly. I've tried it on various sites on different hosts and it always either breaks the manager panel or throws up error after error.

[ed. note: markg last edited this post 12 years, 3 months ago.]

Anyone?

I'd really like something like Redirector or Virtual Aliases that actually worded with Revo.

From the look of the other support threads no-one's ever been able to get either to work for the past three years.

If anyone has, please let me know how you did it. When I install Redirector and then access it thru Components it loads the 404 page, before leaving my Manager completely blank. A very nerve wracking experience.

If there's no extra I'll just have to do it via htaccess rewrites.

Thanks