301 redirect

Hi Ray

Have got an .htaccess that is re-writing

RewriteRule ^product/(.*)$ product-item.php?perm=$1 [NC,L,QSA,T=application/x-httpd-php]

The client changed the page name thereby changing the url.

I have tried to set up a 301 to take a visitor from the old URL to the new one but cannot get it to work.

Basically I have this:

Redirect 301 /product/original-url http://www.domainname.com/product/new-url

but when go to the original url, the url looks like this and the page doesnt resolve:
http://www.domainname.com/product/new-url?perm=original-url

Not sure how to fix that?

Cheers

Jamie

can I see a copy of your .htaccess file? You will need to add the 301 redirect before the perm rewrite. This might just be an issue with the order?

I'd do the 301 redirect with a rewrite rule instead like:
^product/original-url/?$ product/new-url [NC,L,R=301,QSA,T=application/x-httpd-php]

have tried both position and using the rewrite as you suggest but both are resulting in exactly the same as before: http://www.domainname.com/product/new-url?perm=original-url

have attached the .htaccaess file

I'm at a loss... are you sure you didn't add code to the page itself that might be causing the issue?

Try removing the ,QSA part of the new redirect... that should make it remove any query string variables.

I've tried that, have moved the reqrites around in all possible combinations, tried it as RewriteRule ^product/fibre-optic-curing-systems\$ "http\:\/\/www\.domain\.com\/product\/field\--in-situ\-curing\-system\" [R=301,L] and none of them work....

Have attached the front end page... the only thing I can think of is the base href reference but thats needed to reference the right path....

How about we do it on the page instead of in the .htaccess....

Remove the redirect from the .htaccess file and just add this to the top of the page itself.

<?php

if (isset($_GET['perm']) && $_GET['perm'] == "fibre-optic-curing-systems") {

  header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");

  header("Location: http://www.domain.com/product/field--in-situ-curing-system"); 

}

?>

thats done it!

Thanks Ray