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How do I rewrite the following url so Google ignores that it is duplicate content?
Bad URL I want de-indexed:
example.com/cart/index.php
Good url I want indexed:
example.com/nice-sef-addre
Bad URL I want de-indexed:
example.com/cart/index.php
Good url I want indexed:
example.com/nice-sef-addre
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ASKER
I have read and read, I need an actual answer, thanks.
Sorry, what is the question? You need to decide how to name "nice-sef-address" or how to forward to the nice address?
If you can give me the rules of what you want to forward where, I can give you the commands
If you can give me the rules of what you want to forward where, I can give you the commands
ASKER
the rules are in the original question. I'm looking for the mod rewrite EXACT syntax. Don't mean to shout but you know how picky .htaccess is.
ASKER
Here's a more real world example, it's the same pattern as in my first post
http://www.example.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=7
I want to 301 redirect that to www.example.com
I have others, actually, that I need to 301 redirect to
www.example.com/course-registration
This is a joomla site, and joomla sees "shop" as an undefined component.
http://www.example.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=7
I want to 301 redirect that to www.example.com
I have others, actually, that I need to 301 redirect to
www.example.com/course-registration
This is a joomla site, and joomla sees "shop" as an undefined component.
For starters: Use R=301 when you are totally satisfied with working.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule * /course-registration [R,L]
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule * /course-registration [R,L]
ASKER
Is that going to redirect all the url's? I only want the ones that match the pattern.
Are you looking specifically (and only just) for 'shop'? If so, this should work:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^shop/index.php / [R,L]
RewriteRule * /course-registration [R,L]
ASKER
Thanks for writing, I honestly don't remember :)
I supposed we could have a theoretical conversation -
how would you change
example.com/shop/index.php
so that it becomes
example.com/course-registr
Is the asterisk looking at the query parameters? When you say "whatever regex pattern you need to look for," where are we looking for this pattern, the parameters?
I supposed we could have a theoretical conversation -
how would you change
example.com/shop/index.php
so that it becomes
example.com/course-registr
Is the asterisk looking at the query parameters? When you say "whatever regex pattern you need to look for," where are we looking for this pattern, the parameters?
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ASKER
OK so the pattern is --
RewriteRule thing-to-search-for thing-to-change-it-to [options]
Is that right?
RewriteRule thing-to-search-for thing-to-change-it-to [options]
Is that right?
Yes, that's correct. :-)
ASKER
So if I want to change:
example.com/shop/index.php
so that it becomes
example.com/course-registr
I would do this?
RewriteRule ^shop/index.php course-registration [R,L]
example.com/shop/index.php
so that it becomes
example.com/course-registr
I would do this?
RewriteRule ^shop/index.php course-registration [R,L]
That looks to be correct...so does that work for you?
ASKER
It was more of a theoretical question. This comes up all the time and I didn't get how the patterns worked.
Ah. Yes, .htaccess regex is a bit..."off". ;-)
ASKER
I actually get regular expressions. It's the looping through htaccess that hurts :)
You and me Both; I don't think I'll ever fully wrap my head around all the .htaccess rules...
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