Redirect old site php url to new wordpress pages

  • bjh555

    (@bjh555)


    13 years, 6 months ago

    Hi there.

    I recently redesigned a site that was built using a dreadful cms system. I really need to get some redirects working for some of the key pages.

    They are in this format /page.php?area_id=1 and I want to make it redirect to /about-us for example.

    I have tried a few 301 redirect ideas in the .htaccess file but it doesn’t seem to work.

    Hopefully someone can shove me in the right direction.

    Cheers

    Ben

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  • Joseph

    (@jpe24524)

    13 years, 6 months ago

    For that particular example:
    Redirect 301 /page.php?area_id=1 /about-us

    Thread Starter bjh555

    (@bjh555)

    13 years, 6 months ago

    Hi Joseph (again)

    Thanks for the reply, this doesn’t seem to work though. It isn’t trying to redirect at all…

    I’ve put it before and after the WordPress bit in the .htaccess file but no joy

    B

    Joseph

    (@jpe24524)

    13 years, 6 months ago

    Try this:

    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

Redirect 301 /page.php?area_id=1 /about-us

</IfModule>

    Thread Starter bjh555

    (@bjh555)

    13 years, 6 months ago

    Still no joy, this is my htaccess file…

    # BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
Redirect 301 /page.php?area_id=1 /about-us
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
    Joseph

    (@jpe24524)

    13 years, 6 months ago

    My mistake. I’ve just check the apache documentation and the syntax is

    Redirect [status] URL-path URL

    therefore it should be:

    Redirect 301 /page.php?area_id=1 http://yourdomain/about-us

    Thread Starter bjh555

    (@bjh555)

    13 years, 5 months ago

    Hi Joseph

    Thanks for looking into this, still doesn’t work though…

    Stumped!

    Cheers

    B

    Thread Starter bjh555

    (@bjh555)

    13 years, 5 months ago

    I was just tinkering and did this…

    Redirect 301 /page.php http://www.domain.com/ and when you go to http://www.domain.com/page.php?area_id=1 it redirects to http://www.domain.com/?area_id=1

    It’s not right or what I want but at least the redirect is working…

    Is there something difficult with redirecting the area_id=1 bit?

    Cheers

    Reuben Gunday

    (@greuben)

    13 years, 5 months ago

    You need to use RewriteCond to redirect urls with query parameters

    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^area_id=1$
    RewriteRule ^/page\.php$ http://www.domain.com/about-us/ [L,R=301]

    Check http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewritecond for more info

    Hope this helps…

    Thread Starter bjh555

    (@bjh555)

    13 years, 5 months ago

    Hi Reuben

    Thanks for the reply.

    This is my htacess file but it’s not working still…

    SetEnv DEFAULT_PHP_VERSION 5

# BEGIN WordPress

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^area_id=1$
RewriteRule ^/page\.php$ http://www.domain.com/about-us/ [L,R=301]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

    Am I doing something wrong or is it because of having other RewriteCond’s?

    Reuben Gunday

    (@greuben)

    13 years, 5 months ago

    is the .htaccess file present in the same directory as page.php?. Also, do you have http://www.domain.com or your real domain in your .htaccess file?

    Thread Starter bjh555

    (@bjh555)

    13 years, 5 months ago

    Hi Reuben

    page.php doesn’t exist – it’s an old page from the old pre-wordpress website so can’t sit in the same directory.

    I do have our real domain in the .htaccess file 🙂

    I just tried with a different one and this worked Redirect 301 /press_releases.php http://www.ourdomain.com/news

    Totally stumped and rather worried about potential search engine losses…

    B

    Reuben Gunday

    (@greuben)

    13 years, 5 months ago

    Place the 301 redirect rule above the WordPress rule and see if it works.

    SetEnv DEFAULT_PHP_VERSION 5

# BEGIN WordPress

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^area_id=1$
RewriteRule ^/page\.php$ http://www.domain.com/about-us/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress
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