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1. Chorstikus
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Hey everyone,
   I have got a questen about a special permalink structure.
   Is it possible to have something like this:
   "[domain].de/index.php?page=[%postname%]"
   Because I want to move content from a webpage to an wordpress backend and the existing content got a good google ranking.
   Best regards.

2. Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Yes, but you can do something EVEN COOLER.

   Make your permalinks %postname% so your URLs will be domain.de/postname (that looks cool, right?)

   THEN go into your .htaccess and above the lines for #BEGIN WORDPRESS put in this

   RewriteRule ^index.php?page=(.*) http://domain.de/$1 [L,R=301]

   Now [domain].de/index.php?page=[%postname%] will redirect :)

3. Chorstikus
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   I know this :)
   But then i'll lose the Google ranking.

   Yes, but you can do something EVEN COOLER.

   So my question is how do i do this?

4. lonniea
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Wha......

   Let me see if i understand this 100%. Are you saying that i can put my old content (*.html) written in the year 2002 to appear as a blog post like this.... mydomain.com/%postname% ?

   As i have an aged domain with loads of content and would love to have it all on the blog platform. (but man... a lot of work) At the moment i've merely added a link to the old site.

   So my eyes are WIDE open here. lol

5. lonniea
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   @Chorstikus - no it wont hurt your rankings as this is merely a redirect as 301. and google doesnt mind that at all. if i'm understanding this correctly.

6. Chorstikus
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   @Chorstikus - no it wont hurt your rankings as this is merely a redirect as 301. and google doesnt mind that at all. if i'm understanding this correctly.

   Yeah you are right. I just don't get it earlier.
   I thought it has to be the same url structure. :)

7. Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Nope, as long as it redirects, you don't lose your Google ranks :)

   301 redirects are super cool awesome sauce because it lets you keep your ranking, AND have uber simple, pretty URLs :)

   The trick, and yes there is one, is that the 'postname' you redirect FROM has to be the same you redirect TO.

   I use this a lot of the time when changing permalinks from domain.com/YYYY/MM/DD/postname to just domain.com/postname -- or in my case, domain.com/YYYY/postname, since I think people like years). And WordPress is even extra cool because if I go to domain.com/postname it, on it's own, will go 'Oh you mean domain.com/YYYY/postname! Here you go!'

8. lonniea
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   yes... wow that is cool.

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