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1. davede
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   Hi all,

   Trying to do a simple 301 redirect in the .htaccess file.

   However some of my post URLs actually contain the %e2%80%93 character which would be seen as a long dash ('-') which you can replicate by typing two words with a dash between them in a word editor.

   Anyways seems like our new CMS doesn't like the %e2%80%93 character and neither does the htaccess file.

   Anyone got any ideas on how to 301 redirect the page with the %e2%80%93 character in the URL?

2. davede
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   Hi all,

   got around the issue by using the (.+) character to match any character that could be there and then redirect it to the new URL.

   e.g.

   301 redirect page-(.+)-here/ http://www.example.com/page-here

   Hope this helps someone.

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