301 redirects- why are some failing?

  • Resolved tmweb

    (@tmweb)


    8 years, 4 months ago

    I set up 301 redirects in my htaccess file to reroute old html pages to new wordpress pages- under the same domain.

    Heres the syntax used:
    Redirect 301 /oldpage.html /newpage

    Strangely, out of 30 redirects, 15 work perfectly and 15 don’t.

    Any one have any suggestions why this could be happening?

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  • Marios Alexandrou

    (@marios-alexandrou)

    8 years, 4 months ago

    Documentation I’ve seen indicates that the newpage should be fully qualified e.g.

    Redirect 301 /oldpage.html http://www.mydomain.com/newpage.html

    I’ve never done redirects your way so I’m not sure if you’re using a valid shortcut or not.

    If the above doesn’t make a difference, what happens with the ones that don’t work? Do you get a WordPress error page?

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