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Well, it should be instant. If you type in http://purchase.ie/chimney-balloon-inflation-tube-2/ you should be immediately redirected. Maybe try to remove the end slash?

Redirect 301 /chimney-balloon-inflation-tube-2 http://purchase.ie/chimney-balloons

Keep playing with it until it works. Again, a quicker test is when you type the old URL immediately in. Also, make sure you save and upload the .htaccess file after you’ve made the changes.

Well, the fact that you seeing the actual PHP code is the problem. It’s not being parsed by the PHP compiler. So my guess is the filename does not have a .php extension? Maybe the filename is index.htm or index.html? Renamve the file and give it a .php extension. Then it will be parsed properly and all should work.

You are welcome… if that worked, please mark this thread as resolved! Glad I could help.

Try using WordPress’ function get_template_part(). Though it sounds weird cause you aren’t really getting a “part” of a template, it is indeed what you want. So you would call:

switch ($niche) {
    case "store":
        get_template_part( 'store', 'template' );
        break;
    case "bar":
        echo "i is bar";
        break;
    default:
	get_template_part( 'template' , 'fullwidth' );
        break;
}

Read up on the documentation to see why I pass what I pass, but this should work. The function basically does the include() function for you, but it knows the right path, and it checks to make sure the file actually exists and does a graceful fail instead of PHP errors.

What you want is some kind of 404 redirect plugin, unless you know how to write your own. Since the page is expiring and the content is no longer there/relevant, you should use a 404 redirect for SEO purposes.

I can’t tell you which 404 redirect plugin is the best, but look for one that’s automatic. Those will check when the user hits a 404 and try to redirect them to an appropriate page instead.

What FTP program are you using?

You are most welcome!

Here is your code combined with mine (P.S. I stripped a lot of repeating <?php ?> as you don’t need them every time!). Best of luck!

<?php
	// start advanced custom fields repeater
	if(get_field('images')):
		while(the_repeater_field('images')):
			$image = wp_get_attachment_image_src(get_sub_field('image'), 'full');
			echo '<a href="' . $image[0] . '"  rel="shadowbox[set]" title="Click to view this photograph fullscreen. Filename: ' . basename( $image[0] ) . '">';
			echo '<img src="' . $image[0] . '" width="678" /></a>';
		endwhile;
	endif;
?>