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        • ulefos
          ulefos last edited by

          Hi

          Recently I ask for some work done on my website from a company,  but I am not sure what they've done is right.
          What I wanted was html file extensions to be removed like
          /ash-logs.html to /ash-logs
          also the index.html to www.timports.co.uk
          I have done a crawl diagnostics and have duplicate page content and 32 page title duplicates. This is so doing my head in please help

          This is what is in the .htaccess file

          <ifmodule pagespeed_module="">ModPagespeed on
          ModPagespeedEnableFilters extend_cache,combine_css, collapse_whitespace,move_css_to_head, remove_comments</ifmodule>

          <ifmodule mod_headers.c="">Header set Connection keep-alive</ifmodule>

          <ifmodule mod_rewrite.c="">Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews</ifmodule>

          DirectoryIndex index.html

          RewriteEngine On 
           #

          Rewrite valid requests on .html files  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f

          RewriteRule ^ %{REQUEST_URI}.html?rw=1 [L,QSA] 
           #

          Return 404 on direct requests against .html files

          RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .html$  
          RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !rw=1 [NC]
           RewriteRule ^ - [R=404]

          AddCharset UTF-8 .html # <filesmatch “.(js|css|html|htm|php|xml|swf|flv|ashx)$”="">#SetOutputFilter DEFLATE #</filesmatch>

          <ifmodule mod_expires.c="">ExpiresActive On
          ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 years"
          ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 years"
          ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 years"
          ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 years"
          ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 years"
          ExpiresByType text/css "access 1 years"
          ExpiresByType text/x-javascript "access 1 years"
          ExpiresByType application/javascript "access 1 years"
          ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access 1 years"</ifmodule>

          <files 403.shtml="">order allow,deny allow from all</files>

          redirect 301 /PRODUCTS http://www.timports.co.uk/kiln-dried-logs
          redirect 301 /kindling_firewood.html http://www.timports.co.uk/kindling-firewood.html
          redirect 301 /about_us.html http://www.timports.co.uk/about-us.html
          redirect 301 /log_delivery.html http://www.timports.co.uk/log-delivery.html redirect 301 /oak_boards_delivery.html http://www.timports.co.uk/oak-boards-delivery.html
          redirect 301 /un_edged_oak_boards.html http://www.timports.co.uk/un-edged-oak-boards.html
          redirect 301 /wholesale_logs.html http://www.timports.co.uk/wholesale-logs.html redirect 301 /privacy_policy.html http://www.timports.co.uk/privacy-policy.html redirect 301 /payment_failed.html http://www.timports.co.uk/payment-failed.html redirect 301 /payment_info.html http://www.timports.co.uk/payment-info.html

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          • Tom-Anthony
            Tom-Anthony @ulefos last edited by

            This looks good to me, the html pages are 301ing to the non .html versions. 🙂

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            • ulefos
              ulefos last edited by

              I think I've done it this is what I have found and added to my htaccess code.

              <ifmodule mod_rewrite.c="">   
               Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews</ifmodule>

              DirectoryIndex index.html

              RewriteEngine On    
              RewriteBase /

              #removing trailing slash
              RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d    
              RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ $1 [R=301,L]

              #non www to www
              RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.    
              RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

              #html
              RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f    
              RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d    
              RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ $1.html [NC,L]

              #index redirect 
              RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index.html\ HTTP/    
              RewriteRule ^index.html$ http://www.timports.co.uk/ [R=301,L]
              RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} .html    
              RewriteRule ^(.*).html$ /$1 [R=301,L]

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              • ulefos
                ulefos last edited by

                I still have the internal error, thank you for your time in looking at this I will keep trying

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                • LynnPatchett
                  LynnPatchett @ulefos last edited by

                  Hi,

                  htaccess can be a pain and I will admit I usually manage what I am after with a bit of trial and error. Try the following, and if you have problems concentrate on the lines:

                  RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} .html
                  RewriteRule ^(.*).html$ /$1 [R=301,L]

                  I have added a redirect for index.html to root, and from non www to www and removed the last .html from the last list of _ to - redirects. Give it a shot, and keep that backup handy just in case. If no go, maybe one of the htaccess experts around can step in and have a look, I am not 100% sure what some of those other rules are doing to be honest!

                  <ifmodule pagespeed_module="">ModPagespeed on 
                  ModPagespeedEnableFilters extend_cache,combine_css, collapse_whitespace,move_css_to_head, remove_comments</ifmodule>

                  <ifmodule mod_headers.c="">Header set Connection keep-alive</ifmodule>

                  AddCharset UTF-8 .html

                  <filesmatch ".(js|css|html|htm|php|xml|swf|flv|ashx)$"="">

                  #SetOutputFilter DEFLATE 
                  #</filesmatch>

                  <ifmodule mod_expires.c="">ExpiresActive On 
                  ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 years"
                  ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 years"
                  ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 years" 
                  ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 years" 
                  ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 years" 
                  ExpiresByType text/css "access 1 years" 
                  ExpiresByType text/x-javascript "access 1 years" 
                  ExpiresByType application/javascript "access 1 years" 
                  ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access 1 years"</ifmodule>

                  <files 403.shtml="">order allow,deny allow from all</files>

                  # mod_rewrite On only needed once
                  RewriteEngine On

                  301 permanent redirect old underscore.html to new dash urls

                  redirect 301 /PRODUCTS http://www.timports.co.uk/kiln-dried-logs 
                  redirect 301 /kindling_firewood.html http://www.timports.co.uk/kindling-firewood
                  redirect 301 /about_us.html http://www.timports.co.uk/about-us
                  redirect 301 /log_delivery.html http://www.timports.co.uk/log-delivery
                  redirect 301 /oak_boards_delivery.html http://www.timports.co.uk/oak-boards-delivery
                  redirect 301 /un_edged_oak_boards.html http://www.timports.co.uk/un-edged-oak-boards
                  redirect 301 /wholesale_logs.html http://www.timports.co.uk/wholesale-logs
                  redirect 301 /privacy_policy.html http://www.timports.co.uk/privacy-policy
                  redirect 301 /payment_failed.html http://www.timports.co.uk/payment-failed
                  redirect 301 /payment_info.html http://www.timports.co.uk/payment-info

                  301 permanent redirect index.html to folder

                  RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /([^/]+/)index.html?\ HTTP/
                  RewriteRule ^(([^/]+/)
                  )index.html?$ http://www.timports.co.uk/$1 [R=301,L]

                  301 permanent redirect non-www to www

                  RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(www.timports.co.uk)?$
                  RewriteRule (.*) http://www.timports.co.uk/$1 [R=301,L]

                  301 permanent redirect all .html to non .html

                  RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} .html
                  RewriteRule ^(.*).html$ /$1 [R=301,L]

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                  • ulefos
                    ulefos last edited by

                    thanks Lyn, but that gave an 500 internal error, back up worked though

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                    • LynnPatchett
                      LynnPatchett @ulefos last edited by

                      Hi,

                      I think you will only need this bit:

                      #301 from example.com/page.html to example.com/page
                      RewriteCond%{THE_REQUEST}^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /..html\ HTTP/
                      RewriteRule^(.
                      ).html$ /$1 [R=301,L]

                      And you would replace this bit below with the above:

                      Rewrite valid requests on .html files  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f

                      RewriteRule ^ %{REQUEST_URI}.html?rw=1 [L,QSA] 
                       #

                      Return 404 on direct requests against .html files

                      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .html$  
                      RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !rw=1 [NC] 
                       RewriteRule ^ - [R=404]

                      But leave the  at the end of that section.

                      htaccess files can be a bit picky, so be sure to keep a backup so you can quickly undo something if it is not working!

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                      • ulefos
                        ulefos last edited by

                        Ok have got links to work again with old code, going to try this

                        #example.com/page will display the contents of example.com/page.html RewriteCond%{REQUEST_FILENAME}!-f RewriteCond%{REQUEST_FILENAME}!-d RewriteCond%{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f RewriteRule^(.+)$ $1.html [L,QSA] #301 from example.com/page.html to example.com/page RewriteCond%{THE_REQUEST}^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /..html\ HTTP/ RewriteRule^(.).html$ /$1 [R=301,L]

                        where would I put this code in relation to what I already have in my htaccess file

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                        • ulefos
                          ulefos last edited by

                          Thanks you for your reply, I have looked at the links you provided and tried replacing this RewriteEngine On #

                          Rewrite valid requests on .html files RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f

                          RewriteRule ^ %{REQUEST_URI}.html?rw=1 [L,QSA]

                          Return 404 on direct requests against .html files

                          RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .html$  
                          RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !rw=1 [NC]
                          RewriteRule ^ - [R=404]

                          with this, but it didn't work or I did something wrong. #example.com/page will display the contents of example.com/page.html RewriteCond%{REQUEST_FILENAME}!-f RewriteCond%{REQUEST_FILENAME}!-d RewriteCond%{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f RewriteRule^(.+)$ $1.html [L,QSA] #301 from example.com/page.html to example.com/page RewriteCond%{THE_REQUEST}^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /..html\ HTTP/ RewriteRule^(.).html$ /$1 [R=301,L]

                          Now www.timports.co.uk  says this page cant be displayed so I tried to put it back to the previous  .htaccess and still no links working

                          I am so stuck

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                          • LynnPatchett
                            LynnPatchett last edited by

                            Hi,

                            Indeed there seems to be an issue with your redirects since the .html versions are still available on your site. Two things to check in the first instance:

                            1. The redirect line for the .html to non .html versions:

                            Rewrite valid requests on .html files  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f

                            RewriteRule ^ %{REQUEST_URI}.html?rw=1 [L,QSA]

                            I am not sure if this will work the way you want it. First of all a # at the beginning of this line means it is a comment and not processed so you seem to have the RewriteCond part of the statement as a comment (maybe this is just the forum formatting it wrong, but good to check).
                            You can check some other solutions for redirecting .html to non .html here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5730092/how-to-remove-html-from-url

                            2. At the bottom of the file you have a bunch of 301 redirects like this:

                            redirect 301 /kindling_firewood.html http://www.timports.co.uk/kindling-firewood.html

                            Which are working as expected redirecting underscored urls to urls with dashes. But they are also redirecting to the .html version which means you will be getting into double redirects which is pointless in your case. Once you have the non .html redirects working as expected you should adjust these 301s to go to the non .html version like so:

                            redirect 301 /kindling_firewood.html http://www.timports.co.uk/kindling-firewood

                            Hope that helps!

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