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        • Direct_Ram
          Direct_Ram last edited by

          Hi

          I have noticed using screaming frog that 302 redirect is in place but when checking the HTTACESS there no such thing in place.

          If I run a scan with: http://www.redirect-checker.org/index.php doing a test with: https://www. everything seems ok but then when I do: http://www. There is a 302 in place and seem to understand why.

          I have analysed the Httacess file and cant seem to locate anything that refers to the 302 any advise or previous experience would be great.

          Thanks
          E

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          • BlueprintMarketing
            BlueprintMarketing @Direct_Ram last edited by

            you're running Apache tomcat right?

            301 Redirect URLs.

            Redirect 301 /holidays/about-direct-traveller/british-travel-awards.asp /directtraveller/awards
            Redirect 301 /directtraveller/holidays/about-direct-traveller/british-travel-awards.asp /directtraveller/awards

            I am guessing this simply from you having this port open and having no issues with HTaccess 8443 is the default port of tomcat with ssl

            http://beamusup.com/generate-htaccess/

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            • BlueprintMarketing
              BlueprintMarketing @TheWebMastercom last edited by

              Johnson I agree thumbs up with Nginx could definitely be a as reverse proxy. the best way to tell would be to scan the ports but I will allow him to do that.

              I agree with you as well on the 302 issue

              He has to redirect using a 301 instead of a 302 from

              https://www.directtraveller.com/holidays/about-direct-traveller/british-travel-awards.asp

              https://www.directtraveller.com/awards
               I bet there are a few other 302's in there if there are one however I'm speculating. Crawling the site withhttps://www.deepcrawl.com/ or http://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/seo-spider/ will show him any 302's as far as the best way to redirect I agree with you again it is based on what type of server he is using.

              If MS ASP

              Ues

              http://www.rapidtables.com/web/tools/redirect-generator.htm

              http://www.rapidtables.com/web/dev/url-redirect.htm#asp-redirect

              ASP redirect

              old-page.asp:

              <%@ Language="VBScript" %>
              <%
              ' ASP permanent URL redirection
              Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently"
              Response.AddHeader "Location", "http://www.mydomain.com/new-page.html"
              Response.End
              %>

              http://ask.webatall.com/nginx/17733_nginx-redirect-http-to-https-and-non-www-to-ww.html

              From feed the bot you can see your site is unfortunately using 302's maybe that's on purpose if not you should change it to 301's.

              Final status code: 200
              1 Redirect(s)
              https://www.directtraveller.com/holidays/about-direct-traveller/british-travel-awards.asp 
              ** 302 redirect**
              https://www.directtraveller.com/awards

              If is is a Proxy

              http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpProxyModule#proxy_redirect

              http://wiki.nginx.org/Pitfalls#Using_If

              PS

              I would remove the nofollow on these links. Google likes TOS and privacy policies

              Nofollow links

              3 nofollow links

              • /terms-and-conditions
              • /resources
              • /privacy-policy  checked using http://www.feedthebot.com/tools/

              all the best,

              Tom

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              • Direct_Ram
                Direct_Ram @TheWebMastercom last edited by

                We have a redirect from HTTP to HTTPS and then have the following redirect on the httaccess file:

                #Redirect /directtraveller/holidays/about-direct-traveller/british-travel-awards.asp /directtraveller/awards

                Redirect /holidays/about-direct-traveller/british-travel-awards.asp /directtraveller/awards

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                • TheWebMastercom
                  TheWebMastercom @BlueprintMarketing last edited by

                  Not necessarily.  He could be using Nginx as reverse proxy.

                  He already said the http to https is working fine with my suggestion.  The problem is the redirect from one URL to another which what I gave him for the .htaccess doesn't address at all.

                  ie.

                  https://www.directtraveller.com/holidays/about-direct-traveller/british-travel-awards.asp
                  to
                  https://www.directtraveller.com/awards

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                  • BlueprintMarketing
                    BlueprintMarketing last edited by

                    The reason why the HTaccess file is not working for you is because you're running a server on Nginx instead of Apache's .htaccess  your server uses a "nginx config" this is why .htaccess   will not work properly. this will also show you why you're still running a 302 redirect instead of a 301 redirect

                    http://www.redant.com.au/ruby-on-rails-devops/manage-ssl-redirection-in-nginx-using-maps-and-save-the-universe/

                    https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/http-https-redirect-positive-ssl-on-nginx

                    for referencing these URLs below will tell you everything you need to know about your configuration and how to set it up. I've placed a lot of redirects below because there are so many different ways of doing this below the two URLs where it says I recommend using this is the configuration that should be default on your server in order to force SSL

                    http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_rewrite_module.html#return

                    http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#server_name

                    ** I recommend using this to fix use this on your nginx config file**

                    _**`server {
                           listen         80;
                           server_name    www.domain.com;
                           return         301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
                    }
                    
                    server {
                           listen         443 ssl;
                           server_name    www.domain.com;
                    
                           [....]
                    }`**_
                    

                    might be easier this way

                    <code>server {
                           listen         80;
                           server_name    my.domain.com;
                           return         301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
                    }
                    
                    server {
                           listen         443 ssl;
                           server_name    my.domain.com;
                    
                           [....]
                    }</code>
                    

                    you are still putting out 302's I double checked your server

                    http://www.feedthebot.com/tools/headers/test.php

                    https://www.directtraveller.com/holidays/about-direct-traveller/british-travel-awards.asp

                    HTTP/1.1 **302 Found **
                    Server: nginx/1.6.0 
                    Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 02:59:23 GMT 
                    Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 
                    Connection: keep-alive 
                    Location: https://www.directtraveller.com/awards

                    Header transfer size: 199

                    http://www.directtraveller.com/holidays/about-direct-traveller/british-travel-awards.asp


                    301 Moved Permanently

                    | Status: | 301 Moved Permanently |
                    | Code: | 301 |
                    | Server: | nginx/1.6.0 |
                    | Date: | Sat, 11 Apr 2015 02:12:51 GMT |
                    | Content-Type: | text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 |
                    | Content-Length: | 370 |
                    | Connection: | close |
                    | Location: | https://www.directtraveller.com/holidays/about-direct-traveller/british-travel-awards.asp |

                    https://www.directtraveller.com/holidays/about-direct-traveller/british-travel-awards.asp


                    302 Found

                    | Status: | 302 Found |
                    | Code: | 302 |
                    | Server: | nginx/1.6.0 |
                    | Date: | Sat, 11 Apr 2015 02:12:51 GMT |
                    | Content-Type: | text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 |
                    | Content-Length: | 296 |
                    | Connection: | close |
                    | Location: | https://www.directtraveller.com/awards

                    |

                    | Status: | 200 OK |
                    | Code: | 200 |
                    | Server: | nginx/1.6.0 |
                    | Date: | Sat, 11 Apr 2015 02:12:52 GMT |
                    | Content-Type: | text/html |

                    you can convert Htaccess to  nginx using this tool http://winginx.com/en/htaccess

                    however I would force SSL instead of use a rewrite through the converter. The redirects below work but I would use the server-side redirect labeled use this

                    Check out Engine Yard for more redirects I have placed quite a few here

                    https://blog.engineyard.com/2011/useful-rewrites-for-nginx

                    this is a basic redirect you can put the port or each port in place.

                    server {
                    server_name example.com;
                    rewrite ^/(.*) https://example.com/$1 permanent;
                    }

                    USE THIS

                    Redirect both, non-SSL and SSL to their www counterpart:

                    <code>**server {
                        listen 80;
                        listen 443 ssl;
                        server_name directtraveller.com;
                        return 301 $scheme://www.directtraveller.com$request_uri;
                    }**
                    
                    server {
                        listen 80;
                        listen 443 ssl;
                        server_name example.com;
                        # rest goes here...
                    }</code> 
                    

                    Add a www with this block

                    server {
                    listen 80;

                    listen 443 ssl;

                    server_name directtraveller.com;
                    rewrite ^(.*)$ $scheme://www.directtraveller.com$1;
                    }

                    (

                    )

                    Remove a www with this block instead

                    server {
                    listen 80;
                    server_name www.directtraveller.com;
                    rewrite ^(.*)$ $scheme://directtraveller.com$1;
                    }

                    <code>rewrite ^(.*)$ https://$host$1 permanent; #3
                    rewrite ^ https://$host$request_uri permanent; #4
                    
                    I**f you have any questions please feel free to ask I hope this is enough information and not overwhelming. If you feel overwhelmed simply use the very first config.**
                    
                     **Sincerely,**
                     **Tom**</code>
                    
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                    • TheWebMastercom
                      TheWebMastercom last edited by

                      What did you put to redirect the following:

                      https://www.directtraveller.com/holidays/about-direct-traveller/british-travel-awards.asp
                      to
                      https://www.directtraveller.com/awards

                      As that is where the problem lies.

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                      • Direct_Ram
                        Direct_Ram @TheWebMastercom last edited by

                        John threw that in and did a retest and is working now - you genius! Thanks

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                        • RyanPurkey
                          RyanPurkey last edited by

                          Hi Ram. If Jon's fix above doesn't work, you might want to post the link(s) you're testing with Screaming Frog so that people here can see what's going on and give you specific recommendations. It sounds like there's a 302 in place on the http version of your site, but people will need details to see where exactly. Cheers!

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                          • TheWebMastercom
                            TheWebMastercom last edited by

                            Try this in your .htaccess file:

                            RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off

                            First rewrite to HTTPS:

                            Don't put www. here. If it is already there it will be included, if not

                            the subsequent rule will catch it.

                            RewriteRule .* https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

                            Now, rewrite any request to the wrong domain to use www.

                            RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.
                            RewriteRule .* https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

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