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        • SamKlep
          SamKlep last edited by

          I'm working on some htaccess redirects for a few stray pages and have come across a few different varieties of 301s that are confusing me a bit....Most sources suggest:

          Redirect 301 /pageA.html http://www.site.com/pageB.html

          or using some combination of:

          RewriteRule + RewriteCond + RegEx

          I've also found examples of:

          RedirectPermanent /pageA.html http://www.site.com/pageB.html

          I'm confused because our current htaccess file has quite a few (working) redirects that look like this:

          Redirect permanent /pageA.html http://www.site.com/pageB.html

          This syntax seems to work, but I'm yet to find another Redirect permanent in the wild, only examples of Redirect 301 or RedirectPermanent

          Is there any difference between these? Would I benefit at all from replacing Redirect permanent with Redirect 301?

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          • IOHanna
            IOHanna last edited by

            There  is no difference between "Redirect 301", "Redirect permanent" and  "RedirectPermanent". It is clear from mod Alias documentation:

            "This directive makes the client know that the Redirect is permanent (status 301). Exactly equivalent to Redirect permanent."   "permanent - Returns a permanent redirect status (301) indicating that the resource has moved permanently."

            But, these directives are really confusing, because they are not page to page, but directory to directory.  For example:

            Redirect 301 /a-very-old-post/ http://yoursite.com/a-very-new-post/

            Surprisingly, it will redirect all old subpages to new subpages. In particular it will redirect  /a-very-old-post/page1 to /a-very-new-post/page1  Therefore better to use RedirectMatch or RewriteCond+RewriteRule for page by page redirections and for redirections with query strings.

            Links to docs: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/B14099_19/web.1012/q20206/mod/mod_alias.html

            Link to simple RedirectMatch page by page redirects generator: RedirectMatch generator for htaccess https://www.301-redirect.online/htaccess-redirectmatch-generator

            Link to good RewriteRule generator: htaccess 301 redirect rewrite generator https://www.301-redirect.online/htaccess-rewrite-generator

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            • BlueprintMarketing
              BlueprintMarketing last edited by

              In **apache **"permanent" "RedirectPermanent" is  the same as "Redirect 301"

              By default, the "Redirect" directive establishes a 302, or temporary, redirect.

              If you would like to create a permanent redirect, you can do so in either of the following two ways:

              1. Redirect 301 /oldlocation http://www.domain2.com/newlocation
              2. Redirect permanent /oldlocation http://www.domain2.com/newlocation
              • See
              • https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-create-temporary-and-permanent-redirects-with-apache-and-nginx

              Page to Page 301 Redirect Generator for Htaccess

              https://www.aleydasolis.com/htaccess-redirects-generator/

              If no <var>status</var> argument is given, the redirect will be "temporary" (HTTP status 302). This indicates to the client that the resource has moved temporarily. The <var>status</var> argument can be used to return other HTTP status codes:

              <dl> "permanent" & "Redirect 301"</dl>

              <dl>

              <dd>Returns a permanent redirect status (301) indicating that the resource has moved permanently.</dd>

              "temp"</dl>

              <dl>

              <dt>Returns a temporary redirect status (302). This is the default.</dt>

              "seeother"</dl>

              <dl>

              <dd>Returns a "See Other" status (303) indicating that the resource has been replaced.</dd>

              "gone"</dl>

              <dl>

              <dd>Returns a "Gone" status (410) indicating that the resource has been permanently removed. When this status is used the <var>URL</var> argument should be omitted.</dd>

              </dl>

              **https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_alias.html **

              https://www.askapache.com/htaccess/seo-search-engine-friendly-redirects-without-mod_rewrite/#seo-301-redirect-single-file

              https://www.bruceclay.com/blog/how-to-properly-implement-a-301-redirect/

              To 301 Redirect a Page:

              RedirectPermanent /old-file.html http://www.domain.com/new-file.html

              To 301 Redirect a Page:

              Redirect 301 /old-file.html http://www.domain.com/new-file.html

              https://i.imgur.com/PTEj5ZF.png

              https://www.aleydasolis.com/htaccess-redirects-generator/

              Single URL redirect

              Permanent redirect from pageA_.html_ to pageB.html.

              .htaccess:

              301 Redirect URLs.

              Redirect 301 /pageA.html http://www.site.com/pageB.html

              https://www.aleydasolis.com/htaccess-redirects-generator/page-to-page/

              <ifmodule mod_rewrite.c="">RewriteEngine On
              Redirect 301 /pageA.html /pageB.html</ifmodule>

              https://www.htaccessredirect.net/

              //Rewrite to www
              Options +FollowSymLinks
              RewriteEngine on
              RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^site.com[nc]
              RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.site.com/$1 [r=301,nc]

              //301 Redirect Old File
              Redirect 301 /pageA.html /pageB.html

              You asked about Regex

              https://mediatemple.net/community/products/dv/204643270/using-htaccess-rewrite-rules

              .htaccess

              Regular expressions

              Rewrite rules often contain symbols that make a regular expression (regex). This is how the server knows exactly how you want your URL changed. However, regular expressions can be tricky to decipher at first glance. Here's some common elements you will see in your rewrite rules, along with some specific examples.

              • ^ begins the line to match.
              • $ ends the line to match.
                • So, ^folder1$ matches folder1 exactly.
              • . stands for "any non-whitespace character" (example: a, B, 3).
              • * means that the previous character can be matched zero or more times.
                • So, ^uploads.*$ matches uploads2009, uploads2010, etc.
                • ^.*$ means "match anything and everything." This is useful if you don't know what your users might type for the URL.
              • () designates which portion to preserve for use again in the $1 variable in the second string. This is useful for handling requests for particular files that should be the same in the old and new versions of the URL.

              See for more regex

              • http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html#Regular-Expressions
              • https://www.askapache.com/htaccess/mod_rewrite-variables-cheatsheet/
              • https://www.askapache.com/htaccess/

              Hope this helps

              Tom

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