How to do a 301 redirect of dynamic pages with query strings to static pages?
I used to have a photo gallery that dynamically generated 1 page per photo, assigning each page's url a unique query string, such as:
https://www.example.com/photos/index.php?start=1
and
https://www.example.com/photos/index.php?start=2
Since I don't have a ton of photos in my gallery, I've turned each page into static urls (which might help their seo rankings). Those same pages now have static urls such as:
https://www.example.com/photos/winterstorm2007.php
and
https://www.example.com/photos/new-chickens.php
Here is what I tried in the htaccess file inside my photos directory -- which just throws a 404 error:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^index.php?start=1 [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) /photos/winterstorm2007.php [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^index.php?start=2 [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) /photos/pastured-chickens.php [R=301,L]
apache .htaccess mod-rewrite url-rewriting
edited Jan 3 at 17:59
halfer
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I used to have a photo gallery that dynamically generated 1 page per photo, assigning each page's url a unique query string, such as:
https://www.example.com/photos/index.php?start=1
and
https://www.example.com/photos/index.php?start=2
Since I don't have a ton of photos in my gallery, I've turned each page into static urls (which might help their seo rankings). Those same pages now have static urls such as:
https://www.example.com/photos/winterstorm2007.php
and
https://www.example.com/photos/new-chickens.php
Here is what I tried in the htaccess file inside my photos directory -- which just throws a 404 error:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^index.php?start=1 [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) /photos/winterstorm2007.php [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^index.php?start=2 [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) /photos/pastured-chickens.php [R=301,L]
apache .htaccess mod-rewrite url-rewriting
edited Jan 3 at 17:59
halfer
14.7k759116
asked Jan 3 at 17:06
joeinfojoeinfo
146
add a comment |
I used to have a photo gallery that dynamically generated 1 page per photo, assigning each page's url a unique query string, such as:
https://www.example.com/photos/index.php?start=1
and
https://www.example.com/photos/index.php?start=2
Since I don't have a ton of photos in my gallery, I've turned each page into static urls (which might help their seo rankings). Those same pages now have static urls such as:
https://www.example.com/photos/winterstorm2007.php
and
https://www.example.com/photos/new-chickens.php
Here is what I tried in the htaccess file inside my photos directory -- which just throws a 404 error:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^index.php?start=1 [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) /photos/winterstorm2007.php [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^index.php?start=2 [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) /photos/pastured-chickens.php [R=301,L]
apache .htaccess mod-rewrite url-rewriting
edited Jan 3 at 17:59
halfer
14.7k759116
asked Jan 3 at 17:06
joeinfojoeinfo
146
I used to have a photo gallery that dynamically generated 1 page per photo, assigning each page's url a unique query string, such as:
https://www.example.com/photos/index.php?start=1
and
https://www.example.com/photos/index.php?start=2
Since I don't have a ton of photos in my gallery, I've turned each page into static urls (which might help their seo rankings). Those same pages now have static urls such as:
https://www.example.com/photos/winterstorm2007.php
and
https://www.example.com/photos/new-chickens.php
Here is what I tried in the htaccess file inside my photos directory -- which just throws a 404 error:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^index.php?start=1 [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) /photos/winterstorm2007.php [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^index.php?start=2 [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) /photos/pastured-chickens.php [R=301,L]
apache .htaccess mod-rewrite url-rewriting
apache .htaccess mod-rewrite url-rewriting
edited Jan 3 at 17:59
halfer
14.7k759116
asked Jan 3 at 17:06
joeinfojoeinfo
146
edited Jan 3 at 17:59
halfer
14.7k759116
asked Jan 3 at 17:06
joeinfojoeinfo
146
edited Jan 3 at 17:59
halfer
14.7k759116
edited Jan 3 at 17:59
halfer
14.7k759116
edited Jan 3 at 17:59
halfer
14.7k759116
14.7k759116
asked Jan 3 at 17:06
joeinfojoeinfo
146
asked Jan 3 at 17:06
joeinfojoeinfo
146
asked Jan 3 at 17:06
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QUERY_STRING variable only contains query part after ? in URL.
You may use THE_REQUEST to match REQUEST_URI and query:
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /index.php?start=1s [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /photos/winterstorm2007.php? [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /index.php?start=2s [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /photos/pastured-chickens.php? [R=301,L]
Also note trailing ? in target URI to strip off previous query strings.
answered Jan 3 at 18:47
anubhavaanubhava
534k48331408
thank you for your reply. the good news is that i no longer get the 404 error. and it does work properly for start=1 and start=2. however, i quickly expanded your code to include 20 more redirects and whether i visit example.com/photos/index.php?start=1 OR example.com/photos/index.php?start=15 they both now redirect to the first static page: example.com/photos/winterstorm2007.php so it appears to be acting immediately upon the first digit in the start variable.
– joeinfo
Jan 3 at 19:09
ok in that case addsafter pattern as in my updated answer.
– anubhava
Jan 3 at 19:30
1
100% ABSOLUTELY PERFECT! THANK YOU!
– joeinfo
Jan 3 at 19:42
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QUERY_STRING variable only contains query part after ? in URL.
You may use THE_REQUEST to match REQUEST_URI and query:
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /index.php?start=1s [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /photos/winterstorm2007.php? [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /index.php?start=2s [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /photos/pastured-chickens.php? [R=301,L]
Also note trailing ? in target URI to strip off previous query strings.
answered Jan 3 at 18:47
anubhavaanubhava
534k48331408
thank you for your reply. the good news is that i no longer get the 404 error. and it does work properly for start=1 and start=2. however, i quickly expanded your code to include 20 more redirects and whether i visit example.com/photos/index.php?start=1 OR example.com/photos/index.php?start=15 they both now redirect to the first static page: example.com/photos/winterstorm2007.php so it appears to be acting immediately upon the first digit in the start variable.
– joeinfo
Jan 3 at 19:09
ok in that case addsafter pattern as in my updated answer.
– anubhava
Jan 3 at 19:30
1
100% ABSOLUTELY PERFECT! THANK YOU!
– joeinfo
Jan 3 at 19:42
add a comment |
QUERY_STRING variable only contains query part after ? in URL.
You may use THE_REQUEST to match REQUEST_URI and query:
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /index.php?start=1s [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /photos/winterstorm2007.php? [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /index.php?start=2s [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /photos/pastured-chickens.php? [R=301,L]
Also note trailing ? in target URI to strip off previous query strings.
answered Jan 3 at 18:47
anubhavaanubhava
534k48331408
thank you for your reply. the good news is that i no longer get the 404 error. and it does work properly for start=1 and start=2. however, i quickly expanded your code to include 20 more redirects and whether i visit example.com/photos/index.php?start=1 OR example.com/photos/index.php?start=15 they both now redirect to the first static page: example.com/photos/winterstorm2007.php so it appears to be acting immediately upon the first digit in the start variable.
– joeinfo
Jan 3 at 19:09
ok in that case addsafter pattern as in my updated answer.
– anubhava
Jan 3 at 19:30
1
100% ABSOLUTELY PERFECT! THANK YOU!
– joeinfo
Jan 3 at 19:42
add a comment |
QUERY_STRING variable only contains query part after ? in URL.
You may use THE_REQUEST to match REQUEST_URI and query:
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /index.php?start=1s [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /photos/winterstorm2007.php? [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /index.php?start=2s [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /photos/pastured-chickens.php? [R=301,L]
Also note trailing ? in target URI to strip off previous query strings.
answered Jan 3 at 18:47
anubhavaanubhava
534k48331408
QUERY_STRING variable only contains query part after ? in URL.
You may use THE_REQUEST to match REQUEST_URI and query:
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /index.php?start=1s [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /photos/winterstorm2007.php? [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /index.php?start=2s [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /photos/pastured-chickens.php? [R=301,L]
Also note trailing ? in target URI to strip off previous query strings.
answered Jan 3 at 18:47
anubhavaanubhava
534k48331408
edited Jan 3 at 19:30
answered Jan 3 at 18:47
anubhavaanubhava
534k48331408
answered Jan 3 at 18:47
anubhavaanubhava
534k48331408
answered Jan 3 at 18:47
anubhavaanubhava
534k48331408
534k48331408
thank you for your reply. the good news is that i no longer get the 404 error. and it does work properly for start=1 and start=2. however, i quickly expanded your code to include 20 more redirects and whether i visit example.com/photos/index.php?start=1 OR example.com/photos/index.php?start=15 they both now redirect to the first static page: example.com/photos/winterstorm2007.php so it appears to be acting immediately upon the first digit in the start variable.
– joeinfo
Jan 3 at 19:09
ok in that case addsafter pattern as in my updated answer.
– anubhava
Jan 3 at 19:30
1
100% ABSOLUTELY PERFECT! THANK YOU!
– joeinfo
Jan 3 at 19:42
add a comment |
thank you for your reply. the good news is that i no longer get the 404 error. and it does work properly for start=1 and start=2. however, i quickly expanded your code to include 20 more redirects and whether i visit example.com/photos/index.php?start=1 OR example.com/photos/index.php?start=15 they both now redirect to the first static page: example.com/photos/winterstorm2007.php so it appears to be acting immediately upon the first digit in the start variable.
– joeinfo
Jan 3 at 19:09
ok in that case addsafter pattern as in my updated answer.
– anubhava
Jan 3 at 19:30
1
100% ABSOLUTELY PERFECT! THANK YOU!
– joeinfo
Jan 3 at 19:42
thank you for your reply. the good news is that i no longer get the 404 error. and it does work properly for start=1 and start=2. however, i quickly expanded your code to include 20 more redirects and whether i visit example.com/photos/index.php?start=1 OR example.com/photos/index.php?start=15 they both now redirect to the first static page: example.com/photos/winterstorm2007.php so it appears to be acting immediately upon the first digit in the start variable.
– joeinfo
Jan 3 at 19:09
thank you for your reply. the good news is that i no longer get the 404 error. and it does work properly for start=1 and start=2. however, i quickly expanded your code to include 20 more redirects and whether i visit example.com/photos/index.php?start=1 OR example.com/photos/index.php?start=15 they both now redirect to the first static page: example.com/photos/winterstorm2007.php so it appears to be acting immediately upon the first digit in the start variable.
– joeinfo
Jan 3 at 19:09
ok in that case add
s after pattern as in my updated answer.– anubhava
Jan 3 at 19:30
ok in that case add
s after pattern as in my updated answer.– anubhava
Jan 3 at 19:30
1
1
100% ABSOLUTELY PERFECT! THANK YOU!
– joeinfo
Jan 3 at 19:42
100% ABSOLUTELY PERFECT! THANK YOU!
– joeinfo
Jan 3 at 19:42
add a comment |
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