Comments on: Redirect Dead-End Category, Search and Tag URLs http://digwp.com/2009/06/redirect-category-search-and-tag-urls/ Take your WordPress skills to the next level. Tue, 15 May 2012 08:36:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jeff Starr http://digwp.com/2009/06/redirect-category-search-and-tag-urls/#comment-861 Jeff Starr Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:40:26 +0000 http://modernwordpress.com/?p=40#comment-861 Awesome, Danny -- glad to hear you got it sorted :) Don't forget to capitalize "<code>Redirect</code>" to ensure proper syntax and forward compatibility ;) Awesome, Danny — glad to hear you got it sorted :)

Don’t forget to capitalize “Redirect” to ensure proper syntax and forward compatibility ;)

]]> By: Danny Ashton http://digwp.com/2009/06/redirect-category-search-and-tag-urls/#comment-853 Danny Ashton Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:17:07 +0000 http://modernwordpress.com/?p=40#comment-853 Hi again... I have think i have found a solution - thanks to your blog post. I have now added the following: <code>redirect 301 /category/ http://www.website.com/category/keyword/</code> <code>redirect 301 /category/$ http://www.website.com/category/keyword/</code> This redirects the specific category page...and also redirects the pages within the directory in the right way. Hi again…

I have think i have found a solution – thanks to your blog post.

I have now added the following:

redirect 301 /category/ http://www.website.com/category/keyword/
redirect 301 /category/$ http://www.website.com/category/keyword/

This redirects the specific category page…and also redirects the pages within the directory in the right way.

]]> By: Danny Ashton http://digwp.com/2009/06/redirect-category-search-and-tag-urls/#comment-852 Danny Ashton Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:48:30 +0000 http://modernwordpress.com/?p=40#comment-852 Hi, thanks for your informative article. I have one question that affects my blog. I want to 301 redirect my old category page: <code>www.website.com/key-word/</code> to <code>www.website.com/category/key-word</code> But i find if i use a 301 redirect rule in my .htaccess it redirects all old pages <code>www.website.com/key-word/specific-page</code> - which i want to redirect elsewhere. Is there a way to only redirect the <code>www.website.com/key-word/</code> and not the <code>www.website.com/key-word/specific-pages</code>? Sorry if its not very clear, i am very new to the world of .htaccess. Hi, thanks for your informative article. I have one question that affects my blog.

I want to 301 redirect my old category page: www.website.com/key-word/ to www.website.com/category/key-word

But i find if i use a 301 redirect rule in my .htaccess it redirects all old pages www.website.com/key-word/specific-page – which i want to redirect elsewhere.

Is there a way to only redirect the www.website.com/key-word/ and not the www.website.com/key-word/specific-pages?

Sorry if its not very clear, i am very new to the world of .htaccess.

]]> By: Jeff Starr http://digwp.com/2009/06/redirect-category-search-and-tag-urls/#comment-249 Jeff Starr Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:51:35 +0000 http://modernwordpress.com/?p=40#comment-249 Thanks for the tip, Daniel15 :) Thanks for the tip, Daniel15 :)

]]> By: Daniel15 http://digwp.com/2009/06/redirect-category-search-and-tag-urls/#comment-246 Daniel15 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:33:14 +0000 http://modernwordpress.com/?p=40#comment-246 Made a mistake in my Lighttpd code, it should be something like: <code>url.redirect = ( "^/blog/tag/$" => "http://your-domain.com/",</code>          <code>"^/blog/search/$" => "http://your-domain.com/",</code>          <code>"^/blog/category/$" => "http://your-domain.com/")</code> Made a mistake in my Lighttpd code, it should be something like:

url.redirect = ( "^/blog/tag/$" => "http://your-domain.com/",
         "^/blog/search/$" => "http://your-domain.com/",
         "^/blog/category/$" => "http://your-domain.com/")

]]> By: Daniel15 http://digwp.com/2009/06/redirect-category-search-and-tag-urls/#comment-245 Daniel15 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:32:13 +0000 http://modernwordpress.com/?p=40#comment-245 Just a minor thing, the files are referred to as ".htaccess files" (lowercase with a dot at the front) or "distributed configuration files", not "HTAccess". Also, something like this might work for <strong>lighttpd</strong>: <code>url.redirect = ( "^/blog/tag/$" => "http://your-domain.com/",</code>          <code>"^/blog/search/$" => "http://your-domain.com/",</code>          <code>"^/blog/category/$" => "http://your-domain.com/",</code> <code>)</code> Not tested, though (as I don't have any live blogs powered by lighttpd right now). You can set <strong>url.redirect-code</strong> to 301 to make a 301 redirect, or wrap this in a check of <code>$HTTP["host"]</code> to make it only apply to your blog vhost. Take a look at the <a href="http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/1/wiki/Docs:ModRedirect" rel="nofollow">Lighttpd mod_rewrite docs</a> for more details. Great blog you have here! I'll definitely be subscribing to the RSS feed :D Just a minor thing, the files are referred to as “.htaccess files” (lowercase with a dot at the front) or “distributed configuration files”, not “HTAccess”. Also, something like this might work for lighttpd:

url.redirect = ( "^/blog/tag/$" => "http://your-domain.com/",
         "^/blog/search/$" => "http://your-domain.com/",
         "^/blog/category/$" => "http://your-domain.com/",
)

Not tested, though (as I don’t have any live blogs powered by lighttpd right now). You can set url.redirect-code to 301 to make a 301 redirect, or wrap this in a check of $HTTP["host"] to make it only apply to your blog vhost. Take a look at the Lighttpd mod_rewrite docs for more details.

Great blog you have here! I’ll definitely be subscribing to the RSS feed :D

]]> By: Jeff Starr http://digwp.com/2009/06/redirect-category-search-and-tag-urls/#comment-54 Jeff Starr Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:33:48 +0000 http://modernwordpress.com/?p=40#comment-54 Hi koew, you should be able to use Apache's <code>RedirectMatch</code> directive to do this. Try something like this in your site's web-accessible root .htaccess file: <code>RedirectMatch ^/blog/(.*)$ http://domain.tld/$1</code> ..and edit the subdirectory and target URL to suit your needs. Test thoroughly :) Hi koew, you should be able to use Apache’s RedirectMatch directive to do this. Try something like this in your site’s web-accessible root .htaccess file:

RedirectMatch ^/blog/(.*)$ http://domain.tld/$1

..and edit the subdirectory and target URL to suit your needs. Test thoroughly :)

]]> By: koew http://digwp.com/2009/06/redirect-category-search-and-tag-urls/#comment-53 koew Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:22:04 +0000 http://modernwordpress.com/?p=40#comment-53 I've got a follow-up question to this post: Let's say you've used a blog in another folder (for instance /blog/) for a while, then you'd move it up to root-level. How can you redirect users who links to old URLs (for instance /blog/post-url), to the new one (root-level/post-url)? Is it possible to do this with .htaccess? I’ve got a follow-up question to this post:

Let’s say you’ve used a blog in another folder (for instance /blog/) for a while, then you’d move it up to root-level.

How can you redirect users who links to old URLs (for instance /blog/post-url), to the new one (root-level/post-url)? Is it possible to do this with .htaccess?

]]> By: Jeff Starr http://digwp.com/2009/06/redirect-category-search-and-tag-urls/#comment-48 Jeff Starr Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:51:02 +0000 http://modernwordpress.com/?p=40#comment-48 Good point - more functionality is definitely possible with a plugin. Good point – more functionality is definitely possible with a plugin.

]]> By: Chris Coyier http://digwp.com/2009/06/redirect-category-search-and-tag-urls/#comment-46 Chris Coyier Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:43:00 +0000 http://modernwordpress.com/?p=40#comment-46 Yeah handling it with .htaccess is a step up the chain from handling it with PHP so it's a bit cleaner. The concept of redirecting a 404 back to the home with a message is interesting though... I've never thought of that. Maybe even parsing the URL for keywords and redirecting to a search page for those keywords? Yeah handling it with .htaccess is a step up the chain from handling it with PHP so it’s a bit cleaner.

The concept of redirecting a 404 back to the home with a message is interesting though… I’ve never thought of that. Maybe even parsing the URL for keywords and redirecting to a search page for those keywords?

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