Hi, I'm on PHP version and I'm trying to figure out how to properly redirect old product that I no longer carry using .htaccess.

Here is old and new link.

www.example.com/proddetail.php?prod=SH-CRANK-KIT

www.example.com/proddetail.php?prod=SH-CRANK-NEW-KIT

When I did this, it did not work at all

Redirect http://www.example.com/proddetail.php?prod=SH-CRANK-KIT http://www.example.com/proddetail.php?prod=SH-CRANK-NEW-KIT

Thank you for help

Dom

Hi Dom,
Take a look here this should help you - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1513164/htaccess-301-redirect-dynamic-url



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Thank you!

I have been looking at the post but still can't get it to work with just few specific, old products. I'm not trying to generate a rule for all but only redirect few old specific products that got some nice SEO juice to new ones.

Is that possible?

Hi

Can you let us know what you have tried and we'll see what's up?

Andy

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Yes ! So many times this Forum comes up with the exact solution you need
How to redirect
www. example .com/proddetail.php?prod=SH-CRANK-KIT
to
www. example .com/proddetail.php?prod=SH-CRANK-NEW-KIT

Here are the ".htaccess" file entries that achieve the proddetail.php page redirect, as described in that example.

Just delete the spaces I put in the www. example .com URL above.
Please, can this topic be transferred into the "Advanced Tips and Tricks" forum so it is not lost ?

Gary

Good one Gary - and for anyone wanting to do this on a windows server here it is
web.config file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name="some-uniquename Redirect" stopProcessing="true">
<match url="^proddetail.asp?$" />
<conditions>
<add input="{QUERY_STRING}" pattern="^prod=OLD-PRODUCT-ID$" />
</conditions>
<action type="Redirect" url="proddetail.asp?prod=NEW-PRODUCT-ID" appendQueryString="false" redirectType="Permanent" />
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>

David
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With this mind, does anyone have an answer to my rewrite question earlier this week about rewriting the seo friendly urls if you need to retain link juice for products that are removed?

https://www.ecommercetemplates.com/support/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=106768

Any assistance greatly appreciated.

Steve

.htaccess URL Redirect for obsolete /has-static-url.php page to new proddetail.php page
======================================================

redirect 301 /ssl-security-certificate.php https:// www. example .com/proddetail.php?prod=free-ssl-security-certificate

Gary

Hi, would the admins consider moving this '301 Redirect' article to the Tips and Tricks Hall of Fame section of the forum?

Google continues to show obsolete products as top search results for years after some of our items are no longer sold.

As a result, visitors would often encounter "out of stock" product pages and "page not found" errors on our site.

The best solution we've found is Gary's .htaccess fix shown below, one two-line entry for each obsolete product—


# ======================================================
# URL Redirects for Obsolete Product Detail Pages
# ======================================================
#
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^prod=SH-CRANK-KIT
RewriteRule ^proddetail\.php$ http:// www. example .com/proddetail.php?prod=SH-CRANK-NEW-KIT [R=301,L]
#


Tip: the smallest typo in an .htaccess file can crash your website. You can check your .htaccess edits before uploading using one of the free online tools such as http://www.htaccesscheck.com/.