Some help with .htaccess file and 301 Redirects

[Pairodime]

I looked over a few .htaccess Redirect tutorials - but I just did not seem to find the solution to what I think should be an easy fix.

I have a Blog installed - and the pages are indexed in search engines with /index.php?category=(value)Itemid=(value)

I am in the process of rebuilding my site. The directory structure is way diferent now. Mainly they are all static index.php pages. Now that I am on a server that has APACHE and .htaccess I want to Map my pages from the existing old site -> to my new static /index.php pages.

Example: http://www.mywebsite.com/website/ind...gory=2Itemid=3
-> www.mywebsite.com/about/(defaulting to index.php)

I am maping this out based on Itemid=(value)
ex: Itemid=3 => /about/
Itemid=4 => /portfolio/

Many thanks for any advice you might have.

[Arenlor]

I don't know .htaccess but I know it'd take what I believe is called the rewrite module or something along that line, but it can be done in php through using

PHP Code:

$cat = $_GET['category'];
$id = $_GET['Itemid'];
if($id != '' || $cat != ''){
header("Location:index.php");
} 


That SHOULD work, and I'm sure someone will be along shortly to show you the .htaccess.

[exam]

Are you using Wordpress or another blog software?

[Pairodime]

"Are you using Wordpress or another blog software?"

- Yeah, I was using Mambo - actually - it is still there, but I want to change all those pages to my new Static pages. I dont mind leaving MAMBO there as long as I can redirect each page to its new page (they have nothing in common ex: new pages are not made from MAMBO).

[Pairodime]

Originally Posted by Arenlor

I don't know .htaccess but I know it'd take what I believe is called the rewrite module or something along that line, but it can be done in php through using

PHP Code:

$cat = $_GET['category'];
$id = $_GET['Itemid'];
if($id != '' || $cat != ''){
header("Location:index.php");
} 


That SHOULD work, and I'm sure someone will be along shortly to show you the .htaccess.

Awesome! - thanks for this tip... That should work out well... I will let you know if it did the job.

[Pairodime]

Originally Posted by Arenlor

I don't know .htaccess but I know it'd take what I believe is called the rewrite module or something along that line, but it can be done in php through using

PHP Code:

$cat = $_GET['category'];
$id = $_GET['Itemid'];
if($id != '' || $cat != ''){
header("Location:index.php");
} 


That SHOULD work, and I'm sure someone will be along shortly to show you the .htaccess.

Thanks again for this tip! - It will work out perfect! I added one small addition in case somebody else came across this post for the same reason:

PHP Code:

$cat = $_GET['category'];
$id = $_GET['Itemid'];
if($id != '' || $cat != ''){
header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
header("Location:index.php");
} 


For my particular case with MABO on the backend - it made it easier to use this type of map:

PHP Code:

$id = $_GET['Itemid'];
if ( $id == "7" ) {
    header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
    header("Location:http://www.mywebsite.com/product/");
    exit();
} 


Its not .htaccess - but it does exactly what I wanted.

[Arenlor]

My host doesn't allow .htaccess files, so I've learned that only some things are too hard for PHP, but I'm sure if I spent time I could get those to work too, and I may try doing so soon.

[exam]

To conform to HTTP standards, the Location header should have a space between the Location: and the URL.