[TYPO3] RealURL and .htaccess

[Oliver Rowlands]

Hi Alexander,

You can not target the query string with Apache's mod_alias Redirect and 
RedirectMatch directives.

You will have to use mod_rewrite instead:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} nodeID=2357 [NC]
RewriteRule ^productsIndList\.aspx$ http://domain.com/page.html? 
[NC,R=301,L]

A few explanations:
- The NC flag means the match is case insensitive;
- The R=301 flag forces a permanent redirect (HTTP 1/x 301 Moved 
permanently) which is important if you care about your SEO;
- The L flag stops the rewriting process without applying any other rules;
- The '?' at the end of the redirection URI prevents mod_rewrite from 
automatically appending the GET parameters from the old URI.

If you need to redirect more than just a few URIs you might want to 
consider using a redirect map instead. I wrote this HOWTO a few of 
months ago which explains the process:

http://lists.netfielders.de/pipermail/typo3-english/2007-May/039509.html

BTW: Jan, the [L] flag only applies to mod_rewrite directives not mod_alias.

Hope this helps,

Oliver

Alexander wrote:
> Hello list.
> I have some problems with RealURL configuration and redirections. I need 
>  place some redirects into my .htaccess file, but now RealURL has 
> priority. How can I do this, I mean how to make priority for .htaccess. 
> I need to read .htaccess settings first then RealURL settings.
> 
> Regards, Alex


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