Need to redirect old miva generated dynamic url's to new static html pages

[Sky]

Hi, We need to redirect old miva generated dynamic url's to new static html pages.

Miva said this code would work, but it doesn't.

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=Spirit-Shop$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.spiritaccessories.com/sto...r-apparel.html [R=301,L]

This is the dynamic url we want to redirect: http://www.spiritaccessories.com/Mer...de=Spirit-Shop

This is the static html page where we want that redirect to go: http://www.spiritaccessories.com/sto...r-apparel.html

Please help!! We have several hundred links that need to be redirected in order to help our SEO rankings.

Thank you,
Joshua

[ILoveHostasaurus]

Re: Need to redirect old miva generated dynamic url's to new static html pages

Do you have "RewriteEngine On" in your htaccess file before any rewrites occur?

[Sky]

Re: Need to redirect old miva generated dynamic url's to new static html pages

Do you have "RewriteEngine On" in your htaccess file before any rewrites occur?

Yes, this is the code at the top of the .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-s

[ILoveHostasaurus]

Re: Need to redirect old miva generated dynamic url's to new static html pages

Try moving the new redirection rewrites to the top of the file just under the RewriteEngine On directive; the other rules handling non-existent files may be interfering.

[Sky]

Re: Need to redirect old miva generated dynamic url's to new static html pages

I tried doing that, and it worked. However, when I started adding more and more redirects they started going to a page that said it was looping. I have attached a text document of what I've got so far, as well as all of the dynamic url's I need to be redirected.
Can you tell me if there has to be a different redirect formula for every single dynamic link, or what?

[ILoveHostasaurus]

Re: Need to redirect old miva generated dynamic url's to new static html pages

Ah, yes, try adding a ? on the end of the destination URL's in your redirects. The issue is that web browsers add the original query string onto the end of the new URL, trying to be helpful, but in this case it causes the redirect to occur repeatedly because after being told to go to http://www.spiritaccessories.com/sto...es-charms.html, the browser turns it into http://www.spiritaccessories.com/sto...roduct_Code=07 which triggers the redirect again. The ? will tell the browser to strip the arguments.

[marshallw]

Re: Need to redirect old miva generated dynamic url's to new static html pages

I have a similar issue I have an old
/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=HDT&Category_C ode=COWSTOR

link that i want to link to the new pslt.html code but if I add to the redirect 301 it does not work correctly is there a default rewrite that is conflicting these.

[ILoveHostasaurus]

Re: Need to redirect old miva generated dynamic url's to new static html pages

I have a similar issue I have an old
/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=HDT&Category_C ode=COWSTOR

link that i want to link to the new pslt.html code but if I add to the redirect 301 it does not work correctly is there a default rewrite that is conflicting these.

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/Merchant2/merchant.mvc
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=HDT&Category_Code=COWSTOR [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/pslt.html? [R=301,L]

[Kent Multer]

Re: Need to redirect old miva generated dynamic url's to new static html pages

FYI, I'm just getting started on a custom-module project to address these issues. The module will have a database table of conversions from old product or category codes to new ones; and it will issue 301 redirects to users who try to get to the old URLs. Anyone else who's interested in this is welcome to drop me a line; maybe the cost can be shared by several users.

Thanks --