Redirect an old search link to a page

[achievingexcellence]

How can I redirect an old search link, which has been indexed or bookmarked, to a particular page in Miva? I have tried the a redirect 301 in .htaccess but it doesn't work. It just does a search. Suggestions?

[ILoveHostasaurus]

Re: Redirect an old search link to a page

If the part of the URL you're trying to redirect is contained in a query string, you need to use a rewrite rule. Can you post the old link (minus domain name) and the new link with or without domain?

[achievingexcellence]

Re: Redirect an old search link to a page

Hi David,

Thanks the link does contain a query string. See example.

Redirect 301 /Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=SRCH&Store_Code=AE&searchcatco unt=1&srch_author=1&Search=Alan%20Questel /Author-Alan-Questel.html?

Do I need a rewrite rule for each of these?

Can you provide me with that rule?

Thanks!

[ILoveHostasaurus]

Re: Redirect an old search link to a page

Hi David,

Thanks the link does contain a query string. See example.

Redirect 301 /Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=SRCH&Store_Code=AE&searchcatco unt=1&srch_author=1&Search=Alan%20Questel /Author-Alan-Questel.html?

Do I need a rewrite rule for each of these?

Can you provide me with that rule?

Thanks!

Yep, redirects don't look at query strings so rewrites will be needed:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/Merchant2/merchant.mvc
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} Screen=SRCH&Store_Code=AE&searchcatcount=1&srch_au thor=1&Search=Alan%20Questel
RewriteRule ^.*$ http://www.domain.com/Author-Alan-Questel.html? [R=301,L]

Just change the domain to your own. On the query string, if that doesn't work, try quoting it and leaving the space as a space:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} "Screen=SRCH&Store_Code=AE&searchcatcount=1&srch_a uthor=1&Search=Alan Questel"

[achievingexcellence]

Re: Redirect an old search link to a page

Thanks! That works!