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  • Simon 81 posts 184 karma points
    Oct 03, 2012 @ 12:07
    Simon
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    Problem with URL re-writing

    Installing umbraco

    Hi,

    So I had a page called "Where to go when" that used to live at www.example.com/where-to-go-then that page for various reasons has now been renamed holiday-calendar and lives at www.example.com/holiday-calendar

    I've set up a rule in UrlRewriting.config that looks like this:

    <add name="WhereToGoWhen"
       rewrite="Application"
       virtualUrl="^~/where-to-go-when"
       redirectMode="Permanent"
       rewriteUrlParameter="IncludeQueryStringForRewrite"
       destinationUrl="~/holiday-calendar"
       ignoreCase="true" />

    The problem is that if you go to the old Url, the old Url serves up the new content - it doesn't "bounce" the visitor to the new Url. As it stands - with the new Url, there is duplicate content on the site and that's bad!

    Umbraco version 4.7.1.

    Any ideas much appreciated.

    Cheers

    Simon

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  • Niels Lynggaard 190 posts 548 karma points
    Oct 03, 2012 @ 13:42
    Niels Lynggaard
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    Hi Simon

    Here's an example of my redirects that work like a charm. It sends 302 to the visitor and redirects :)

    <add name="com_help_category_1" virtualUrl="~/flight_info/help_centre/questions_and_answers/\?news_category_id=8" rewriteUrlParameter="IncludeQueryStringForRewrite" redirect="Application" redirectMode="Permanent" destinationUrl="~/flights/help-centre/questions-and-answers/Children-and-Pregnant-Women.aspx" ignoreCase="true"/>

    Maybe you need redirect="Application"?

    Cheers,

    NileZ

     

     

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  • Stefan Kip 1614 posts 4131 karma points c-trib
    Oct 03, 2012 @ 13:47
    Stefan Kip
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    Also this package is really helpful for this sort of things.

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  • Simon 81 posts 184 karma points
    Oct 03, 2012 @ 13:54
    Simon
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    Thanks a lot for the responses - as per usual the problem was between the keyboard and the chair!

    The syntax is redirect="Application" NOT rewrite="application" that I'd been using.

    Have ammended and everything's working fine now.

    Cheers

    Simon

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