Hello,
Just wondering if anyone could help. I did something stupid and started my blog using a numerical archive system, and now I'd like to change it so that the post title is part of the URL for SEO reasons. Is there any Wordpress plugins that anyone knows of that could switch it without sending Googlers to invalid pages? Maybe some sort of redirector to the correct page?
The smoothest way to redirect your visitors is to use an .htaccess redirect. This has no delay since before a page is served to the browser the server checks first for an .htaccess file… if it sees this the old page never loads, instead visitors are sent directly to the new page.
These are a few .htaccess redirect codes that I’ve used that might come in handy for you. This is not a complete list by any means, but it took me ages to find how to do these so I’ll save you the hassle and list them here. Oh, and please don’t email me with questions about how these work, like I said, I found these with the help of others.. I have no idea in the slightest how to write this stuff and take no credit (or responsibility) for how they work.
If you’re more technically minded than I am and want the information straight from the source, check the Apache Tutorial: .htaccess files for more detailed info.
Hello,
Just wondering if anyone could help. I did something stupid and started my blog using a numerical archive system, and now I'd like to change it so that the post title is part of the URL for SEO reasons. Is there any Wordpress plugins that anyone knows of that could switch it without sending Googlers to invalid pages? Maybe some sort of redirector to the correct page?
Thanks.
.htaccess 301 Redirect
The smoothest way to redirect your visitors is to use an .htaccess redirect. This has no delay since before a page is served to the browser the server checks first for an .htaccess file… if it sees this the old page never loads, instead visitors are sent directly to the new page.
These are a few .htaccess redirect codes that I’ve used that might come in handy for you. This is not a complete list by any means, but it took me ages to find how to do these so I’ll save you the hassle and list them here. Oh, and please don’t email me with questions about how these work, like I said, I found these with the help of others.. I have no idea in the slightest how to write this stuff and take no credit (or responsibility) for how they work.
If you’re more technically minded than I am and want the information straight from the source, check the Apache Tutorial: .htaccess files for more detailed info.