So here is one that has me stumped. I'm trying to redirect posts from an old forum that I've converted from phpbb to vbulletin. In the .htaccess file, I've put in the following:
Redirect 301 /viewtopic.php?f=11&t=12 http://www.new.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23344
That doesn't do a thing. If you go to http://www.old.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=12 , it simply shows the post on the old site. Now if I enter:
Redirect 301 / http://www.new.com/forum/
That will redirect the root directory to the forum directory on the new site properly. What I can't get are the individual pages to work. If I enter the following:
Redirect 301 / http://www.new.com/forum/
Redirect 301 /viewtopic.php?f=11&t=12 http://www.new.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23344
I get page not found errors because the server is looking at the root based redirect and sending me to the new site with the old extension
http://www.old.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=12
That obviously doesn't exist. Has anyone ever seen a case where redirect is ignoring individual pages?
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