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apache.htaccesshttp-redirecturl-rewriting
almostbasic
almostbasic

Reputation: 3

Redirect /{POSTID}/{CATID}/{TITLE} to just /{POSTID}/

I need help with a rewrite / redirect rule to fix some duplicate content issues on my website.

I have a URL structure that it causing a ton of duplicate content. The same page can be accessed with:

  1. /Static1/Static2/Static3/{POSTID}/{CATID}/{TITLE}
  2. /Static1/Static2/Static3/{POSTID}/{CATID}/
  3. /Static1/Static2/Static3/{POSTID}/

So, there are 3 copies of every page.

I need to redirect #1 & #2 from above to #3, so /Static1/Static2/Static3/{POSTID}/ is the only URL that will display the content, and the other 2 will 301 to it.

The post ID's and category ID's are only numbers but they can be a different number of digits ( /1/, /24/, /827/, etc.)

The titles include numbers, letters and dashes ( - )

/Static1/Static2/Static3/ represents the folder structure before the part I need to rewrite - those folder names are always the same, and should also be included in the URL.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 53

Answers (1)

Mike Rockétt
Mike Rockétt

Reputation: 9007

It's really quite simple:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(static1/static2/static3)/(\d+)/(\d+)(/[0-9a-z-]+)?/?$ /$1/$2 [NC,R=302,L]

The expression requires that the IDs be used, and makes the title and trailing slash optional.

To make the redirect permanent, change 302 to 301.

Upvotes: 1

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