Hi

Order ID 4001, Joomla version 1.5.9, JoomSEF version 3.2.10

I'm using the 301 redirect feature of JoomSEF for a number of old URLS and from a users point of view, the 301 redirects are working correctly.
ie. you type in domain.com/a.html and it displays domain.com/b.html due to the 301 redirect rule.

Unfortunately Google is throwing an error for the 301 redirect, basically saying 'Redirect error'.
As you know, this is bad for SEO.

How does this work?
Is JoomSEF incorrectly showing the redirect to Google?


thanks
Nick

Hi,

I think I've worked it out.

The cache was turned on, so the 'products.html' URL had been cached which is why it was still trying to reach that page.
Turning the cache off now has the redirect working correctly.

Nick

Hi jan

thanks for the response.

I've double checked and Artio is working perfectly for 95% of our URLs, there are just a few that aren't showing anywhere. This shows the permissions for the DB are there, so it shouldn't have any trouble with this.

I had an article that i'd defined the URL as 'products.html', but then needed to change the way this was handled.
I wanted to create a 301 re-direct to 'hardcovers.html' instead, so I deleted the URL for products.html and created a 301 re-direct.
I also deleted the Article as I no longer needed it.
Now when I go to 'products.html' I get an ugly 404 message, not one displayed in my sites template.
I've checked the 301 redirect section of ARTIO, and the URL is definitely correct, so I don't understand why it's not re-directing. It seems something in Joomla/ARTIO is still trying to display the deleted article instead of doing the 301 redirect.

I've also searched through my whole database for 'products.html' and it doesn't appear anywhere.
I've even manually searched through the jos_redirection table and it's not there.
Where are the URLs stored? How do I fix this?

BTW, how do I turn on error reporting?
I've enabled the debugging in Global Configuration, is this what you're referring to?

thanks
Nick

Hi

Order ID 4001, Joomla version 1.5.9, JoomSEF version 3.2.10

I'm having trouble defining some URLs.

For some reason not all the SEF URLs are showing up in the 'Show All Redirects' JoomSEF menu, which means I can't then update the URL.

How do I locate where the URL is being created and how do I update it to a new URL?

thanks for your help.

Nick