Hi Paul,
table is empty (i.e. no items configured).

Could you check for this?

Thanks,
Luigi

Hi Luigi,

I reinstalled again and tried a few redirects that seem to be working.
I've again attached a dump file.

Now here is the big question. With over 4450 URLs to redirect, is there a quick way round this, or do I have to do them one by one?

Paul

I'm glad it works now.
Now you need to minimize number of entries that cover all your 404 errors. I think that 4450 hits are similar so you just need to identify commmon and unique parts of a url group that have the same destination. For example, if you have N entries like this:

http://{yoursite}/index.php?component=com_kunena&page=1
http://{yoursite}/index.php?component=com_kunena&page=2
...
http://{yoursite}/index.php?component=com_kunena&page=X

You can redirect all on the same destination simply configuring items as follow:

From URL: index.php?component=com_kunena&page=
To URL: http://{siteurl}/forum.html

If you need help, just export CSV entries from Google, and send me as attachment in a private mail.

Regards,
Luigi

Hi Luigi,

I'm still getting to grips with this component. It seams really good.

I've got stuck on a few URLs that seam a bit strange and I cannot get them to redirect. Like this one as a example:

URL DELETED

This one is one of many that look like Core SEFs have been conflicting with non-core SEFs, I've got no idea how these string have come together. Maybe you've seen this sort of thing before.

How would I redirect?

I've tried this:
^/home/membership-features/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=107

to this:
http://{siteurl}/home/membership-features.html

But still get the error 404.

Regards,
Paul

Hi Paul.
Just try this:

From URL:
/home/membership-features/index.php\?option=com_content&view=article&id=107

To URL:
http://{siteurl}/home/membership-features.html

With new version of ReDJ regular expressions was introduced, and question mark needs to be "escaped" putting a backslash behind (\?). Remove the initial "^", you don't need it.

Let me know,
Luigi

Hi Luigi,

I have some problems and hope you can advise.

I tried exporting the database from phpMyAdmin in these formats for editing and importing:
CSV for MS Excel,
Microsoft Excel 2000.

Without editing the file I tried to import it and get an error 1064.

I can export as SQL and import it back OK without problems, but of course cannot edit it.

So how can I edit the file in the first two formats and import withour the parse error 1064.

Regards,
Paul

How many entries have you in your table, that you need to export???

Anyway you can dump table with phpMyAdmin in SQL format. Than you can open the file with Nopepad++ or your preferred text editor. Now you can replace, for example all ocurences of ".php?" with ".php\?". When done, reimport SQL file in your DB with phpMyAdmin again.

If you get trouble, send me the export file via email, and I will help you.

Regards,
Luigi

Hi Luigi,

I thought I managed to redirect all my error 404s, all 4500+

But I now can see in Google Webmaster Tools, "Not Found", over 4400 new errors like this:

/index.php/component/juser/category_information/carpet_manufacturers/frequently-asked-questions/255-membership-features.html

Examining the above URL it is a mess.

My set up is Core SEF with .htaccess, no other third party SEF component.

I cannot understand why I see this:
/index.php
/component
/juser ( which is a component by Joomsuite )
/category_information ( a folder I deleted )
/carpet_manufacturers ( a folder in category_information, I deleted )

They all return the error 404 but like the image shows, not the correct one.

Any ideas?

Regards,
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Hi Paul,
an entry like this:

/index.php/component/juser/category_information/carpet_manufacturers/frequently-asked-questions/255-membership-features.html

Is an URL written to be more user-friendly, but it needs to be "transformed" in the real URL through a "rewrite rule" (and this is what Apache mod_rewrite does).

I guess the real URL was something like this:

/index.php?component=juser&category_information=carpet_manufacturers&frequently-asked-questions=255-membership-features

Now you need to redirect all this entries to new destinations. If you need help, please, send me an email with all this entries exported from Google as CSV and I'll try to find the minimal set of ReDJ rules that covers all the entries.

Regards,
Luigi

Hi Luigi,

You are a great help in this matter, Thank you!

I have tried a redirect from the URL:

/index.php/component/juser/category_information/carpet_manufacturers/frequently-asked-questions/255-membership-features.html

to:

http://{siteurl}/home/membership-features.html

but still get a error 404.

In the "fromurl", category_information/carpet_manufacturerswere folders in the root directory but not part of joomla.

regards,
Paul