I am renaming forums and need to redirect old URLs to new URLs to avoid duplicate content.

I have renamed one of the hidden forums to TEST this Redirect:

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Redirect 301 /phpBB2/partners-only-f17.html http://www.emailsignature.eu/phpBB2/office-add-on-partners-only-f17.html

The response is "301 Moved Permanently" (which is fine), but the URL gets "?f=17" added at the end:

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http://www.emailsignature.eu/phpBB2/office-add-on-partners-only-f17.html[color=#FF0000]?f=17[/color]

I guess the RewriteRule in my .htaccess is causing the problem, but I have no clue how to fix it ... can you?

THANKS!

This is my .htaccess:

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<Files config.php>

Deny from all

</Files>



#DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm



Redirect 301 /index.html http://www.emailsignature.eu/phpBB2/index.php



RewriteEngine On



RewriteRule ^phpBB2/msi-package-t569\.html$ /phpBB2/msi-package-t571.html



# SEO URL [mgutt]

RewriteRule !\.html$ - [L]

RewriteRule ^phpBB2/[a-z0-9-]+-([pt])([0-9]+)\.html$ /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?$1=$2 [L]

RewriteRule ^phpBB2/[a-z0-9-]+-f([0-9]+)\.html$ /phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=$1 [L]

RewriteRule ^phpBB2/[a-z0-9-]+-c([0-9]+)\.html$ /phpBB2/index.php?c=$1 [L]

RewriteRule ^phpBB2/[a-z0-9-]+-u([0-9]+)\.html$ /phpBB2/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=$1 [L]

RewriteRule ^phpBB2/([a-zA-Z0-9_]+),([^/,]+),([^/,]*)([^/]*\.html)$ phpBB2/$1$4?$2=$3 [QSA,N]

RewriteRule ^phpBB2/[a-z0-9-]+-([pt])([0-9]+),([^/,]+),([^/,]*)([^/]*\.html)$ phpBB2/viewtopic$5?$1=$2&$3=$4 [QSA,N]

RewriteRule ^phpBB2/[a-z0-9-]+-f([0-9]+),([^/,]+),([^/,]*)([^/]*\.html)$ phpBB2/viewforum$4?f=$1&$2=$3 [QSA,N]

RewriteRule ^phpBB2/([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)\.html$ /phpBB2/$1.php [L]


#Forum names changed and to avoid duplicate content
Redirect 301 /phpBB2/partners-only-f17.html http://www.emailsignature.eu/phpBB2/office-add-on-partners-only-f17.html

Solved the issue by using RewriteRule:

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RewriteRule ^phpBB2/partners-only-f17\.html$ http://www.emailsignature.eu/phpBB2/office-add-on-partners-only-f17.html [R=301,L]

If you just want to redirect forum url with ids, you have nothing to do beside installing / activating the zero duplicate mod.

It will take care of all renamed urls with ids (topic, forums, user etc ...) directly.
Try this for example :

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http://www.phpbb-seo.com/en/is-this/a-duplicate-t1220.html

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Thanks!
Unfortunately, I'm still stuck on phpBB2 ...

Can you by any chance recommend assistance with upgrading from phpBB2 -> phpBB3?
The main goal is preserving the Google indexed pages. I will of course pay for the services.

We have a zero dupe mod for phpBB2 here : phpbb2-zero-duplicate/

About converting, this topic can help : How to convert from phpbb2 to phpbb3 seo premod
All you'll need to do to properly redirect your phpBB2 url to the phpBB3 ones will be to keep your phpBB2 rewriterules up and running, but linked to the phpBB3 scripts (instead of the phpBB2 ones), which usually can be done by just adding the phpBB2 rewriterules after the phpBB3 ones in the phpBB3's .htaccess (when the forum stayed int he same dir after the conversion) with proper paths.

This is of course the kind of matter that require some local testing, but there is nothing hard to do, just things needing to be work before you make the big jump

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