Hello,

I recently change some of my site links and i want to redirect the old ones to the new urls. I use phpbb-seo mod with advance url type and used this code for redirect in .htaccess

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Redirect 301 /actiune.html http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-actiune.html
Redirect 301 /animatie.html http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-animatie.html
Redirect 301 /aventuri.html http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-aventuri.html
Redirect 301 /biografice.html http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-biografice.html
Redirect 301 /comedie.html http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-comedie.html
Redirect 301 /crima.html http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-crima.html
Redirect 301 /documentare.html http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-documentare.html
Redirect 301 /drama.html http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-drama.html
Redirect 301 /familie.html http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-familie.html
Redirect 301 /fantastic.html http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-fantastic.html
Redirect 301 /horror.html http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-horror.html
Redirect 301 /indiene.html http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-indiene.html
Redirect 301 /istorice.html http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-istorice.html
Redirect 301 /mister.html http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-mister.html
Redirect 301 /muzical.html http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-muzical.html
Redirect 301 /razboi.html http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-razboi.html
Redirect 301 /romanesti.html http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-romanesti.html
Redirect 301 /romantice.html http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-romantice.html
Redirect 301 /sf.html http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-sf.html
Redirect 301 /sport.html http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-sport.html
Redirect 301 /thriller.html http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-thriller.html
Redirect 301 /tv.html http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-tv.html
Redirect 301 /xxx.html http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-xxx.html
Redirect 301 /the-simpsons.html http://www.topfilmeonline.com/the-simpsons-online.html
Redirect 301 /heroes.html http://www.topfilmeonline.com/heroes-online.html
Redirect 301 /filme-online.html http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-gratis.html

But the problem is that when i access this link for example :

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http://www.topfilmeonline.com/actiune.html

it redirects me to this:

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http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-actiune.html?forum_uri=actiune

instead of this:

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http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-actiune.html

Can someone please tell me what seems to be the problem and how to fix it?

Thank you in advance.

Try

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RewriteRule ^(actiune|animatie|aventuri|biografice|comedie|crima|documentare|drama|familie|fantastic|horror|indiene|istorice|mister|muzical|razboi|romanesti|romantice|sf|sport|thriller|tv|xxx)\.html$ http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-$1.html [QSA,L,NC,R=301]
RewriteRule ^(the-simpsons|heroes)\.html$ http://www.topfilmeonline.com/$1-online.html [QSA,L,NC,R=301]
RewriteRule ^filme-online\.html$ http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-gratis.html [QSA,L,NC,R=301]

before :

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# DO NOT GO FURTHER IF THE REQUESTED FILE / DIR DOES EXISTS

and with proper paths and slashes (eg following the same pattern as in other phpBB RewriteRule).

Should do it

Thank you very much for your quick reply, it worked like a charm !

Edit:

Following your code i did the redirects for all page numbers from 1 to 1200 which was my last page that had posts... on every forum above.. counting page numbers by 20 (20,40,60 ...1200.)

My question is, there are other redirects i must do so everything will be ok or those are all ? (Considering that those are the only forums in which i have changed the url structure)

oh, but pagination, you could just add :

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    RewriteRule ^(actiune|animatie|aventuri|biografice|comedie|crima|documentare|drama|familie|fantastic|horror|indiene|istorice|mister|muzical|razboi|romanesti|romantice|sf|sport|thriller|tv|xxx)-([0-9]+)\.html$ http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-$1-$2.html [QSA,L,NC,R=301]
    RewriteRule ^(the-simpsons|heroes)-([0-9]+)\.html$ http://www.topfilmeonline.com/$1-online-$2.html [QSA,L,NC,R=301]
    RewriteRule ^filme-online-([0-9]+)\.html$ http://www.topfilmeonline.com/filme-online-gratis-$1.html [QSA,L,NC,R=301]

in addition to the other three.

Though I'm thinking that this should rather be done using php.
In phpbb_seo_class.php you could just add :

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      else {
         $redirect = array(
            'old_uri_of_forum_id_one' => 1,
            'old_uri_of_forum_id_xx' => xx,
         );
         if (isset($redirect[$forum_uri])) {
            $forum_id = (int) $redirect[$forum_uri];
         }
      }

after :

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      if ($id = @array_search($forum_uri, $this->cache_config['forum']) ) {
         $forum_id = max(0, (int) $id);
      } elseif ( $id = $this->get_url_info('forum', $forum_uri, 'id')) {
         $forum_id = max(0, (int) $id);
      }

You would just need to fill :

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         $redirect = array(
            'old_uri_of_forum_id_one' => 1,
            'old_uri_of_forum_id_xx' => xx,
         );

with the forum uri / forum id pairs, the forum uri being "actiune", "drama", "the-simpsons" etc. This would handle pagination too all in once, using the zero duplicate.

++

I did the edits in phpbb_seo_class.php, now i can safely remove the edits i made in htaccess, right ?

One question from curiosity, how will google see those old pages... now that are two pages for same page(forum)...the old ones and the new ones.. in time google will remove the old ones or will remain as pages with duplicate titles ?

Thank you very much for your support, you definitely helped me fix my site's url issues!

When Google sees a 301, it drops the old url in favor to the new one, simple as that. With latest zero dupe (0.6.2), a canonical element is also added, stating once more that the new url is indeed the new one to use.
Google is usually quite fast with 301 redirect, even if they are massive.

And yes, you don't need the .htaccess modification with the php one, just make sure about the header returned, should be all right, but it's always worth checking.

Thank you i've left only the php seo edits and everything worked and still works like a charm.