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htaccess redirect (301) all my old content from my WordPress to my new URL design. I want to redirect all the last trailing slashes to .html ... the permalinks are already working, but I don't want to lose all my collected backlinks for which I worked so hard.

This is how my URLs look like:

  • Pages (old): /pages/redirection/ should redirect to /pages/redirection.html
  • Posts (old): /new-permalink/ should redirect to /news/new-permalink.html
  • Custom Posts /permalink/ should redirect to /projects/permalink.html

The following rewrite rule does not work for me. It ignores my rewritebase, so it redirects /projects/permalink/ to /permalink.html not to /projects/permalink.html.

RewriteEngine On 
Options +FollowSymLinks 
RewriteBase /project/ 
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d 
RewriteRule . /project/index.php [L] 
RewriteRule /project/([^/]*)/?$ /project/$1.html [L] 
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  • If you are in /projects/ folder already, then remove /project/ from rewrite pattern for last rule; should be RewriteRule ([^/]*)/?$ /project/$1.html [L]. P.S. and please stop using xxxxx for everything -- be creative and use a bit more realistic/easy to distinguish URLs...
    – LazyOne
    Jul 26, 2011 at 20:42
  • Ok, next time i try beeing more creative ;) ...now it returns on domain.com/project/ ...You don't have permission to access /project/.html on this server.
    – Gecko453
    Jul 26, 2011 at 21:34
  • Which URL you were accessing? if example.com/project/ .. then you may have such response. If so -- add RewriteRule ^$ /project/index.php [L] line after RewriteBase line, for example (but definitely before the previously mentioned rule).
    – LazyOne
    Jul 26, 2011 at 21:38
  • doesnt work for me.. now it looks like this <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On Options +FollowSymLinks RewriteBase /project/ RewriteRule ^$ /project/index.php [L] RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /project/index.php [L] RewriteRule ([^/]*)/?$ /project/$1.html [L] </IfModule> # END WordPress
    – Gecko453
    Jul 26, 2011 at 21:52
  • TBH Now I'm lost on what is working, what is not (and why) and how it supposed to work. Without knowing you project details I will constrain myself from making more "wild" guesses. I can only recommend enabling rewrite debugging (if you can edit server/virtual host config) -- RewriteLogLevel 9 and check rewrite log for details. You are the person who knows for sure how site works/should work, and should see from logs what is going wrong and where. All my advices, while technically be correct, still may be inappropriate for particular situation/location.
    – LazyOne
    Jul 26, 2011 at 23:40

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RewriteRule ^pages/([^/]*)/?$ pages/$1.html

Should do the trick.

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  • thx, but plz see my editted question :)
    – Gecko453
    Jul 26, 2011 at 20:32

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