htaccess rewrite issue

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Originally Posted by RichieBoy67

The problem I am having though mainly is with the urls that do not have folders and no longer exist such as

/bodybuilding-discussion-news-226/official-mecca-top-6-guess-rules-standings-thread-2013-a-220802/index2.html

to

http://musclemecca.com/threads/220802-***Official-Mecca-Top-6-Guess-rules-amp-standings-thread***-2013?highlight=rules+standings

A simple redirect will not work for this. If the url was shorter I would be able to do it but the long ones really mess me up.

For this part you can not

appeal

attention
?highlight=rules+standings
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vBseo remove this symbols^ "***"
these characters are not in the old *** link
Therefore, if the redirect server can not find their match
That's the only way how you can make a redirect :

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On

Redirect 301 /bodybuilding-discussion-news-226/official-mecca-top-6-guess-rules-standings-thread-2013-a-220802/index2.html http://musclemecca.com/threads/220802-***official-mecca-top-6-guess-rules-amp-standings-thread***-2013/page2
Redirect 301 /bodybuilding-discussion-news-226/official-mecca-top-6-guess-rules-standings-thread-2013-a-220802/index3.html http://musclemecca.com/threads/220802-***official-mecca-top-6-guess-rules-amp-standings-thread***-2013/page3
Redirect 301 /bodybuilding-discussion-news-226/official-mecca-top-6-guess-rules-standings-thread-2013-a-220802 http://musclemecca.com/threads/220802-***official-mecca-top-6-guess-rules-amp-standings-thread***-2013

These characters "***" and not enough
therefore, this is the only option as you can make a redirect

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There is another option, but it's a bad idea to implement.

RedirectMatch 301 ^/([a-z-]+)-([0-9]+)/([a-z0-9-]+)-([0-9]+)$ http://musclemecca.com/threads/$4

That code must be placed in the bottom, a set of rules that apply to the triad

Execution sequence for example:
RedirectMatch old thread+post => new thread+post
RedirectMatch old thread+pool => new thread+pool
RedirectMatch old thread => new thread
RedirectMatch my bad kod => you bad thread

Short link will be used:
http://musclemecca.com/threads/220802
This is good for the user, it gets to the desired page, but bad for search engine: it will be a duplicate page.

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It's important:
Do not forget that Unix understands this:
Letter
letter
As two different words. In windows it as one word