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Tsimi

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What should go into my htaccess file if I need to have the following redirects.

1. From example.com to https:// www.example.com/store/ (added space after // to prevent showing it as URL link)

and

2. From www.example.com to https:// www.example.com/store/ (added space after // to prevent showing it as URL link)

and

3. force SSL on the whole store.

I think #3 can be done by adding https on HTTP_SERVER and HTTPS_SERVER inside the configure.php file.

 

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1.:

# Force WWW.
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.yourstore.com/$1 [R=301,L]

2.: May vary depending on your server setup

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16200501/http-to-https-apache-redirection

3.: Yes, like you say

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You need a little more than that for SEO purposes. Here's what I suggest:

#redirect index.php to root
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index\.php\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ https://www.example.com/store/ [R=301,L]

#redirect non-www to www
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/store/$1 [R=permanent,L]

RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/store/$1 [R,L]

You can also add the following to the roots .htaccess file . It is a stricter method to ensure ssl is used but you have to be sure the whole shop and any sub-sites will work with full ssl. This page explains it in more detail.

Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; preload; includeSubDomains" env=HTTPS

Also, if you use googles webmaster tools, be sure to setup an item for https if it doesn't already exist or the data for the site won't be recorded.

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6 hours ago, Tsimi said:

3. force SSL on the whole store.

I think #3 can be done by adding https on HTTP_SERVER and HTTPS_SERVER inside the configure.php file.

No, that's not sufficient. What happens when someone types in http:, or just the domain (and lets the browser add http: and //)? You also need to see if http: is being used, and redirect (R=301) to https:. Try to set up the .htaccess commands to avoid multiple R=301's (slower, and a search engine penalty) and especially to avoid accidentally creating a loop (e.g., http: to https:, and then non-www to www with http:).

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To force https (SSL) if someone should come in on http (non-SSL):

RewriteEngine On    [if not already on]
	RewriteCond  %{HTTPS}  !on  [OR]
	RewriteCond  %{HTTP_HOST}  !^www\.  [NC]
	RewriteRule  ^(.*)$   https://www.yourdomain.com/$1  [R=301,L]

This combines forcing SSL with forcing www. domain name. If you are dealing with multiple domain names or subdomains, this would have to be done differently. You could drop the [OR] and the www check line, and deal with domain names separately.

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@MrPhil

Redirect from www.example.com/oldstore/ to www.example.com/newstore/

What would I need to add to the htaccess file of the oldstore to redirect correctly?
I have tried a few redirects that I found on stackoverflow but none seems to work.

Including any product link and all the rest of the shop. As soon someone access www.example.com/oldstore/, even if typing directly the URL they should be redirected to www.example.com/newstore/

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One of these should work:

1) in /.htaccess

RewriteEngine On
	RewriteCond  %{REQUEST_URI}  ^/oldstore 
	RewriteRule  oldstore/(.*)$   /newstore/$1  [R=301,L]
	RewriteRule  oldstore   /newstore/  [R=301,L]

2) in /oldstore/.htaccess   (if your host has a defective setup that skips /.htaccess if /oldstore is a valid path)

RewriteEngine On
	RewriteRule  ^(.*)$   /newstore/$1   [R=301,L]

The R=301 flag is to show the new address to the user or search engine, and encourage them to bookmark it.

All this assumes, of course, that you're on a server that reads and processes .htaccess (e.g., an Apache server). You may have to do something different on, say, a Windows server. If none of this works, talk to your host's technical support to see how to do it -- maybe they have a strange setup.

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On 19/03/2018 at 1:15 PM, Jack_mcs said:

#redirect index.php to root RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index\.php\ HTTP/ RewriteRule ^index\.php$ https://www.example.com/store/ [R=301,L] #redirect non-www to www RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/store/$1 [R=permanent,L] RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80 RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/store/$1 [R,L]

 

On 19/03/2018 at 1:15 PM, Jack_mcs said:

#redirect index.php to root RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index\.php\ HTTP/ RewriteRule ^index\.php$ https://www.example.com/store/ [R=301,L] #redirect non-www to www RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/store/$1 [R=permanent,L] RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80 RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/store/$1 [R,L]

Thank you for all of the help and I'm making progress. Howwever when I add the following to my .htaccess file the site crashes.

RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.martinberrillsports.com/$1 [R,L]

 

I also tried a condition from whynopadlock.com (below) and this also crashed my site. Am I doing something wrong and is the {SERVER_PORT} 80 significant in this in some way?

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} martinberrillsports\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.martinberrillsports.com/$1 [R,L]

Thanks in advance again. I'm very grateful for the input and help!

Paul


 

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Hi,

Yes I did current extract from .htaccess is:

 

RewriteEngine On 
RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^(.*)-p-(.*).html$ product_info.php?products_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^(.*)-c-(.*).html$ index.php?cPath=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^(.*)-m-(.*).html$ index.php?manufacturers_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}

#redirect index.php to root
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index\.php\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ https://www.martinberrillsportscom/ [R=301,L]

#redirect non-www to www
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.martinberrillsports.com/$1 [R=permanent,L]

 

However adding this next bit results in website not loading / crashing.

RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.martinberrillsports.com/$1 [R,L]

 

Thank you.

Paul

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It might be that your server is setup to use a different variable for ssl. This thread may help: http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=334107. It also has a link to an addon that has a test script you can run to determine the correct variable. Or you could ask your host to check it.

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Thank you for spotting the missing ".". 

I have checked and it definitely should be Port 80 but when added this seems to "break" the site.

 

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RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.martinberrillsports.com/$1 [R,L]

The first thing I'd try is changing [R,L] to [R=301,L] ... maybe the server is confused by "R" alone.

"80" is the normal http server port, and "443" is the normal https server port. You might try changing that line to

RewriteCond  %{HTTPS}  !on

and see if anything changes. If you also want to force "www" in the domain name,

RewriteCond  %{HTTPS}  !on [OR]
RewriteCond  %{HTTP_HOST}  !^www\.  [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.martinberrillsports.com/$1 [R=301,L]
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Hi,

Thank you for the help so far - I am eternally grateful!

I think I'm really close and after some input from the webhosts have the following:

#redirect index.php to root
#RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index\.php\ HTTP/
#RewriteRule ^index\.php$ https://www.martinberrillsports.com/ [R=301,L]

#redirect non-www to www
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^martinberrillsports\.com
#RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.martinberrillsports.com/$1 [R=permanent,L]

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{ENV:HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^.*$ https://www.%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [R,L]

The only remaining problem seems to be that http://www.martinberrillsports.com redirects to https://www.www.martinberrillsports.com.

Please can anyone see which redirect is causing this and how to correct?

Many thanks in advance.

Paul

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The RewriteEngine On should be above all of the redirect code.

As for the redirect from http to https, that is handled by the last part - the one you just worked on. The whole idea of this change is to switch from http to https. Why are you saying it is a problem?

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Thanks. I was focused on the http part and didn't even notice the www.

pafranklin  It is caused by the www. in

RewriteRule ^.*$ https://www.%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [R,L] 

That code is a more general approach that will work with different domain names. You don't need it for this situation. Just replace it with this (change the domain name, of course).

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/$1 [R,L]

 

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Thank you everyone for your help.

Very much appreciated and all working now :)

Best regards.

Paul

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If the SERVER_NAME was entered by the visitor as www.example.com, simply adding www. will give you www.www.example.com. That's why you always want to hard code the domain name (server name) in the rewrite as www.example.com, rather than using %{SERVER_NAME}.

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