301 redirect

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  opemed · Member · Jul 18, 2013 at 9:27 am

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  I completed a 301 domain re-direct from opemed.wordpress.com to http://www.opemed.net/opemedblog/opemedblog.html but it isn’t working correctly. The re-direct is adding a / to the end of the domain – http://www.opemed.net/opemedblog/opemedblog.html/ – which is causing the page to render incorrectly. I’d prefer to have this fixed rather than a refund. Could you pass this on to your tech team?

  Thanks

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Jul 18, 2013 at 5:47 pm

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  Hi there, one of our developers will take a look and see if there’s anything we can do about that trailing slash.

  Folks who redirect their sites usually have a directory path they want to point to, not an individual filename, so this isn’t something that’s been on our radar. I will keep you posted here with any news.

  Is there any chance you might be able to rename your file from opemedblog.php to index.php, so that this URL would bring you to the front page of the site? http://www.opemed.net/opemedblog/

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  opemed · Member · Jul 18, 2013 at 7:28 pm

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  Hi Kath,
  I did think of that but wondered if that would make it a true 301 re-direct as it wouldn’t be pointing to a specific page.

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Jul 18, 2013 at 8:17 pm

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  Your WordPress.com address will send a 301 redirect whether you redirect to a page or a directory.

  The 301 header is sent from the originating URL, in your case http://opemed.wordpress.com. If you check the headers in a tool like this, you can see it:

  HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently =>
  Server => nginx
  Date => Thu, 18 Jul 2013 20:14:46 GMT
  Content-Type => text/html; charset=utf-8
  Connection => close
  Vary => Cookie
  Location => http://www.opemed.net/OpeMedBlog/OpeMedBlog.php/

  It will be a 301 redirect no matter what URL you’re redirecting to.

  Let me know if this would work for you.

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  opemed · Member · Jul 19, 2013 at 11:36 am

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  I’ve done as you suggested and re-named the target page to index.php so the redirect can now point to http://www.opemed.net/OpeMedBlog – assuming that the / will be added.

  Can you make this change or do I have to cancel the current re-direct, get a refund and start again?

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Jul 19, 2013 at 2:26 pm

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  You can change the address to which you’re redirecting the site anytime, under Store > Domains:

  https://opemed.wordpress.com/wp-admin/paid-upgrades.php?page=domains

  Screenshot of the relevant area: http://cl.ly/image/2B3w0M1b2S1X

  I’ve gone ahead and made that URL update for you, and the redirect looks like it’s working well.

  Just let me know if you need further help.

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  opemed · Member · Jul 19, 2013 at 2:31 pm

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  I did try using that but it just refused to change . . . Anyway it’s working nicely now.

  Thanks for your help Kathryn

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Jul 19, 2013 at 2:38 pm

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  You’re very welcome. Good luck with the new site.