Faulty domain redirect

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  dreemteem · Member · Jan 31, 2012 at 5:04 pm

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  Hi, the redirect I set up from my wordpress.com blog to my current site is malfunctioning, sending visitors to the wrong post.

  This link from Google: http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=google%20music%20uk&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDsQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffaultythinking.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F11%2F17%2Fhow-to-get-access-to-google-music-from-the-uk%2F&ei=jx4oT-OGGIKy8QP7wbDaAw&usg=AFQjCNFbd1ipdvB6K1mv4NPGKOZ_1LigGw&cad=rja

  Should go here:

  http://www.redgamer.co.uk/without-portfolio/573/how-to-get-access-to-google-music-from-the-uk

  But instead goes here:

  http://www.redgamer.co.uk/politics/17/you-may-well-already-have-seen-this
  Blog url: http://faultythinking.wordpress.com/

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  helper-ringostarr · Member · Jan 31, 2012 at 5:20 pm

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  For the redirect to work, you need to set up the same permalinks structure on your new site, as the one used on WordPress.com – the default structure is year/month/day/postname

  Once you set this up, all redirect links should work as expected.

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  dreemteem · Member · Feb 1, 2012 at 12:24 pm

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  Thanks, that’s working now.

  It might be an idea to surface this fact in the marketing for the redirect function, as it’s not entirely clear that you will be unable to alter the permalink structure.

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  evarlese · Member · Feb 2, 2012 at 8:16 pm

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  Glad to hear you’re all set. Thanks for your feedback, I’ll be sure to update the Site Redirect support document/page.