J!Redirect301
Version
1.0
Rating
Compatibility
Votes
Favoured
15
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Views
35733
Date Added
11 April 2009
The J!Redirect301 plugin for Joomla 1.5 will allow you to set up a permanent redirection (HTTP 301) so that if you have several sites pointing to a single Joomla site you can forward all requests properly to a single domain name. You can use this plugin as a really simple way of redirecting http://yourdomain.com to http://www.yourdomain.com so that only one version of your website will be indexed by domains.
This plugin will be of particular interest to IIS rather than Apache users. Apache users should be able to use the RewriteEngine in .htaccess to set up appropriate (and more flexible) rules.
There are three commonly used ways to automatically redirect one page to another: JavaScript (using location.href), and using a 301. Only 301 is considered to be search engine friendly, the JavaScript and Meta methods can adversely affect your search engine ranking and even get your site banned!
There are only two variables for you to configure in the plugin: the target URL (which must include http:// at the start of the address, just as any link between websites) and the domain list. If someone tries to visit http://www.yourSecondDomain.co.uk/whatever.html, they will be redirected to the target URL.
5 stars for ease of install, use and support.
I downloaded and installed the plugin and it works. I did have an issue but Jeremy responded within hours of my initial email. He helped me work out a solution and now its working great.
I'm hoping he adds the URI preservation feature.
I'd recommend this extension for redirecting one domain to another. If you plan to use it to redirect mydomain.com to www.mydomain.com, you need to do a little tweaking but its fairly simple.
Thanks Again
I downloaded and installed the plugin and it works. I did have an issue but Jeremy responded within hours of my initial email. He helped me work out a solution and now its working great.
I'm hoping he adds the URI preservation feature.
I'd recommend this extension for redirecting one domain to another. If you plan to use it to redirect mydomain.com to www.mydomain.com, you need to do a little tweaking but its fairly simple.
Thanks Again
Looks great on paper, looks nice with Joomla.
But on my Virtuemart website, it doesn't work and I got a blank page, so it's useless.
Maybe an update will solve the problem ?
But on my Virtuemart website, it doesn't work and I got a blank page, so it's useless.
Maybe an update will solve the problem ?
Owner's reply
Do you want to report a ticket to http://support.goldfigure.co.uk and send me both a link to the URL you want to redirect *from* and a screenshot of your settings. I will see if I can help.
I know of another user with a VirtueMart website where this works fine. It should all kick off in Joomla 'below' virtuemart so would have no impact at all.
