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J!Redirect 301 plugin 
Version
1.0
Rating
Compatibility
Votes
4
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8
License
GPL
Non-Commercial
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6913
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.
byKloudZ on December 23, 2009
I am really looking forward to the updates you mentioned.