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Redirect old url to new url after changing product links?

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Dear Support, I have a question about changing the seo url from a old url to a new updated url link. I want to update my seo friendly url but I try to avoid to loose my google search result in the best way. Then I want to redirect my old url to the new url directly. I understand this is something I do in the .htaccess file. Right now I´m using your SEO Pack, I have a SSL certificate for HTTPS and I always www in my store. What is the right setting to add to the .htaccess file and how long time do I need to keep the information inside the .htaccess file? Best regards Thomas	OCstore
March 5, 2017 at 12:34 pm #57118
Hi Thomas, This topic is a bit aside from the scope of our theme support. We are sure there are plenty threads in the official OpenCart that discuss the same problem. https://forum.opencart.com/viewtopic.php?t=66581 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29116111/redirect-https-to-http-using-htaccess-in-opencart https://mmosolution.com/blogs/Redirect-to-HTTP-non-www-to-HTTPS-www-htaccess-for-Opencart.html BR, ThemeBurn team	TB Support
March 10, 2017 at 5:11 pm #57295
Thanks Support-team! I figured it out how I should configure the .htaccess file for redirect old url´s to the new destination. Below info can maybe be good for other people. I added following lines under “SEO URL Settings”: # SEO URL Settings RewriteEngine On # If your opencart installation does not run on the main web folder make sure you folder it does run in ie. / becomes /shop/ #my own title for specific url, just for my own info RewriteRule ^old-category/old-product$ https://www.mydomain.com/new-category/new-product-url/ [R=301,L] RewriteRule ^old-product$ https://www.mydomain.com/new-category/new-product-url/ [R=301,L] #another redirect if needed here… I have specified both the category directory and also the product url itself, and I hope this is the right way to do. It worked for me. When Google have indexed the new url´s I´m going to remove the lines in the .htaccess file. Best regards Thomas	OCstore
March 11, 2017 at 4:27 pm #57334
Hi Thomas, We are happy we’ve helped. P.S. Leaving extra redirects won’t hurt. Any old links to your website will not bring 404. BR, ThemeBurn team	TB Support
March 17, 2017 at 10:17 am #57518

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