David N. Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Hello, I just migrated from self-hosting to Cloud hosting, however my .htaccess file was not moved which means that all my 301 redirects are no longer working. That's 4,500 pages that are indexed in Google that are currently showing: Sorry! The page you requested does not exist I've contacted Invision but while waiting for them to reply, maybe someone here can help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Stridgen Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 I have forwarded your ticket on to see if this can be done. Someone will be in contact as soon as possible David N. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David N. Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share Posted December 1, 2022 Great, thank you Marc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris027 Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Would love to know if this is possible David N. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David N. Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 30 minutes ago, Chris027 said: Would love to know if this is possible Unfortunately I can't just add my own 301 redirects to a .htaccess file as one can with a hosting service. My request has been escalated to the advanced support/development team, and I'm waiting to hear back from them. Chris027 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris027 Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 it's possible to do via Cloudflare, but with so many redirects it would get expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Calvert Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 It’s also possible to have a plugin do redirects as well. A few are in the marketplace already… for example: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris027 Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 1 minute ago, Randy Calvert said: It’s also possible to have a plugin do redirects as well. A few are in the marketplace already… for example: Those won't work for sub-domain redirects though will they? I have several in my nginx.conf files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Calvert Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Are you doing redirects TO (destination) or FROM (source) subdomains? If you’re pointing TO a subdomain, it looks like it does not matter based on that plug-in’s screenshot example as it just gives you a spot to enter the destination as a free form field. (Such as Google.com) With that said, I’m not the developer or so you could ask them for clarification. Was just trying to give some ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Stridgen Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 This is more redirecting a whole location rather than individual pages 1 hour ago, Chris027 said: Would love to know if this is possible As you are self-hosted there, your hosting company would assist with any redirects you need on your product Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris027 Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 1 minute ago, Randy Calvert said: Are you doing redirects TO (destination) or FROM (source) subdomains? If you’re pointing TO a subdomain, it looks like it does not matter based on that plug-in’s screenshot example as it just gives you a spot to enter the destination as a free form field. (Such as Google.com) With that said, I’m not the developer or so you could ask them for clarification. Was just trying to give some ideas. I'm redirecting from a sub-domain. I used to hose stuff on S3 (images.xxxxxxxxxxx.tld, audio.xxxxxxxxxx.tld, etc...). I moved it all local and just use redirects so all the old links still work. 1 minute ago, Marc Stridgen said: This is more redirecting a whole location rather than individual pages As you are self-hosted there, your hosting company would assist with any redirects you need on your product I already do these. But I want to know how to do it if I move to the cloud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Stridgen Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 If its assets only, those are largely irrelevant, as we would just change the storage method and the links are taken care of by the software. With regard redirects in general, it would depend on your individual requirements, but we can generally accommodate where these are needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris027 Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Marc Stridgen said: If its assets only, those are largely irrelevant, as we would just change the storage method and the links are taken care of by the software. With regard redirects in general, it would depend on your individual requirements, but we can generally accommodate where these are needed It's a bunch of old links in articles that point to stuff like audio.xxxxxxxxx.tld that used to be hosted in S3 years ago. Now it's all local at xxxxxxxxxx.tld/s3/audio. Nginx redirects work great rather than tracking down all the links and changing them. Edited December 2, 2022 by Chris027 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Calvert Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Chris027 said: I'm redirecting from a sub-domain. I used to hose stuff on S3 (images.xxxxxxxxxxx.tld, audio.xxxxxxxxxx.tld, etc...). I moved it all local and just use redirects so all the old links still work. Images, audio, etc all would not be on CIC. Only the WWW would be “hosted” by IPS. If those redirects were not part of a storage path change… What I would do since you mentioned cloudflare is just create a wildcard redirect. Check out step 5 on https://woorkup.com/free-url-forwarding/ In that case you’re only creating one rule per subdomain. Edited December 2, 2022 by Randy Calvert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Stridgen Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 These can certainly be discussed with our sales team at the time you wish to investigate this. We can then get the exact rules you are using now, and advise accordingly. Generally however, this has not been an issue. 1 minute ago, Randy Calvert said: Images, audio, etc all would not be on CIC. Only the WWW would be “hosted” by IPS. If those redirects were not part of a storage path change… What I would do since you mentioned cloudflare is just create a wildcard redirect. Check out step 5 on https://woorkup.com/free-url-forwarding/ It actually depends if thats what the person requires. In most cases the DNS woul dactually be hosted by ourselves. I know yours isnt for your specific requirements, but its not something specifically needed in this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David N. Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 23 hours ago, Chris027 said: Would love to know if this is possible Yes, the advanced support team was finally able to do the redirects for me. Now I am just waiting for them to redirect my ads.txt link and I will be all set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution David N. Posted December 6, 2022 Author Solution Share Posted December 6, 2022 And now my ads.txt has been redirected as well, so all is good. 🙂 Marc Stridgen and Daniel F 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Hi @David N., Glad this has all been sorted for you. Please let us know if you encounter any other issues. David N. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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