301 redirect partial to full url (not a 302)

Question

Hello

This partial url:

learn-greek-online.com/ask-greek/442/

gives a 302 redirect to this full url:

learn-greek-online.com/ask-greek/442/lexicon-can-you-tell-what-the-abbreviation-apollod-stands-for

This is done from core Q2A.

I would like to make those redirects to be 301, instead of 302.

What file/code should I change please?

Answer 1

Same here:

learn-greek-online.com/ask-greek/302/
learn-greek-online.com/ask-greek/302/fere-mou-to

I am wondering, since the page has the correct canonical tag "learn-greek-online.com/ask-greek/302/fere-mou-to", why does google index both pages?

Comments

301 redirect is a permanent redirect where 302 is partial redirect. You can check detailed information about it at https://moz.com/learn/seo/redirection

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priyasengp45, I know all these.  

My question remains: How can I convert the 302 to 301 redirects?

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You have to make changes in your htaccess code.

For example,
I have a website with the following .htaccess file:

AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .php
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.example.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301]

##RewriteBase /~site/
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php
#php values
#php_value register_globals 0
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
    DirectoryIndex index.php index.htm index.html index.shtml index.cgi
</IfModule>         
<FilesMatch "^\.ht">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</FilesMatch>

You can simply change 302 to 301.

Hopefully, it will help you

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But in your code you do not have a 302.  How can I change it to 301?

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I mean made change where 301 is mentioned.
You must be having 302 there, you need to change that to 301.

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This is my htaccess file.  There is no 302 to change.  


>>>>>>
Options -Indexes
DirectoryIndex index.php
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
#RewriteBase /

# remove the www
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.learn-greek-online\.com)?$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://learn-greek-online.com/ask-greek/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)//(.*)$
RewriteRule . %1/%2 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php?qa-rewrite=$0&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
</IfModule>
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I don't think what you propose is a viable solution.

Answer 2

Hello @bobptz,

This can be done by adding this line of code:

header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");

here: qa-include/pages/question.php

This answer describes how to do it in Question2Answer 1.8.5:

• I have change the "Question title length in URLs" from 50 to zero now how can I do 301 redirect ?

I hope it is useful.
Have a nice day!