301 redirects without .htaccess
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I have a client that recently moved from an old ZenCart e-commerce site to Volusion. The domain name did not change. We need to redirect a bunch of the old URLs; however, Volusion's redirect tool does not work for URLS with "?" . The old ZenCart structure is:
http://www.mydomain.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=563
Volusion is a hosted platform and we do not have access to the .htaccess file.
Any suggestions on a workaround?
Thanks!Nancy
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I assume non of this was helpful - https://support.volusion.com/article/301-redirects
Did you try shooting Volusion an email ?
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I spoke to Volusion support at length, they were unable to come up with a solution. I know how to do redirects using their system, the problem is that their system will not process redirects where the source url has a question mark. And, since they do not allow access to .htaccess, I cannot post the redirects there. I need a way to do the redirects outside of Volusion.
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The first thought that comes to mind is you could 301 to another site making a better URL structure then move it again but its ugly and not very optimized, perhaps moving to another platform that lets you do stuff you want/need to do is a better option ? i'm afraid I'm not familiar with Volusion but if a software doesn't do what you want it to do its probably not the right software for you then.
Good luck.
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Thanks! Unfortunately we can't change platforms for this, Volusion was chosen for its e-commerce capabilities and relatively non-technical backend interface.