301 redirects Ruby on Rails

[brianvest]

Can anyone point me to the best way to implement 301 redirects on a Ruby on Rails website?

[Alick300]

Hi,

Please use below code for 301 redirect

def old_action
headers["Status"] = "301 Moved Permanently"
redirect_to "http://www.new-url.com/"
end

Please also check this @ http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/Redirecting.html

Hope this helps.

Thanks

[brianvest]

That is helpful...thanks.  I have 7000+ indexed pages that need to be redirected.  Is there a tool to help create?

[Alick300]

Hi,

There is a tool but not for ruby on rails.

http://www.rapidtables.com/web/tools/redirect-generator.htm

Thanks

[Eric_Rohrback]

What if you use a concatenation formula in excel? If you have a list of all the old pages, and all the new then you could put them in separate columns and run a formula to fill in the required areas to the code. Seems like if there's a specific code that just needs the copy and paste touch, that could work in a pinch.