Redirect chains from switch to HTTPS

[roundabout]

So the developer got back to me and said he had tried that but the redirect chain still occurred. Any other ideas?

[willcritchlow]

Hi Lori. The solution the other commenters have suggested is definitely the way to do this - so it sounds like it needs more debugging. I suspect it's to do with the [L] option being needed on the specific redirect once it's moved above the general http-->https redirect. This stops other redirects below it firing, if I remember correctly.

If that doesn't work, do you want to share back here the specific different htaccess files the developer has tried?

[roundabout]

Thank you Will! Just one question, so if it's a simple redirect from one page to another, it would look like this? Or is adding [R=301,L] only for those that start with RewriteRule?

Redirect 301 /Bamboo https://www.fauxpanels.com/style-wood.php [R=301,L]

[willcritchlow]

Hi Lori,

On closer inspection, I think that only the rewriterule should have the [L] flag and that placing the specific Redirect at the top of the file should work fine without chained redirects as the other commenters suggested. I tested that here: http://htaccess.mwl.be/ and it appears to work fine using the following .htaccess - can you confirm with your developer that this is what they were trying?:

Redirect 301 /old.php https://www.clientdomain.com/new.php

RewriteEngine on

if non-SSL and one of these, redirect to SSL

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.clientdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

[roundabout]

Hi Will,

That is correct - the developer told me that's exactly what he did. Could I send you a screenshot of the actual .htaccess file in a private message?

Thank you!

[willcritchlow]

Yes - of course. Happy to take a look.

[roundabout]

Thank you!! Just sent it

[lbagley]

Hi was this ever resolved as this would help many people?

[roundabout]

Hi,

We are still waiting for the developer to make the change. I will certainly post the answer when we know for sure!

Thanks

[creativeinnovation21]

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