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Hi Steven, Alan's suggestion of installing the Wordpress SEO by Yoast plugin is right on target. This plugin allows you to create a 301 redirect for any post and also to add the canonical link element if you prefer (only for single pages and posts). With the plugin installed, to add a 301 redirect, just click the Advanced tab and scroll to the bottom. Enter the URL you wish to redirect the post or page to and click Update. Obviously, the plugin writes the .htaccess rule for you, but if you do want to edit the .htaccess file directly, the Yoast plugin also allows you to do this. This plugin also includes a number of other features that allow you to deal with some of the technical shortcomings of Wordpress from an SEO point of view (duplicate content issues etc), so adds a lot of value. Hope that helps, Sha