Contents
- 1 How to force https, www and a trailing slash with one redirect?
- 2 When to use no trailing slash in PHP?
- 3 What makes the browser cache the.htaccess file indefinitely?
- 4 What do you need to know about stash support?
- 5 Can a URL have multiple forward slashes?
- 6 When to use a double slash or single slash?
- 7 How to use a trailing slash in Apache?
- 8 Do you need a trailing slash for SEO?
- 9 Can a website have more than one redirect?
- 10 Can a redirect have more than one origin?
- 11 Is there a way to use two redirects on a website?
How to force https, www and a trailing slash with one redirect?
Our RewriteRule takes the URL path requested and appends it to the domain followed by a trailing slash. The capture group (.+) captures the path only if there is one or more characters. This ensures we don’t place a second / on the website root.
When to use no trailing slash in PHP?
After you’ve completed your tests, you can use R=301. To complement Jon Lin’s answer, here is a no-trailing-slash technique that also works if the website is located in a directory (like example.org/blog/):
Why does request URI start with a slash?
For the sake of completeness, here is an alternative emphasizing that REQUEST_URI starts with a slash (at least in .htaccess files): Just don’t use % {REQUEST_URI} (.*)/$. Because in the root directory REQUEST_URI equals /, the leading slash, and it would be misinterpreted as a trailing slash.
What makes the browser cache the.htaccess file indefinitely?
Having it there makes many browsers cache the .htaccess-file indefinitely: It somehow becomes irreversible if you can’t clear the browser-cache on all machines that opened it. When testing, better go with simple R or R=302
What do you need to know about stash support?
Didn’t find your question? Tell us what you’re looking for, and we’ll search for resources that could help. It’s a big word that means a lot when it comes to handling your money.
Why is Atlassian unable to login to stash?
Users are unable to login to Stash. The following appears in the atlassian-stash.log: The LDAP directory is too huge and Stash fails to find the user before the timeout. There have been cases where the enabled ‘Follow Referral’ option causes the same behavior.
Can a URL have multiple forward slashes?
As all URLs are URIs we can conclude that yes, URLs are allowed multiple consecutive forward slashes, per quoted RFC.
When to use a double slash or single slash?
This indicated that using an extra slash is visible to the web application. Certain use cases will be broken when using a double slash. This includes URL redirects/routing that are expecting a single-slashed URL or other CGI applications that are analyzing the URI directly.
How can I force my website to use HTTPS?
You can use the .htaccess file to force your site to only use https:// or only use www. as the subdomain. This can help ensure that your site does not have duplicate pages. Every search engine optimization (SEO) specialist knows that duplicate content is bad.
How to use a trailing slash in Apache?
If you’re using Apache, add the following line to your .htaccess file to redirect all URLs with a trailing slash to the one without: If you rather use a trailing slash in every URL, add this line to your .htaccess file to redirect all traffic to the URL with the trailing slash:
Do you need a trailing slash for SEO?
From an SEO perspective, it doesn’t matter whether a URL does or doesn’t have a trailing slash. Google announced back in 2010 that it doesn’t matter unless you don’t have both variants returning a status code 200 (OK). Instead, return a 200 status code on your preferred variant, and a 301 redirect to the preferred variant for the other:
Do you add a slash at the end of an url?
You may or may not add a slash at the end of a URL – both options are fine. It’s important to realize that search engines consider the URL with and without the slash as two different pages. This has serious implications for SEO. If a page works with and without the trailing slash, you have exactly the same page on different URLs.
Can a website have more than one redirect?
If you are implementing HSTS on your website and using the www subdomain, your site will not be eligible for the HSTS preload list if you use one redirect. You can either use two redirects or use the root domain as your primary site.
Can a redirect have more than one origin?
A single redirect has one origin and one destination. It is not reasonable to believe that a person will browse away from a redirect once the URL that is being redirected has been requested. It is therefore logical that in 2016 Google’s Gary Illyes tweeted “30x redirects don’t lose PageRank anymore.” 30x redirects don’t lose PageRank anymore.
How much PageRank is lost in a 301 redirect?
You know that a chain of redirects is generally bad. Google’s Matt Cutts stated in 2013 that about 15% of PageRank is lost in a 301 redirect. This is based on Google’s concern that people would use 301’s instead of standard links so that they would pass more PageRank.
Is there a way to use two redirects on a website?
You can either use two redirects or use the root domain as your primary site. You can learn more HSTS and the www subdomain implementation here. The rampant misuse of the .htaccess file is without a doubt my greatest pet peeve concerning .htaccess.