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1. andyhillky
   Member
   Jan 21, 2007, 6:06 PM

   I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I figure it's worth a shot...

   I'm wanting to complete a move that I had from a site I hosted with wordpress.org to wordpress.com -- to have all of my archive links redirect to the new site.

   wp.org software is installed here: example.com/wp/

   I'm using the http://www.example.com/wp/2007/01/21/sample-post/ hyperlinking in WP 2.0.2, so I tried this:

   ReWriteRule http://www.example.com/wp/(.*) http://bofe.wordpress.com/$1

   and I had no luck. Can anyone help?

   Thanks!

2. drmike
   Member
   Jan 21, 2007, 6:15 PM

   Just for reference, wordpress.org doesn't do hosting. (We're trying to get folks not to say that as it's causing confusion with other folks.) 'You're using the software from wp.org' is what we're suggesting. :)

   You do have RewriteEngine On in your htaccess file, right?

   IIRC, it should actually be:

   RewriteRule ^/wp/(.*) http://bofe.wordpress.com/$1 [QSA,L]<br />

   I hate doing rewrite rules.

3. andyhillky
   Member
   Jan 21, 2007, 6:20 PM

   drmike,

   thanks for the clarification. giving it a try...

   didn't work.

   here's my .htaccess:

   # BEGIN WordPress<br /> <IfModule mod_rewrite.c><br /> RewriteRule ^/wp/(.*) http://bofe.wordpress.com/$1 [QSA,L]<br /> </IfModule><br /> # END WordPress

   the site i'm wanting to do this to is http://www.bofe.org/wp/

4. andyhillky
   Member
   Jan 21, 2007, 6:29 PM

   also, just to let you know, with the suggested ReWriteRule, the old permalinks are giving me 404s.

5. drmike
   Member
   Jan 21, 2007, 6:35 PM

   Where is this htaccess file in your directory structure anyway?

   If it's in the wp subdirectory, edit out the '/wp'

6. andyhillky
   Member
   Jan 21, 2007, 6:43 PM

   the .htaccess file is here: /bofe.org/wp/

   So the final look should be?...

   # BEGIN WordPress<br /> <IfModule mod_rewrite.c><br /> RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://bofe.wordpress.com/$1 [QSA,L]<br /> </IfModule><br /> # END WordPress

7. andyhillky
   Member
   Jan 21, 2007, 6:45 PM

   still getting 404s. thanks so much for your help with this issue.

8. devblog
   Member
   Jan 22, 2007, 12:06 AM

   bofe,

   If you haven't figured it out yet, try this:

   <IfModule mod_rewrite.c><br /> RewriteEngine On<br /> RewriteRule (.*) http://bofe.wordpress.com/$1 [R=301,L]<br /> </IfModule>

   The only difference in my example is that I'm not using the circumflex nor the forward slash. Also, I'm using the R flag.

   I bet that the 404 error pages came up because the URL to your article on wordpress.com didn't have the year section in the path. Something like this:

   http://bofe.wordpress.com/01/21/sample-post/

   when it should have read

   http://bofe.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/sample-post/

   If this is the case, the code above should fix your problem.

   If for some reason you still get a 404, try adding this line:

   RewriteBase /wp/

   so your rules will read like this:

   <IfModule mod_rewrite.c><br /> RewriteEngine On<br /> RewriteBase /wp/<br /> RewriteRule (.*) http://bofe.wordpress.com/$1 [R=301,L]<br /> </IfModule>

   I tested both forms and they worked for me.

   Hope this helps

9. drmike
   Member
   Jan 22, 2007, 12:08 AM

   I was close. :)

10. andyhillky
    Member
    Jan 22, 2007, 7:10 AM

    woohoo!

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