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RedirectMatch old product urls (without ID) to new url with basic (using ID) structure – SEO

I’am facing a problem with our PrestaShop 1.7.5 installation.

About 2 weeks ago, I tried to upgrade our PrestaShop version (from 1.7.4 to 1.7.5). Unfortunately 1 important module is not working any longer (override of the dispatcher is outdated), this module generates SEO-friendly URLs, without ID’s in the URL, like this: domain/{category}/{rewrite}

We prefer to do no roll-back and are considering two options.

Option 1: Redirect all old product URLs to the new URLs

Old url format:
domain/{category}/{rewrite}

New url format:
domain/{parent-category}/{sub-category}/{ID}-{ID_product_attribute}-{rewrite}

Option 2: Redirect all 404 to searchcontroller

By using the keywords from the URL, to achieve this, we can use the part {category} & {rewrite}

I’ve tried a lot of small codes, which I’ve found on the net, like this one:

RewriteRule ^search/?$ / [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^search/([^/]+)/?$ /search/$1/1/ [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^search/([^/]+)/([0-9]+)/?$ search.php?q=$1&category=web&d=$2 [NC,L]

I did read the manual on https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_rewrite.html
I do understand how to redirect a simple page to another… but I get stuck…

This is my .htacces file as it is now (generated by prestashop):


# ~~start~~ Do not remove this comment, Prestashop will keep automatically the code outside this comment when .htaccess will be generated again
# .htaccess automaticaly generated by PrestaShop e-commerce open-source solution
# http://www.prestashop.com - http://www.prestashop.com/forums

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
<IfModule mod_env.c>
SetEnv HTTP_MOD_REWRITE On
</IfModule>

RewriteEngine on

#Domain: domain.be
RewriteRule . - [E=REWRITEBASE:/]
RewriteRule ^api$ api/ [L]

RewriteRule ^api/(.*)$ %{ENV:REWRITEBASE}webservice/dispatcher.php?url=$1 [QSA,L]

# Images
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.be$
RewriteRule ^([0-9])(-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+.jpg$ %{ENV:REWRITEBASE}img/p/$1/$1$2$3.jpg [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.be$
RewriteRule ^([0-9])([0-9])(-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+.jpg$ %{ENV:REWRITEBASE}img/p/$1/$2/$1$2$3$4.jpg [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.be$
RewriteRule ^([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])(-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+.jpg$ %{ENV:REWRITEBASE}img/p/$1/$2/$3/$1$2$3$4$5.jpg [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.be$
RewriteRule ^([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])(-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+.jpg$ %{ENV:REWRITEBASE}img/p/$1/$2/$3/$4/$1$2$3$4$5$6.jpg [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.be$
RewriteRule ^([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])(-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+.jpg$ %{ENV:REWRITEBASE}img/p/$1/$2/$3/$4/$5/$1$2$3$4$5$6$7.jpg [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.be$
RewriteRule ^([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])(-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+.jpg$ %{ENV:REWRITEBASE}img/p/$1/$2/$3/$4/$5/$6/$1$2$3$4$5$6$7$8.jpg [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.be$
RewriteRule ^([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])(-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+.jpg$ %{ENV:REWRITEBASE}img/p/$1/$2/$3/$4/$5/$6/$7/$1$2$3$4$5$6$7$8$9.jpg [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.be$
RewriteRule ^([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])(-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+.jpg$ %{ENV:REWRITEBASE}img/p/$1/$2/$3/$4/$5/$6/$7/$8/$1$2$3$4$5$6$7$8$9$10.jpg [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.be$
RewriteRule ^c/([0-9]+)(-[.*_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(-[0-9]+)?/.+.jpg$ %{ENV:REWRITEBASE}img/c/$1$2$3.jpg [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.be$
RewriteRule ^c/([a-zA-Z_-]+)(-[0-9]+)?/.+.jpg$ %{ENV:REWRITEBASE}img/c/$1$2.jpg [L]
# AlphaImageLoader for IE and fancybox
RewriteRule ^images_ie/?([^/]+).(jpe?g|png|gif)$ js/jquery/plugins/fancybox/images/$1.$2 [L]

# Dispatcher
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^.*$ %{ENV:REWRITEBASE}index.php [NC,L]
</IfModule>

AddType application/vnd.ms-fontobject .eot
AddType font/ttf .ttf
AddType font/otf .otf
AddType application/font-woff .woff
AddType font/woff2 .woff2
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
    <FilesMatch ".(ttf|ttc|otf|eot|woff|woff2|svg)$">
        Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*"
    </FilesMatch>
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_expires.c>
    ExpiresActive On
    ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 week"
    ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 week"
    ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 week"
    ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 1 week"
    ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType image/svg+xml "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType image/vnd.microsoft.icon "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType application/font-woff "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType application/x-font-woff "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType font/woff2 "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType font/opentype "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType font/ttf "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType font/otf "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType application/x-font-otf "access plus 1 year"
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header unset Etag
</IfModule>
FileETag none
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
    <IfModule mod_filter.c>
        AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/css text/javascript application/javascript application/x-javascript font/ttf application/x-font-ttf font/otf application/x-font-otf font/opentype image/svg+xml
    </IfModule>
</IfModule>

#If rewrite mod isn't enabled
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?controller=404

# ~~end~~ Do not remove this comment, Prestashop will keep automatically the code outside this comment when .htaccess will be generated again

Thanks in advance!

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Answers


  1. 0

    Given that product IDs have been removed from your URLs, I think you can not redirect them through Htaccess.
    tip: You can’t add your url rules line by line in the htaccess file. It will slow down your site. All rules are checked at any request from your site (css links, js links, images , etc)

    To do this, you need to have a new controller checking and redirecting the URLs. In fact, you need another module to fix this problem. Your override must be reversed.

    –That’s why we never advise our customers to remove ID from PrestaShop URLs.

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  2. 0

    This works and will permanently redirect old product URLs to new ones (Option #1):

    1. Place the script below in your PrestaShop root folder
    2. Optional: Edit the id_shop and id_lang parameters to match your configuration
    3. Launch it and copy/paste the result to your .htaccess file, just after RewriteEngine on – delete the script
    4. Voilà!

    Script:

    <?php

include('config/config.inc.php');
include('init.php');

$context = Context::getContext();

$products = Db::getInstance()->ExecuteS('
SELECT p.id_product, pl.link_rewrite prod_url, cl.link_rewrite cat_url
FROM '._DB_PREFIX_.'product p
LEFT JOIN '._DB_PREFIX_.'product_lang pl ON (pl.id_product = p.id_product)
LEFT JOIN '._DB_PREFIX_.'category_lang cl ON (cl.id_category = p.id_category_default)
WHERE p.active = 1 AND cl.id_lang = 1 AND cl.id_shop = 1 AND pl.id_lang = 1 AND cl.id_shop = 1');

foreach ($products as $p)
{
    $new_url = $context->link->getProductLink(new Product((int)$p['id_product']));
    echo 'RewriteRule ^'.$p['cat_url'].'/'.$p['prod_url'].'$ '.$new_url.' [L,R=301]<br />';
}

    Output (on a PrestaShop demo store with only 2 products):

    RewriteRule ^men/hummingbird-printed-t-shirt$ http://localhost/prestashop/1-hummingbird-printed-t-shirt.html [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^women/brown-bear-printed-sweater$ http://localhost/prestashop/2-brown-bear-printed-sweater.html [L,R=301]

    .htaccess file after copy/paste:

    ...
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
<IfModule mod_env.c>
SetEnv HTTP_MOD_REWRITE On
</IfModule>

RewriteEngine on

# Permanent redirections
RewriteRule ^men/hummingbird-printed-t-shirt$ http://localhost/prestashop/1-hummingbird-printed-t-shirt.html [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^women/brown-bear-printed-sweater$ http://localhost/prestashop/2-brown-bear-printed-sweater.html [L,R=301]

#Domain: localhost
RewriteRule . - [E=REWRITEBASE:/prestashop/]
RewriteRule ^api$ api/ [L]
...

    Option #2 does not seem viable to me in terms of conversion rate.

    I hope this helps!

    If not, I’d ask the module’s developer for an updated version, $25 seems a reasonable cost to upgrade given how time-consuming this would be for you.

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