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  • debc
    debc last edited by Sep 17, 2012, 6:35 PM

    I've been searching for an answer all day, I can't seem to figure this out.

    When I Fetch my blog as Google(http://www.mysite.com/blog) WITHOUT a trailing slash at the end, I get this error:

    The page seems to redirect to itself. This may result in an infinite redirect loop

    **HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently**

    When I Fetch my blog as Google WITH the trailing slash at the end(http://www.mysite.com/blog/), it is fine without errors.

    When I pull it up in a browser comes up fine both with and without the trailing slash.

    My .htaccess file in the root directory contains this:

    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index.htm\ HTTP/
    RewriteRule ^index.htm$ http://www.mysite.com/ [R=301,L]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mysite.com$
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mysite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

    My .htaccess file in the blog directory contains this:

    BEGIN WordPress

    <ifmodule mod_rewrite.c="">RewriteEngine On
     RewriteBase /blog/
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^./index.php/. [NC]
     RewriteRule ^index.php/(.*)$ http://www.mysite.com/blog/$1 [R=301,L]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule . /blog/index.php [L]</ifmodule>

    END WordPress

    Do I have something incorrectly coded in these .htaccess files that could be causing this? Or is there something else I should look at? Thank you for any help!!

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    • debc
      debc @debc last edited by Sep 25, 2012, 9:25 PM Sep 25, 2012, 9:25 PM

      I combined the htaccess files (putting the blog rewrite rule to the bottom of the file) now having just one htacess in the root directory and unfortunately it did not work. When I tried it, all the links on the blog would not work, they were all "page not found" so I reverted it back to what I originally had... Here is what the combined htaccess file looked like:

      RewriteEngine On
      RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index.htm\ HTTP/
      RewriteRule ^index.htm$ http://www.example.com/ [R=301,L]
      RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com$
      RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

      <ifmodule mod_rewrite.c="">RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /blog/
       RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^./index.php/. [NC]
       RewriteRule ^index.php/(.*)$ http://www.example.com/blog/$1 [R=301,L]
      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
      RewriteRule . /blog/index.php [L]</ifmodule>

      Thanks again for any insight!

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      • SEOKeith
        SEOKeith @debc last edited by Sep 19, 2012, 8:29 PM Sep 19, 2012, 8:29 PM

        Hey Debora,

        Any luck?

        Keith

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        • GeorgeAndrews
          GeorgeAndrews @debc last edited by Sep 18, 2012, 7:51 PM Sep 18, 2012, 7:51 PM

          Hello Debora,

          Make sure you keep copies of your .htaccess files before you make changes and, if you can, use a test site to test your changes first before you make changes on your live website.

          I'm not sure how your website is set up so I don't know if combining the two files will accomplish what you are looking for.

          Whatever you do, make sure you have backups.

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          • SEOKeith
            SEOKeith @debc last edited by Sep 18, 2012, 5:41 PM Sep 18, 2012, 5:41 PM

            Yes as I said above 🙂

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            • debc
              debc @debc last edited by Sep 18, 2012, 5:39 PM Sep 18, 2012, 5:39 PM

              Thanks for your response Keith, I'll give it a try and let you know!

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              • debc
                debc @GeorgeAndrews last edited by Sep 18, 2012, 5:38 PM Sep 18, 2012, 5:38 PM

                Thanks George.  Please forgive me, I am a newbie at this!  I took a look at the link you provided, and I don't fully understand what they are explaining.  What I did understand is that having 2 htaccess files in different directories caused a problem with their code.  Do you think combining the two files into one on the root directory will make a difference for me?

                SEOKeith GeorgeAndrews 2 Replies Last reply Sep 18, 2012, 7:51 PM Reply Quote 0
                • SEOKeith
                  SEOKeith @debc last edited by Sep 18, 2012, 5:41 PM Sep 18, 2012, 5:36 PM

                  Sorry, I completely misread this question (I missed the part where you said you had to .htaccess files!).

                  Yes put one .htaccess file in the root dir, add the blog rewrite rule to the bottom of the file.

                  Let me know how it goes.

                  Keith

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                  • debc
                    debc @SEOKeith last edited by Sep 18, 2012, 5:07 PM Sep 18, 2012, 5:07 PM

                    Thanks Keith.  I tried it and it is still looping.  Do you think it has something to do with having 2 different .htaccess files?  Should I combine them into just one in the root directory?

                    SEOKeith debc 4 Replies Last reply Sep 25, 2012, 9:25 PM Reply Quote 0
                    • SEOKeith
                      SEOKeith last edited by Sep 17, 2012, 7:45 PM Sep 17, 2012, 7:45 PM

                      Yuk mod_rewrite...

                      Try:

                      RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index.php\ HTTP/
                      RewriteRule ^index.php$ http://www.example.com/blog/ [R=301,L]

                      You may wish to add $1 on the end

                      RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index.php\ HTTP/
                      RewriteRule ^index.php$ http://www.example.com/blog/$1 [R=301,L]

                      Let me know if that stops it looping...

                      Keith

                      debc 1 Reply Last reply Sep 18, 2012, 5:07 PM Reply Quote 0
                      • GeorgeAndrews
                        GeorgeAndrews last edited by Sep 17, 2012, 8:23 PM Sep 17, 2012, 7:05 PM

                        Try here. Maybe that will help.

                        Edit: Pretty sure it's your root directory .htaccess file that is causing the looping. I'd start with that.

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