[pmwiki-users] Mediawiki to PmWiki migration - how to preserve old links

[Crisp, Steve [UK]]

Ignore last, sent too soon!
 
Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> I'd do it with a special-purpose php script.
>     <?php
>       $title = @$_REQUEST['title'];
>       $title = str_replace('_', '', $title);
>       header("Location: http://scoobypedia.co.uk/enginuity/index.php/Enginuity/$title <https://mail.ngms.eu.com:2000/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://scoobypedia.co.uk/enginuity/index.php/Enginuity/$title> ");

Andrew wrote:

> You should also send the proper HTTP response header, it won't make much
> difference for normal users, but for search engines will now that the
> new location is the same page (keeping it's page rank) rather than
> reindexing it as a new page (starting with a 0 page rank).
> 
> If the location is permanent use:
>    header('HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently');
> or if it's only a tempory location use:
>    header('HTTP/1.1 307 Temporary Redirect');

Yet again you guys have come up with the goods.  PmWiki [community] rocks!  I'll have a play with what you have said.

Thanks Patrick and Andrew,

-Steve.

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