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I need to change the alias of a K2 article from id-alias1 to id-alias2.
The issue is that search engines have already indexed the url with id-alias1 so I need to use a 301 redirect from id-alias1to id-alias2 to avoid both urls to be indexed and considered as duplicate content.

I tried using the native joomla redirect component but it has no effect on these urls.

Is there a way to make 301 redirect between these 2 urls with the redirect component or other?

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The Redirect Manager only works if the URL of the first article returns a 404 error. If it doesn't, then the redirect will not take place.

I suggest you do this redirect in the .htaccess file by adding the following (after RewriteManager On):

REDIRECT 301 /sub-1/id-alias1 http://www.yourwebsite.com/sub-1/id-alias2

If the first URL is http://www.yourwebsite.com/sub-1/id-alias1 and the second URL is http://www.yourwebsite.com/sub-1/id-alias2

Redirects in the .htaccess file are the most efficient and you don't have to install any extension for them to work.

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  • Thx, it works but I didn't understand the code RewriteManager On you mention. Shouldn't it be after RewriteEngine On? – web-tiki Jul 7 '16 at 8:25
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    Yes - ideally it should be after RewriteEngine On. – itoctopus Jul 7 '16 at 11:40

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