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How to give 301 over 404 with moved posts? (community.nodebb.org)

submitted 1 month ago by nodeham@community.nodebb.org to c/general-discussion@community.nodebb.org

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When I move posts on nodebb and the url changes, is there a way to give visitors a 301 rather than a 404? In my opinion, this should be done automatically otherwise you get dinged by search engines but I don't see that.

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[–] julian@community.nodebb.org 1 points 1 month ago

@NodeHam the post permalink should stay active, since it's tied to the post ID.

The topic index url (e.g. /topic//`) you can't really do 301s for since when new posts are added, they take over those URLs.

[–] nodeham@community.nodebb.org 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've not checked that yet, not sure how but you're saying that even when a post is moved to another category, it will still be found using the old url?

[–] julian@community.nodebb.org 1 points 1 month ago

@NodeHam For example, your last reply here has the permalink https://community.nodebb.org/post/103339

That never changes, even if you move the post out of the topic and to its own topic.

[–] nodeham@community.nodebb.org 1 points 1 month ago

Oh that's right, it's a post ID, not the category name for example. Thanks for pointing that out. Solved :).