struggling to get a redirect to work

[keat]

I'm struggling to get a redirect to work. I changed the custom url of a category to something more meaningfull from cable-ties-b-w.html to nylon-cable-ties.html

Actually, the SEO mod puts the dashes in not me.

but my redirect doesn't work, I suspect the dashes has something to do with it ??

 

RewriteRule ^cable\-ties\-b\-w\.html$ "https\:\/\/www\.mydomain\.co\.uk\/nylon\-cable\-ties\.html" [R=301,L]

 

can anyone spot the issue ?

If I use this

 

Redirect 301 /cable-ties-b-w.html https://www.mydomain.co.uk/nylon-cable-ties.html

 

it redirects me to

 

https://www.mydomain.co.uk/nylon-cable-ties.html?seo_path=cable-ties-b-w

 

whats putting          ?seo_path=cable-ties-b-w        on the end

 

Edited August 2, 2017 by keat

[keat]

It seems the first one works if I take out the slashes

 

eg:

 

RewriteRule ^cable-ties-b-w.html$ "https\:\/\/www\.mydomain\.co\.uk\/nylon-cable-ties.html" [R=301,L]

 

 

annoyingly, it was cpanel that added the slashes.

I'll never understand this stuff.