Comments on: The Importance of Feed Redirection http://www.johnlamansky.com/blog/the-importance-of-feed-redirection/ Technology and more from the perspective of a Catholic teenager Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:43:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: John Lamansky http://www.johnlamansky.com/blog/the-importance-of-feed-redirection/#comment-488 John Lamansky Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:57:58 +0000 http://www.johnlamansky.com/2006/07/22/the-importance-of-feed-redirection/#comment-488 Yes I have, thanks to your excellent instructions :-) Yes I have, thanks to your excellent instructions :-)

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.johnlamansky.com/blog/the-importance-of-feed-redirection/#comment-479 Jeremy Wed, 26 Jul 2006 02:28:28 +0000 http://www.johnlamansky.com/2006/07/22/the-importance-of-feed-redirection/#comment-479 I <a href="http://www.dan.co.uk/viewsource/index.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.johnlamansky.com%2Ffeed%2F" rel="nofollow">see</a> you've tried that out! I see you’ve tried that out!

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.johnlamansky.com/blog/the-importance-of-feed-redirection/#comment-464 Jeremy Sun, 23 Jul 2006 23:48:54 +0000 http://www.johnlamansky.com/2006/07/22/the-importance-of-feed-redirection/#comment-464 In addition to redirecting the feed, semantically you should be doing a 301 redirect. I <a href="http://narnia.bounceme.net/jeremy/2006/07/18/updated-feedburner-plugin-download/" rel="nofollow">modified</a> this plugin mainly to work with WordPress 2.1 alpha but also I updated it to perform 301 redirects. Even though I made it compatible with WordPress 2.1 it'll run on WP 2.0. I changed the <code>add_feedburner_redirect()</code> function so that in the <code>$new_rules</code> variables whenever there was a <code>[R,L]</code> I changed it to a <code>[R=301,L]</code>. This has the effect of doing a 301 redirect. After that, I regenerated the Permalink rules to make the changes take effect. If you don't want to modify your <code>ol_feedburner.php</code> file you can always modify the .htaccess by hand. Just change all occurences of <code>[R,L]</code> to <code>[R=301,L]</code> I know all that sounds really complicated but it was as simple as a search-and-replace. In addition to redirecting the feed, semantically you should be doing a 301 redirect.

I modified this plugin mainly to work with WordPress 2.1 alpha but also I updated it to perform 301 redirects. Even though I made it compatible with WordPress 2.1 it’ll run on WP 2.0.

I changed the add_feedburner_redirect() function so that in the $new_rules variables whenever there was a [R,L] I changed it to a [R=301,L]. This has the effect of doing a 301 redirect. After that, I regenerated the Permalink rules to make the changes take effect.

If you don’t want to modify your ol_feedburner.php file you can always modify the .htaccess by hand. Just change all occurences of [R,L] to [R=301,L]

I know all that sounds really complicated but it was as simple as a search-and-replace.

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