[consulting] "Forced" path redirect?

[Dave Reid]

Maintainer of path_redirect here,

I agree that allowing people to override the 'existing path or alias' check
seems like a useful feature for a few people. Please file an issue.

Dave Reid
dave at davereid.net


On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Greg Knaddison
<greg.knaddison at gmail.com>wrote:

> I don't think the core alias system solves this, whether alone or in
> combination with global redirect.
>
> I suggest you file an issue with path_redirect to get an option on the
> administration form that lets you override this restriction.  In the
> short term you can also use Path redirects API or do direct inserts
> into the database.
>
> Regards,
> Greg
>
> On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Audrius Naslenas
> <audrius.naslenas at gmail.com> wrote:
> > So, if I have node with more than one path alias, how global_redirect
> will
> > understand which one is "the best" one?
> >
> > P.s. global_redirect is causing infinite loop on that site - but this is
> > another case.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: consulting-bounces at drupal.org [mailto:
> consulting-bounces at drupal.org]
> > On Behalf Of Matt Chapman
> > Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 6:04 PM
> > To: A list for Drupal consultants and Drupal service/hosting providers
> > Subject: Re: [consulting] "Forced" path redirect?
> >
> > No duplicate content if you also use Global Redirect module.
> >
> > -Matt
> >
> >
> > Audrius Naslenas wrote:
> >> Yes, but then there will be duplicate content. I am still hoping to
> >> fit some kind of 301 redirect solution.
> >>
> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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> >> *From:* consulting-bounces at drupal.org
> >> [mailto:consulting-bounces at drupal.org] *On Behalf Of *dylan fureigh
> >> *Sent:* Sunday, October 25, 2009 5:17 PM
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> >> *Subject:* Re: [consulting] "Forced" path redirect?
> >>
> >> Hi Audrius,
> >>
> >> You can add individual aliases - more than one per page, if you'd like
> >> - from the path module (admin/build/path). That'll ensure that the old
> >> URLs, assuming you still have them on hand, will get users to the new
> >> locations.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Fureigh
> >>
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> >>
> >> On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Audrius Naslenas
> >> <audrius.naslenas at gmail.com <mailto:audrius.naslenas at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >>     Hi,
> >>
> >>     Need advice from "path" magician :)
> >>
> >>     On the old site had content url path system wich is different from
> >>     new one.
> >>     Now found, that there are some valuable backlinks to the old and
> >>     obsolete
> >>     urls. Thought this is simple - install Path Redirect module and
> >>     everything
> >>     is solved, but: some of those old links have pretty similar
> >>     structure to
> >>     currently used views, and produce real (useless) pages when trying
> >>     to access
> >>     them. When I try to add path redirect - getting "You cannot create a
> >>     redirect from a currently valid path." error.
> >>
> >>     Is there a way to do some kind of "forced" redirect? In Drupal 6 way
> >>     preferably...
> >>
> >>     Thank you.
> >>
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