How to redirect urls from AC5 to new AC7 store

[eileen]

The AC7 SEO > Fixed Redirects feature does not work for AC5 url's that look like this:
http://www.backdesigns.com/webpage.aspx?webpage_id=7

Does anyone have a solution?

[Katie]

Eileen,

As far as I know, this feature is working in the current version.

It would be helpful if you could provide the version of AbleCommerce you have, as well as the redirection page that you have entered for this URL.

Thanks,
Katie

[eileen]

VERSION: 7.0.7.14588

Request path: http://www.backdesigns.com/webpage.aspx?webpage_id=7
Redirect to: The-good-posture-myth-W7C138.aspx

Also tried:
/The-good-posture-myth-W7C138.aspx
Learning Center Articles/Fitting your anatomy/The-good-posture-myth-W7C138.aspx

All attempts fail and result in a 404 error.

[Katie]

Do you want to go ahead and apply the latest patch to SR1a build 14600?

There is one issue that I think you might be running into:

AC7-153
Custom URL case sensitive when AbleCommerce is installed as application in IIS -
May result in 404 Not Found error if the installation resides in a virtual directory

Here is a link to the patch and instructions:

http://help.ablecommerce.com/index.htm# ... ease_1.htm

Thanks,
Katie

[eileen]

Plugables tells me the problem is because the AC URL re-writer does not match query parameters in the request path. We are on the most current SR1a build. I think the version number did not update, so our admin indicates a previous build.

[plugables]

Map /mypage.aspx to /MyNewPage.aspx - will work fine
Map /mypage.aspx?pageid=10 to /MyNewPage10.aspx - will not work

Only path up to the file name is getting considered by AbleCommerce. i.e; /mypage.aspx
Query parameters are ignored.

[jmestep]

You could try something like the Helicon product for redirects. We have used that at times.