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I am launching a new site in ExpressionEngine. In the site’s previous CMS, the URL structure was /index/page-name. I would like to map the old pages to the new site so that the pages display so that /index/page-name is redirected to /page-name. I’m running into difficulty using the Apache Rewrite rules because /index/ is the default template for the default template group.

Any ideas on how to accomplish this?

I found an easy way to resolve this in ExpressionEngine instead of relying on the .htaccess file. At the top of my index template for my default template group, I put the following:

{if segment_1 == "index" && segment_2}
 {redirect="/{segment_2}"}
{/if}

In this case, we have up to three layers of hierarchy, so this is what we’re using:

{if segment_1 == "index" && segment_2 && segment_3 && segment_4}
 {redirect="/{segment_2}/{segment_3}/{segment_4}"}
{if:elseif segment_1 == "index" && segment_2 && segment_3}
 {redirect="/{segment_2}/{segment_3}"}
{if:elseif segment_1 == "index" && segment_2}
 {redirect="/{segment_2}"}
{if:elseif segment_1 == "index"}
 {redirect="/"}
{/if}

And then we can simply add these redirects to our .htaccess file:

# After EE rewrite code
Redirect 301 /page_name <a href="http://domain.com/new_page_name">http://domain.com/new_page_name</a>

It’s not ideal to have two redirects like this, but it does the job.

Hey Daniel Edwins,

I am glad that you were able to find a solution!

If you need anything else, please just let me know by opening a new thread.

Cheers,