RedirectMatch 301 ignore ?

[xbigfootx]

Recently migrated from blogger to wordpress. Have removed some content and want to redirect search engine results to my main page, so users don't get a 404 error.

example of old content

www.mysite.co.uk/pics/picture.jpg?test=y&anothertest=y

I want to redirect any requests to /pics/* to www.mysite.com

currently using the following in htaccess file

RedirectMatch 301 /pics/(.*) h ttp://www.mysite.co.uk

this works fine for something like

www.mysite.co.uk/pics/picture.jpg

but not for

www.mysite.co.uk/pics/picture.jpg?test=y&anothertest=y

I end up with the following page, resulting in a 404 error

www.mysite.co.uk/?test=y&anothertest=y


How do I stop the ? string from being used for this redirect?

[g1smd]

Do not use Redirect or RedirectMatch for any of the rules.

Use RewriteRule for all of the rules. RewriteRule sees only the path part of the request. You will need a preceding RewriteCond looking at QUERY_STRING.

Read recent threads. This question, or one very like it, has been asked on average every 2 to 3 days for the last 10 years (and sometimes 2 or 3 times per day).

[xbigfootx]

thanks - found what I was looking for after reading previous responses.

[g1smd]

Good stuff! My cut and paste button is wearing out. :)

Feel free to ask detailed questions about specific problems and example code.