Redirect homepage to product page

[CrossY]

Hi there,

 

 

As I only run 1 item in my shop, I would like to redirect the regular index page to that specific link.

 

In 1.4, there is a method in the BO to change this link (SEO & URLs -> "Homepage link"). In 1.5 however, that seems to be removed.

 

I've tried some combinations in .htaccess file, but it says there is an endless loop when I try to open the shop.

 

Would be much appriciated if anyone has a workaround for this problem!

 

 

Regards,

Dave

[NemoPS]

The option is still there. In SEO and URLs, change the base uri to your product page

[CrossY]

Hi nemo1,

 

Thanks for your reply!

 

I've tried that (and again now) but it adds the language code to the end of the link. So it becomes: /shop/en/product.html/en/ and the link fails to work because of that...Any workaround for that?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Regards,

Dave

[NemoPS]

So weird. Indeed it didn't use to do this with 1.4.

 

uhm.... can you show us the htaccess rule you used, and which ended up in an infinite loop?

[CrossY]

I deleted the exact ones I tried, but it was along the lines of this:

 

# Redirect old file path to new file path
Redirect /index.php /en/home/1-product.html

 

There might be some more combinations I can try there. I think it loops because it uses index.php for basically everything...

Edited May 10, 2013 by CrossY (see edit history)

[NemoPS]

Try to use the non rewritten version of the product page

[CrossY]

Doenst seem to work, has no effect at all. Website doesnt break down though..