Redirect 301 in .htaccess - Why is URL rewritten?

[Number Nine]

Hello,

 

I found a wrong URL in my site. Just suppose I have a page about CARS, with this URL:

 

www . mysite . com /8-vehicles

 

It would be more obvious to have a URL like this:

 

www . mysite . com /8-cars

 

I then corrected the URL and wrote this redirect in .htaccess (Prestashop 1.2.5):

 

redirect 301 /8-vehicles http://www . mysite .com/8-cars

 

When you click in Google the old URL ( /8-vehicles ) you are redirected to the right page but the URL in the browser has changed. Instead of being

 

www . mysite . com /8-cars ... it has been changed into:

 

www . mysite . com /8-cars?id_category=8

 

I cannot find a way to remove ?id_category=8. Anyone has an idea?

 

Thank you everybody.

Edited September 14, 2013 by Number Nine (see edit history)

[Victoria88]

Hi,

 

I have similar problem http://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/329381-htaccess-301-redirect-on-products/

 

Have you fixed this?

[kyrios]

 

www . mysite . com /8-vehicles

 

It would be more obvious to have a URL like this:

 

www . mysite . com /8-cars

BO => Catalog => Categories.

Choose ID 8 of categories. Find Friendly URL and change from vehicles to cars