vm 3.0.14 we need to redirect pages after removing categories and suffix?

[lindapowers]

Hi

vm 3.0.14 joomla 3.4.8

I have used the new function to remove categories and the suffix -detail from the URL (very nice addon btw).

However I noticed the old urls are still working if loaded and are not being redirected, so my question is if that is considered a redirect?


old URL: http://www.comenaranjas.com/es/tienda/naranjas/naranjas-de-zumo-kg-detail.html

new URL: http://www.comenaranjas.com/es/tienda/naranjas-de-zumo-kg.html


As you can see the old one loads and is not redirected no?

Even if I do a 301 redirect from joomla component it stays in the old one.


Regards

[Ghost]

It shouldn't be necessary because canonical tag on both pages links to the new URL (without suffix):

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<link href="http://www.comenaranjas.com/es/tienda/naranjas-de-zumo-kg.html" rel="canonical" />

[PRO]

Even if I do a 301 redirect from joomla component it stays in the old one.

Joomla will only redirect if a 404 is given.
It does not 404

This needs to be done with htaccess

Be careful with htaccess, and make sure to test

[lindapowers]

Thanks guys, im sure this is useful for many others.