title: Joomla 301 htaccess redirects not working
body: <p>i'm adding 301 redirects to a joomla sites htaccess file. but any of these redirects seems not working, i tried a lot by changes urls, etc but no luck, here is my htaccess file.</p>
  
  <pre><code>##  Can be commented out if causes errors, see notes above.
  Options +FollowSymLinks
  
  #
  #  mod_rewrite in use
  
  RewriteEngine On
  
  ########## Begin - Rewrite rules to block out some common exploits
  ## If you experience problems on your site block out the operations listed below
  ## This attempts to block the most common type of exploit `attempts` to Joomla!
  #
  ## Deny access to extension xml files (uncomment out to activate)
  #&lt;Files ~ "\.xml$"&gt;
  #Order allow,deny
  #Deny from all
  #Satisfy all
  #&lt;/Files&gt;
  ## End of deny access to extension xml files
  RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} mosConfig_[a-zA-Z_]{1,21}(=|\%3D) [OR]
  # Block out any script trying to base64_encode crap to send via URL
  RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode.*\(.*\) [OR]
  # Block out any script that includes a &lt;script&gt; tag in URL
  RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\&lt;|%3C).*script.*(\&gt;|%3E) [NC,OR]
  # Block out any script trying to set a PHP GLOBALS variable via URL
  RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR]
  # Block out any script trying to modify a _REQUEST variable via URL
  RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2})
  # Send all blocked request to homepage with 403 Forbidden error!
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [F,L]
  # Redirect addresses which are not www.festsortimentet.dk
  RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}   !^www\.festsortimentet\.dk$ [NC]
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$         http://www.festsortimentet.dk/$1 [R=301,L]
  #
  ########## End - Rewrite rules to block out some common exploits
  
  #  Uncomment following line if your webserver's URL
  #  is not directly related to physical file paths.
  #  Update Your Joomla! Directory (just / for root)
  
  # RewriteBase /
  
  
  ########## Begin - Joomla! core SEF Section
  #
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index.php
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/|\.php|\.html|\.htm|\.feed|\.pdf|\.raw|/[^.]*)$  [NC]
  RewriteRule (.*) index.php
  RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization},L]
  #
  ########## End - Joomla! core SEF Section
  redirect 301 /index.php/jvthbergskedk/jukeboks http://www.festsortimentet.dk/jukeboks.html
  redirect 301 /index.php/jvthbergskedk/softice http://www.festsortimentet.dk/softice.html
  redirect 301 /index.php/jvthbergskedk/pdf http://www.festsortimentet.dk/slush-ice-popcorn/slush-ice.html
  redirect 301 /index.php/jvthbergskedk/hoppeborg http://www.festsortimentet.dk/hoppeborg.html
  redirect 301 /index.php/jvthbergskedk/telt http://www.festsortimentet.dk/Telt-Borde-Stole.html
  redirect 301 /index.php/jvthbergskedk/mad http://www.festsortimentet.dk/jukeboks.html
  redirect 301 /index.php/levering http://www.festsortimentet.dk/levering.html
  redirect 301 /index.php/jvthbergskedk http://www.festsortimentet.dk/lejebetingelser.html
  redirect 301 /index.php/kontakt http://www.festsortimentet.dk/kontakt/festsortimentet-aalborg.html
  redirect 301 /index.php/component/virtuemart/?page=shop.browse&amp;category_id=95 http://festsortimentet.dk/jukeboks.html
  redirect 301 /index.php/component/virtuemart/?page=shop.browse&amp;category_id=104 http://festsortimentet.dk/softice.html
  redirect 301 /index.php/component/virtuemart/?page=shop.browse&amp;category_id=120 http://festsortimentet.dk/softice/softicemaskiner.html
  redirect 301 /index.php/component/virtuemart/?page=shop.browse&amp;category_id=121 http://www.festsortimentet.dk/softice/tilbehor.html
  redirect 301 /index.php/component/virtuemart/?page=shop.browse&amp;category_id=106 http://www.festsortimentet.dk/slush-ice-popcorn/slush-ice.html
  redirect 301 /index.php/component/virtuemart/?page=shop.browse&amp;category_id=122 http://www.festsortimentet.dk/
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Ex - i wrote a redirect when user comes with <a href="http://www.festsortimentet.dk/index.php/component/virtuemart/?page=shop.browse&amp;category_id=95" rel="nofollow">http://www.festsortimentet.dk/index.php/component/virtuemart/?page=shop.browse&amp;category_id=95</a> url and redirects to <a href="http://festsortimentet.dk/jukeboks.html" rel="nofollow">http://festsortimentet.dk/jukeboks.html</a>  but not working. can anyone help me please.
  thanks</p>