We are moving a site from non-Joomla! to Joomla. The original site has some relative URLs pointing to download files that do not work on the new site. I was able to redirect a PDF link using core Joomla! Redirect, but cannot set up a similar redirect using either Redirect or ReDJ.

Here is what I'm trying to redirect:

www.sas.rutgers.edu/cms/irw/IRW%20Decolonizing%20Gender%20edited%20Feb%2012%202012.docx

to

www.sas.rutgers.edu/cms/irw/images/learningcommunity/LC%20Fall%2012%20Application.pdf

but it does not work.

Please note that

www.sas.rutgers.edu/cms/irw/IRW%20Decolonizing%20Gender%20edited%20Feb%2012%202012.pdf

to

www.sas.rutgers.edu/cms/irw/images/learningcommunity/LC%20Fall%2012%20Application.pdf

DOES work (using core Joomla! Redirect).

Here is my ReDJ syntax:

From URL *
/IRW%20Decolonizing%20Gender%20edited%20Feb%2012%202012.docx

To URL *
www.sas.rutgers.edu/cms/irw/images/learningcommunity/LC%20Fall%2012%20Application.pdf

Redirect = 301
Case sensitive = yes
Request Only = yes
Decode URL = yes

Thanks for the tip - but it didn't work.

I still get this page:

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Object not found!

The requested URL was not found on this server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again.

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 404
www.sas.rutgers.edu
Fri Apr 19 09:04:33 2013
Apache

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What is a little strange is that the above 404 page differs from the usual type of 404 page I get:

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404 - Article not found

You may not be able to visit this page because of:

an out-of-date bookmark/favourite
a search engine that has an out-of-date listing for this site
a mistyped address
you have no access to this page
The requested resource was not found.
An error has occurred while processing your request.

Please try one of the following pages:

Home Page

If difficulties persist, please contact the System Administrator of this site and report the error below..

Article not found

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Thanks for the suggestion; I modified .htaccess accordingly. It still does not work - but now I get a different error:

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Not Found

The requested URL /cms/irw/IRW Decolonizing Gender edited Feb 12 2012.docx was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 301 Moved Permanently error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache Server at www.sas.rutgers.edu Port 80

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