I really don't understand why this still hasn't been implemented.

I am gobsmacked that you don't support 301 redirects; this is Website 101 functionality. Had I known I would have prevented my client from paying for the year and asked for a refund. Now MY reputation is at risk.

In our situation, we canceled WA in favor of a custom WordPress site. The new site is getting crushed in the early rankings because Wild Apricot keeps the old site live. https://athenaleadershipfoundationofstcharlescounty.wildapricot.org/

Simon, even if you have a custom domain, you still need to redirect from www to non-www or vice versa. https redirection from http is another matter.

Wild Apricot, with all that we know of SEO these days, as Bobette says, the appearance of duplicative content is a traffic killer and our sites are being penalized for not redirecting.

I've advised my client and will have to move to another solution if a solution doesn't appear, at least on the horizon.

Unfortunately, Simon's solution does not work for our site. There are still duplicate pages--both are secure. Apricot Kernel, how do we avoid duplicate content in the search engines? This is a traffic killer.

To redirect all traffic to your custom domain or your www. version and avoid duplicate content penalty on search engines: use a custom domain. Ask wild apricot to install a free SSL certificate for your domain. Then change your security settings so all traffic goes via Https. Hey presto, all your traffic is redirected to your chosen domain.

this is kind of essential!

Please implement this, it is extremely crucial for our website and without it we can't purchase an SSL as doing so will cause us to lose all our ranking in SERP, and losing all of the 10k back-links that we currently have

We are considering moving two established WordPress memnbership sites onto Wild Apricot, but without 301 redirects from our old URLs to the new ones, all search rankings would be lost. Is there no method for doing so? Thet would sort of be a dealbreaker in some cases...

Yes, please, would also love this!

Please provide the ability to do 301 redirects. Thank you!

I have separated 404 customization comments to a dedicated thread - see http://forums.wildapricot.com/forums/308920-archive/suggestions/8834854-customizable-404-page-resource-not-found-error

Custom 404 is going to be part of 5.0 release, including special new gadget "Sitemap" (lists all site pages)

Customize 404 page - yes, part of 5.0.

Manage 301 redirects - no.

Will there be any progress on this issue with Version 5.0?

Thank you.

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We also need this function. We're loosing in the search engine rankings because our search data is split between www and non-www addresses.

There's about 8 ways to add this functionality. I hope you can add it soon!

Keith

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We also need to be able to redirect rather than having duplicate websites. This is a huge SEO issue as we lose Google rankings for duplicate sites.

If you use GoDaddy as your domain registrar; here are some steps that allow you to do a 301 redirect of your non-www to www domain or vice-versa using your GoDaddy DNS management console: http://eltonvinson.com/blog/301-redirects-wild-apricot

Other registrars allow you to do similar tasks also. Hope this helps!

We also need this function. We're loosing in the search engine rankings because our search data is split between www and non-www addresses.

There's about 8 ways to add this functionality. I hope you can add it soon!

Keith

Nice.

Sorry, it will likely be a while before we address 301 redirects so if this critical for your site, you are better off using a different service.

I don't just want a 301 redirect from a www/non-www domain but I need this. As search engine will see my website as two webistes and therefor will have duplicate content. Google will frown on the duplicate content. This is an issue I need to have resolved A.S.A.P. as I need great ranking in order to be seen in indexing.

This needs to go to the top of the list of things that need to be done. This should be a mjor problem for every Website owner.

I really like working with WildApricot and would hate for a 301 redirect to be the reason I look for a new service.