Having trouble with a redirect "overriding" a link.
We have a base page for our non-profit event called a "Birdathon". We created a simple redirect so that a user can go directly to the Birdathon page rather than navigating through the main site menu. Here's the rule:
FROM URL: /birdathon
TO URL: http://{siteurl}/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=785&Itemid=214
REDIRECT 301, Case N, Req Only Y, Decode Y
On Birdathon page are links to pages on our site describing two of our sponsors. If we NOT publish the redirect above, each of these links goes where it should. But when we publish the redirect, clicking on the link just causes the Birdathon page to refresh. That is, the user does not follow the link but instead it is as if the user entered a URL to match the redirect rule. The URL as shown in the browser does briefly change to the correct one (where the link is supposed to go), but then goes back to the Birdathon page.
You can see this at
www.columbusaudubon.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=785&Itemid=214
The links are near the bottom of the page under "Birdathon Sponsors". Viewing the links in Page Source shows that they contain the word "birdathon" but not in the form that should match the redirect rule....we think! We have left the redirect published for now.
Any idea what is happening here? Thanks for any ideas.
