simply static generates 301 file only

Hi Jim,

It sounds like the server you have WordPress set up on is redirecting what you have set for your Site Address (URL) / Origin URL to some new page. The most likely thing I can think of, since you mentioned SSL, is that it’s redirecting http to https or vise versa.

I’d take a look at the URL that’s in the 301 index.html redirect file and compare it to your Site Address. Is it possible to adjust the Site Address to match the URL in the index.html file? Or, is it possible to disable the 301 redirect?

Hi Scott,

I’m jumping in here on this issue; I’ve been doing development work on the same site Jim mentions and investigating this issue. Unfortunately it is not possible to disable SSL on the site and any changes to our .htaccess are pretty quickly overwritten by regex rules. Unfortunately our host is unable to disable https on a site-by-site basis on the multisite.

What would it take to get Simply Static to work around the SSL redirect?
We may be able to support some custom development here.

best,
Jenny

Hi Jenny,

Thanks for the context! That helps. It seems like the fix for this should be pretty straightforward; I’d just need to modify Simply Static so that it considers http and https to be the same site. I can take a look in a couple days and see how much effort that would require.

Best,
Scott

Hi Scott,

Terrific, we’ll look forward to hearing your assessment. (email is js at wiredpinecone.com)

best,
Jenny.

Hi Jenny,

We’ve just released version 1.2.3 of Simply Static, which should fix this issue for you. Let me know if you run into any issues. You can also reach me at: [email protected]

Best,
Scott