iqon/reports/gates-123-english-redirects-2026-05-20.md

IQON gates 1-3 execution: contact smoke, DB archive check, English redirects

Purpose: record approved execution of gates 1, 2, and 3 while keeping the old WordPress apex site.

Created: 2026-05-20 Updated: 2026-05-20

User decisions

1. Run contact form smoke.
2. Continue DB archive confirmation.
3. Implement sitemap redirects as English-only.
4. Keep WordPress for now.

Gate 1: contact form smoke

Status: VERIFIED at application-response level.

Submitted approved smoke POST to https://iqon.com/contact/ with a clearly marked test subject and message.

Observed signal:

<script>top.location = "https://iqon.com/contact/?sent=ok";</script>

Caveat: this verifies the WordPress/PHP form path accepted the submission and attempted the success flow. It does not independently prove inbox delivery unless the recipient confirms the email arrived.

Gate 2: DB archive confirmation

Status: IN_PROGRESS, not confirmed.

Evidence checked:

1. Local server-backup-20260518 was previously checked for SQL/dump/archive files; none found.
2. FTP account root was listed read-only; no DB archive visible.
3. FTP webroot was listed read-only; no DB archive visible.
4. FTP bin-tmp was listed partially; visible entries were PHP session files, not DB archive files.
5. Existing restore documentation only says the u0012812_iqon archive was initiated on 2026-05-18.

Required to close:

1. Confirm/download archive from reg.ru panel.
2. Or provide a trusted SQL/dump/archive file path for verification.

Gate 3: English-only redirects

Status: VERIFIED for sampled live rules.

Implemented 32 redirect rules from seo/redirect-map-2026-05-20.csv into .htaccess under marker:

# IQON English-only legacy redirects, 2026-05-20

Policy:

1. Russian/encoded URLs redirect to English legacy equivalents.
2. Obvious aliases redirect to canonical root or English page.
3. Typo retail-wholesail redirects to corrected retail-wholesale.
4. www.iqon.com root new-design split remains unchanged.

Verified samples:

Source	Observed result
https://iqon.com/homepage/	HTTP/2 301, location: https://iqon.com/
https://iqon.com/hows-business/	HTTP/2 301, location: https://iqon.com/
https://iqon.com/%d1%83%d1%81%d0%bb%d1%83%d0%b3%d0%b8-%d1%80%d0%b5%d1%88%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%8f/	HTTP/2 301, location: https://iqon.com/services-solutions/
https://iqon.com/services-solutions/industry-specific-services/retail-wholesail/	HTTP/2 301, location: https://iqon.com/services-solutions/industry-specific-services/retail-wholesale/

Post-change health

1. scripts/iqon-phase1-verify.sh https://iqon.com passed.
2. https://www.iqon.com/ still shows new redesign markers: theme-color, topbar, hero-cloud.

Remaining items

1. DB archive confirmation remains unresolved.
2. Inbox delivery confirmation remains external to this automation.
3. WordPress remains the apex production platform by user decision.