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Rewrite to forward a URL with a space

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by amanamission, Mar 12, 2008.

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    Way back in the day, before I learned about Seo URLs, I was foolish enough to create a page with two words and no hyphen. The page has been redesigned, but the mod_rewrite rules I have been using to redirect pages are not working. I get the dreaded 500 when I use:

    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteRule ^Firstword Secondword\.htm$ http://www.site.com/firstword-secondword/ [R=301,NC,L]

    Which is based on code I've used to forward other pages on my domain.

    Naturally, the URL shows in the browser bar as site.com/Firstword%20Secondword
    but when I try that in the mod_rewrite, there is no effect.

    What am I doing wrong?
     
    amanamission, Mar 12, 2008 IP
  2. Ladadadada

    Ladadadada Peon

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    #2
    I have a feeling that percent signs may need to be escaped but I would need to check the documentation to be sure.

    You may also get somewhere by escaping the space...
     
    Ladadadada, Mar 13, 2008 IP
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  3. amanamission

    amanamission Notable Member

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    Pardon my ignorance, but what do you mean by "escape the percent" or "space"?

    how would I do that?
     
    amanamission, Mar 13, 2008 IP
  4. joebert

    joebert Well-Known Member

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    #4
    Put a backslash before the space between firstword and secondword.
    firstword\ secondword
    Code (markup):
     
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  5. amanamission

    amanamission Notable Member

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    That did the trick! Thanks and rep to the two of you!
     
    amanamission, Mar 13, 2008 IP