i have the following .htaccess file in an addon domain: # Prevent this file being read <Files .htaccess> order allow,deny deny from all </Files> # Prevent directories being displayed Options -indexes # Specify error handling routines ErrorDocument 400 /error.php ErrorDocument 401 /error.php ErrorDocument 402 /error.php ErrorDocument 403 /error.php ErrorDocument 404 /error.php ErrorDocument 500 /error.php RewriteEngine on RewriteRule iz/autowebbus http://www.myaddondomain.com/iz/index.php?site=gyp&page=autobus [R=301,L] RewriteRule iz/adcopysecrets http://www.myaddondomain.com/iz/index.php?site=gyp&page=adcopy [R=301,L] RewriteRule iz/adsense http://www.myaddondomain.com/iz/index.php?site=cbank&page=adsense [R=301,L] RewriteRule iz/clickrich http://www.myaddondomain.com/iz/index.php?site=cbank&page=clickrich [R=301,L] RewriteRule iz/golf http://www.myaddondomain.com/iz/index.php?site=howto&page=golf [R=301,L] RewriteRule iz/mindmotivators http://www.myaddondomain.com/iz/index.php?site=cbank&page=mindmotivators [R=301,L] RewriteRule iz/mjoyner http://www.myaddondomain.com/iz/index.php?site=cbank&page=mjoyner [R=301,L] RewriteRule iz/newstk http://www.myaddondomain.com/iz/index.php?site=howto&page=newstk [R=301,L] RewriteRule iz/prestk http://www.myaddondomain.com/iz/index.php?site=howto&page=prestk [R=301,L] RewriteRule iz/sizzle http://www.myaddondomain.com/iz/index.php?site=cbank&page=sizzle [R=301,L] RewriteRule iz/thirtydayprofits http://www.myaddondomain.com/iz/index.php?site=cbank&page=thirtydayprofits [R=301,L] RewriteRule iz/totfrcar http://www.myaddondomain.com/iz/index.php?site=cbank&page=totfrcar [R=301,L] RewriteRule iz/wdstotfc http://www.myaddondomain.com/iz/index.php?site=cbank&page=wdstotfc [R=301,L] RewriteRule iz/howto(.*)$ http://www.myaddondomain.com/iz/index.php?site=howto&page=$1 [R=301,L] RewriteRule iz/marlon(.*)$ http://www.myaddondomain.com/iz/index.php?site=gyp&page=$1 [R=301,L] RewriteRule iz/[^/]*/(.*)$ http://www.myaddondomain.com/iz/index.php?site=$1&page=$2 [R=301,L] RewriteRule [^/]*/(.*)$ http://www.myaddondomain.com/$1/index.php?site=$2 [R=301,L] the top domain has this .htaccess file: # Prevent this file being read <Files .htaccess> order allow,deny deny from all </Files> # Prevent directories being displayed Options -indexes # Allow rss AddType application/rss+xml .rss # Specify error handling routines ErrorDocument 400 /errorfiles/400.php ErrorDocument 401 /errorfiles/401.php ErrorDocument 402 /errorfiles/402.php ErrorDocument 403 /errorfiles/403.php ErrorDocument 404 /errorfiles/404.php ErrorDocument 500 /errorfiles/500.php # Redirect sites to new urls Redirect 301 /the-first-site/ http://www.the-first-site.com/ Redirect 301 /the-second-site/ http://www.the-second-site.co.uk/ Redirect 301 /the-third-site/ http://www.the-third-site.co.uk/ Redirect 301 /the-fourth-site/ http://www.the-fourth-site.co.uk/ Redirect 301 /the-fifth-site/ http://www.the-fifth-site.co.uk/ #Redirect 301 mytopdomain.com/index.html #http://www.mytopdomain.com/index.php Redirect 301 /the-sixth-site/ http://www.the-sixth-site.co.uk/ Redirect 301 /misclinks.html http://www.mytopdomain.com/misclinks.php Redirect 301 /busoplinks.html http://www.mytopdomain.com/busoplinks.php Redirect 301 /svcslinks.html http://www.mytopdomain.com/svcslinks.php Redirect 301 /svcslinks2.html http://www.mytopdomain.com/svcslinks2.php Redirect 301 /the-seventh-site/ http://www.the-seventh-site.co.uk/ Redirect 301 /the-eighth-site/ http://www.the-eighth-site.co.uk/ Redirect 301 /the-ninth-site/ http://www.the-ninth-site.co.uk/ Redirect 301 /the-tenth-site/ http://www.tenth.co.uk/ # Prevent non-www version causing 'duplicate pages' RewriteEngine on #RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.mytopdomain\.com #RewriteRule (.*) http://www.mytopdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L] [Some of these commands have had to be disabled, because of the nature of the top domain/addon domain relationship.] i am using the following url: http://www.myaddondomain.com/ysf/esuccess when processed by an .htaccess file in the root of addon domain: myaddondomain.com (which means that "http://www.myaddondomain.com/" is ignored) containing this command: RewriteRule [^/]*/(.*)$ http://www.myaddondomain.com/$1/index.php?site=$2 [R=301,L] mod rewrite should do this: store the part of the calling url up to the first / in a variable called $1 (ignoring http://www.myaddondomain.com/); store the part of the calling url after the first / in a variable called $2; rewrite the url as follows: http://www.myaddondomain.com/{contents of $1, that is "ysf"}/index.php?site={contents of $2, that is "esuccess"}; it should then stop processing (L in square brackets at the end means that, if this command is processed, it is the last command); send a 301 header; load the page with the rewritten url. However, it is resolving to: http://www.myaddondomain.com/ysf/index.php?site=index.php instead of: http://www.myaddondomain.com/ysf/index.php?site=esuccess when i changed the command to: RewriteRule [^/]*/(.*)$ http://www.myaddondomain.com/$1/index.php\?site=$2 [R=301,L] the destination url changed to: http://www.myaddondomain.com/index.php/index.php?site= has anyone any ideas, please?