FAQ: mod_rewrite, 301 redirects, and optimizing Apache.

Hello,

I am having a website where i am having dynamic URL pages in with .php extension.

eg:http://www.mydomain.com/subcategory....name=nokia-n70

i can have redirection code on. .htacces file like

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on


RewriteRule ^category/([0-9]+)]+)/([0-9A-Za-z]+).html$ subcategory.php?subcatID=$1&subname=$2 [L]



and on php page i having have code that create dynamic pages to static pages.

echo "<a href='http://www.".$DOMAIN_NAME."/category/".$rw_sub[0]."/".
format_str(stripslashes($rw_sub[1])).".html'>".$rw_sub[1]."</A></DIV>";



it is creating my dynamic links to static links.
http://www.mydomain.com/category/5/nokia-n70.html

but when i click on that link i didn't find that pages there because i am not having that static html page on that specific static location.

i just wanna know is it possible to have that static pages there without creating them manually.

like if i have dynamic page as :
http://www.mydomain.com/subcategory....name=nokia-n70

and it became static as :
http://www.mydomain.com/category/5/nokia-n70.html

but can i have this static page there without make it manually on that location.

Please suggest.

Thanks

 

Hello,
This should be simple:
I need to rewrite results? as results.php?
I just need to add the .php.
Can you tell me how to do it?

Thanks.

 

I didn't get what you wanna say .

Please explain it.

 

In one of my scripts the links returned are results?search_query=
I have set up a page called results.php
I need the links results?..... to go to results.php?....
It's just adding the .php
Do you know how to do this?

Note: The links (results?...) were not created by me. They are returned from an RSS feed.)

 

Hello,

what my problem is that i have .haccess and php code make my menu link static from

http://www.mydomain.com/subcategory....name=nokia-n70

to

http://www.mydomain.com/category/5/nokia-n70.html

But when i click on these static link then its show me a blank page with " Page Cannot be

found" error.
because i am not having that static html page on that specific static location.

It is nessecry to create that page nokia-n70.html manually there at specific location

"http://www.mydomain.com/category/5/"

Or it can be happen automaticlly
please suggest

 

No nokia-n70.html type of files have to be created. Post a complete example of the original URL They all ahow up as
mydomain.com/subcategory....name=nokia-n70

Does that occure after pressing a forum button, or from a link in the script? I think the script needs to be edited some where. Mod_rewrite is for making URLs static looking.

 

It's the link of the keyword tags returned with Youtube videos.
I can't change the results?... links. How do I create this page in my site?
results with no .php
?

 

mod_rewrite can't change them, the script would have to change it. mod_rewrite only makes fake URLs work. SEO wise, no .php is better than having .php.

 

Hello,
How do you create these pages?
Youtube is using them, so it must be possible to make them.
Here's an example:
/results?search_query=motors
Is this a subfolder /results/ ?
How do I make it?

 

You have to figure out how to make the script spit it out with .php or the RSS feed if that doesn't have it.

 

I don't think it's possible because this link is inside the description tag.
Again, if these pages exist in the Youtube site, then it's possible for me to make them in my site.
How do I make them?

 

If it's a php script, post in the php section with the code of the part of the script that keeps .php out. It's the script you need to change, not mod_rewrite.

 

Ok, I've done it!
results? automatically goes to results/index.php

 

Hello,
I need to rewrite this url:

http://buyacar.be/responses/?query=http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070904170434AAPqOPT

PHP:

to responses/http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070904170434AAPqOPT
Any ideas?
Would this be advantageous for search engine spiders?

 

You can't. It would kill the script. Only if you add for example .html or change /responses/ to something else.

Options +FollowSymLinks +Indexes
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^responses/(.*)\.html$ responses/whatever.php?query=$1 [L]

 

Hello,
I tried this and it doesn't work.

 

whatever.php is what ever the script name is.

 

How can I redirect /forum/ to the main domain? I'm doing this now, need help!

 

I can't believe you are still running this thread but it's great. Could you PLEASE hep me with my problem?

I've add the simple forum plugin to my wordpress blog. I just want to make the forum url's static for search engines.

The url's change depending on where you are.
top level: schoolofhdtv.com/hdtv-forum
inside a forum: schoolofhdtv.com/hdtv-forum?forum=1&page=1
inside a post: schoolofhdtv.com/hdtv-forum?forum=1&topic=16&page=1

I tried your tutorial, but I can't get it to do anything. The plugin is actually located in domain/wp-content/plugins/simple-forum/

Of course, wordpress has it's own mod_rewrite, so I just need the code to effect the forum url's.

Help would be greatly appreciated.

 

What do you want them to look like?

Options +FollowSymLinks +Indexes
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /

For everything....

RewriteRule ^forum/(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

or just /forum/

RewriteRule ^forum/$ http://www.domain.com/ [R=301,L]