THIS ONE IS THE ONE I NEED TO WORK. . . . ======================================================= RewriteEngine on RewriteBase /personal_quotes/ RewriteRule ^index\.html$ /index\.php RewriteRule ^view-(.*)-(.*).html /viewquotes.php?title=$1&id=$2 RewriteRule ^quote-archives-(.*)-(.*)-(.*).html /quote-archives.php?cat_name=$1&cat_id=$2&start=$3 RewriteRule ^links(.*).html /links.php?start=$1 RewriteRule ^help\.html$ /help\.php RewriteRule ^links\.html$ /links\.php RewriteRule ^privacy\.html$ /privacy\.php RewriteRule ^refer_to_friend\.html$ /refer_to_friend\.php RewriteRule ^feedback\.html$ /feedback\.php RewriteRule ^disclaimer\.html$ /disclaimer\.php ======================================================== This is the one i use for a different script that does work but i dont understand all the ([^/]+)/ which i am sure why this one works and the other one doesnt . .. RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /personal_quotes/ RewriteRule ^page/([^/]+)/?$ index.php?page=$1 [L] RewriteRule ^tag/([^/]+)/?$ index.php?tag=$1 [L] RewriteRule ^tag/([^/]+)/page/([^/]+)/?$ index.php?tag=$1&page=$2 [L] RewriteRule ^search/([^/]+)/page/([^/]+)/?$ index.php?action=search&keyword=$1&page=$2 [L] RewriteRule ^comment/?$ comment.php [L] RewriteRule ^rss/?$ rss.php [L] RewriteRule ^rss/time/([^/]+)?$ rss.php?time=$1 [L] RewriteRule ^suggest/?$ suggest.php [L] RewriteRule ^term/?$ term.php [L] RewriteRule ^advertising/?$ advertising.php RewriteRule ^privacy/?$ privacy.php [L] RewriteRule ^view/([^/]+)/?$ view.php?title=$1 [L] ======================================================== THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP !