Rewrite rule needed for ODP Script

Ok, I was directed to this forum from: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=23440
Looks like a right place now. eh..

I don't/can't post all URLs to here, because script will import them from ODP so there's tons of them and they may change.
Just a three as an example. Maybe I'll get it myself after a little help with these. But ask if you need more info.

THESE NEED TO BE CHANGED:
http://www.domain.com/index.php?c=Games
http://www.domain.com/index.php?c=Activities_and_Practices/Soccer
TO:
http://www.domain.com/Games/
http://www.domain.com/Activities_and_Practices/Soccer/

AND THIS: (looks a little more complicated to me)
http://www.domain.com/index.php?c=Play,_Football,_and_Soccer/How_to/Rules
TO:
http://www.domain.com/Play_Football_and_Soccer/How_to/Rules/

Another question is, will the one mod_rewrite rule actually change whole directory links? If so, its truly a pure voodoo!

The script I use - homepage is here: http://www.site-directory.org/odp_script.php

Guess I need to edit index.php too??

 

try something like

Options +Indexes
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php?c=$1

This probably isn't the most secure way of doing it.
The mod_rewrite will not actually change the links as displayed in the html, you'll have to do that yourself.

 

I tried that and other similar ones but it won't do nothing for me.
When accessing domain.com/Games/ etc. - I get 404 like usual.

 

Ok, looks like it's working but I need to edit php-files somehow, damit!
Because script give message: "ODP data temporarily unaccessible" and it's not ODP problem, but script try to look wrong category.

http://www.domain.com/TMP.html
...will look for category "ml" from ODP.
Page title will be as well, "ml".

http://www.domain.com/Activities_and_Practices.html
..will give page a title
"ties and Practices.html"

Hmm.. TMP.html minus index. = ml´
Ok.. That's it! I'll go to smoke.

Am I even at right track here, and is this .htaccess lines I use correct at all?

Options +Indexes
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html$ index.php?c=$1 [L]

 

If your changing the url to mae them search engine friendly you then you may aswell not bother, Google has kicked hundreds of ODP scraper sites out their index recently

 

Make sure sub-sub-sub directories work. When I hade extra /'s in the URL, I had to add extra lines of code. If they give 404 messages...

Options +Indexes
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)\.html$ index.php?c=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)\.html$ index.php?c=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)\.html$ index.php?c=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)\.html$ index.php?c=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)\.html$ index.php?c=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)/(.*)\.html$ index.php?c=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)\.html$ index.php?c=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html$ index.php?c=$1 [L]

 

Thanks guys for help.
Htaccess part is done now but I can't modify script because license.
Well, its free so what you can except.

 

E-Mail the script creator. Maybe they'll give you permission to, since it's only the URLs being changed.

 

I did it already but response was pretty strict and clear. No modifications to free scripts.

 

Then bin it and use another script.