Need some simple (i think) mod rewrite help

[tristankelley]

I've been trying to figure this out for a while now but I'm not having any luck.

Here's what I'm trying to do.

example.com/directory/index.php?article-title

rewritten to just...

example.com/directory/article-title

I'm really new to mod rewrite and I've read several tutorials but still haven't gotten anything working. Any ideas out there? Thanks.

[dklynn]

tristan,

YOU have to rewrite your links in your webpages yourself! Mod_rewrite will rewrite back if you have it done correctly, i.e., changedirectory/article-title to index.php?article-title=article-title.

Have a look at http://www.datakoncepts.com/seo for more details on setting up Apache and using mod_rewrite.

Regards,

DK

[tristankelley]

Hmmm. I guess I don't have any clue about mod rewrite.

Does Sitepoint use mod rewrite to get URL's like:

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/push-pull-best-cms

Thanks.

[Dean C]

Give me a PHP url and what you want it converted into using mod_rewrite. And I'll see what I can do

[tristankelley]

I have url's like:

example.com/directory/index.php?title=article-title

I would like them to look like

example.com/directory/article-title

Does that make sense?

[Dean C]

Ok first of all I'm assuming:

a) You have .htaccess files enabled on you server
b) You have mod_rewrite enabled on your server.

Make a filename called '.htaccess' and place in it:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z-]+)/?$ index.php?title=$1 [L]

Let me know if it works ok

[dklynn]

tristan,

Dean's code is perfect IF you don't include any character other than the upper and lower case alphabet and the hyphen (dash). Be SURE that you stick to that in naming your titles (for the links).

Regards,

DK