301 rewrite rule

[dklynn]

Florian,

@floriauck

I feel like I get most of it. Stomme explained the ([-a-z]+) really nicely. And also what the $1 means. the L flag tells it to stop it and the N flag tells it not to go through again but to start over at that point.

I hope you changed that to the ([a-z_]+) that I gave in my last code. It makes a difference as the - was replaced with _ so the final redirection (from date to blog) will work.

@floriauck

Is there anything else that I have to do with the htaccess or otherwise? the page is blank and the url doenst get redirected on the current code that I am using.

Yes, put my code BEFORE the CMS’s code so it gets the blog/yadda_yadda as the {REQUEST_URI} string. Please note that the R=301 will force the blog/yadda_yadda to be displayed, too (is it being displayed?).

Of course, the code will not work if your links are not limited to lowercase letters and -'s (or _'s). I only used those sets of characters because that’s what you gave in your first post.

Is your CMS expecting blog/yadda-yadda? If it’s a blank page (check for lack of output by viewing the source), it’s likely an error in the PHP code - or failure to find the record in the database.

Regards,

DK

[floriauck]

it looks like its not redirecting. When I put the url in like for example www.domain.com/2010/08/28/cats-land-another-top-20-recruit-for-2010/ … the browser ‘thinks’ for a few seconds and then a blank page, which is also blank when i view source.

yes, i did use the latest code that you included. ([a-z_]+)

this is in an otherwise empty htaccess file? I know that the server work because I tested that earlier by following the test tutorial.

[dklynn]

Florian,

@floriauck

it looks like its not redirecting. When I put the url in like for example www.domain.com/2010/08/28/cats-land-another-top-20-recruit-for-2010/ {snip}
yes, i did use the latest code that you included. ([a-z_]+)

@dklynn

Of course, the code will not work if your links are not limited to lowercase letters and -'s (or _'s). I only used those sets of characters because that’s what you gave in your first post.

Whoops! Not quite true! There were also digits in the capture string! Please modify as follows:

@dklynn

Modified:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*)-(.*)$ $1_$2 [N]
RewriteRule ^\\d{4}/\\d{2}/\\d{2}/([a-z0-9_]+)/ blog/$1 [R=301,L][/code

@floriauck

old: 2010/12/09/terrence-smith-is-a-freak-and-other-things/
new: blog/terrence_smith_is_freak_and_other_things

old: 2010/08/28/dogs-land-another-top-20-recruit-for-2010/
new: blog/dogs_land_another_top_20_recruit_for_2010

old: 2010/08/16/a-look-into-the-future-2011-class/
new: blog/a_look_into_the_future_2011_class

That’s twice I missed something in your “specification.” Mea culpa!

Regards,

DK

[floriauck]

still blank.

this is the exact code that I am using

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*)-(.*)$ $1_$2 [N]
RewriteRule ^\\d{4}/\\d{2}/\\d{2}/([a-z0-9_]+)/ index.php/blog/$1 [R=301,L]

I am using this test post still

http://www.domain.com/2010/08/28/cats-land-another-top-20-recruit-for-2010/

I manually changed it to the correct url just to ensure that its actual there and that i can access that url.

http://www.dom.com/index.php/blog/cats_land_another_top_20_recruit_for_2010/

me adding that index.php before the blog couldnt mess anything up could it? All my ‘new’ posts have domain.com/index.php/blog …

[floriauck]

Do you guys have any ideas why it’s not working? I have also noticed, when I use the rewrite htaccess file, that some of my js files do not work?

[dklynn]

Florian,

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*)-(.*)$ $1_$2 [N]
RewriteRule ^\\d{4}/\\d{2}/\\d{2}/([a-z0-9_]+)/ [COLOR="Red"]index.php/[/COLOR]blog/$1 [R=301,L]

That’s a big faux pas! WHY would you put a file within the path part of a URI? It’s possible but you would then have to enable MultiViews and that’s a major problem.

I’m sure that your CMS installed some mod_rewrite code in your .htaccess file - just leave that AFTER the code shown above.

Regards,

DK

[floriauck]

the cms is expressionengine and for some reason they always have the index.php at the end of the domain. it’s a default. there is a way to get rid of it though with an extension, I might do that anyway, as it doesnt look very pretty with the index.php

[floriauck]

I successfully removed the index.php with some regex code.

this is what I am using

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} !^POST
RewriteRule ^site/?(.*)$ /$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]

not sure how the rewrite rules that we were trying to come up with in this post, would fit in with that.

[dklynn]

Florian,

I’m afraid that I don’t mess with expressionengine and they don’t mess with me! :kaioken:

Take a look at MultiViews (search at Apache.org) to see what’s going on with a file in the path.

Regards,

DK

[floriauck]

interesting. I think i sort of understand. Let me post over at the EE forum. maybe somebody ran into this same issue before.