RE: [users@httpd] Need a mod-rewrite rule for a website's home page

[David Blomstrom]

OK, I gave it another try, and it *seems* to be working. (I always qualify my statements, because I get so confused between PHP, MySQL and mod-rewrites, I'm not always sure if things are actually working or not.) But I can currently display rewritten dynamic links on both my home page and home-page/About, while typing in incorrect URL's produces an error page. So it looks like it's squared away. These are the rewrite rules I used:

RewriteRule ^About/([a-zA-Z0-9_/-]+)/?$ About/index.php?bout=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^/?([-a-zA-Z0-9_/]+)/?$ /index.php?home=$1 [L]

Many thanks.

Boyle Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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> From: David Blomstrom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> You mean literally reverse the order of the rewrite rules, like this?:
>
RewriteRule ^About/?(-[a-zA-Z0-9_/]+)/?$ About/index.php?bout=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^/?([-a-zA-Z0-9_/]+)/?$ /index.php?home=$1 [L]

Yes.. Actually, are you sure the first rule works at all? I think you need "^/About..." (note leading slash).

Then anything beginning with About should be rewritten and then the [L] causes a break.

>
> I tried that, but it doesn't seem to work.

Does it or doesn't it? (there is no "seem" :-) What does the log say? What happens when you try test URLs (give examples of before and after)?

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