Mod Rewrite Friendly URLs => .htaccess

[Satviewers]

Hi,

I have integrated a shop into vb, when I put the .htaccess into the root folder the css and images and possible more stopped working.

Basically if you go to www.example.com/osc_shop.php that file calls packages/shop/index.php or if you go to www.example.com/osc_install.php it calls packages/shop/osc_install/install.php

Is there a way to get the RewriteRule to ignore the packages/shop/ folder, so that it can work as it originally did.
Or is there a way to get the rewriteRule to work in this folder.

If you could give me an example of how to get it to ignore the folder and how to add it, please.
I will try to do the rest myself.

Thanks.

[kuyenmotdivad]

The ? are like wild cards - for example if you have a rewrite and want it to do the same eather http or https u'd rewrite like this.

https? 

I used to have this :

RewriteEngine on
# If you are having problems or are using VirtualDocumentRoot, uncomment  this line and set it to your vBulletin directory.
# RewriteBase /forum/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
# Forum
RewriteRule ^threads/.* showthread.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^forums/.* forumdisplay.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^members/.* member.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^blogs/.* blog.php [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^entries/.* entry.php [QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
# MVC
RewriteRule ^(?:(.*?)(?:/|$))(.*|$)$ $1.php?r=$2 [QSA] 

I removed it and used your htaccess.

could you please tell me what the Different between them ? cause I do not have any clue

[SeToY]

I gotta problem with this .htacces... When you're being redirected from the paypal donation-site, you're getting a vBulletin 404 "Not Found" error

[diogobguerreiro]

I used your .htaccess and it worked, but it happens that one thing missing. The accents are in the link.

Example: www.forumdigitalfoto.com/forums/4-Câmeras-Reflex-Digitais-DSLR

Instead of: www.forumdigitalfoto.com/forums/4-Cameras-Reflex-Digitais-DSLR

How can I solve this problem?

[AndyPH]

Hello

This .htaccess file seems to work for my forum with one exception, due to our individual situation.

Previously our forum files were all in the /forums folder. With the upgrade to VB4, we've moved it back to the root folder. To ensure that all the old links to threads, etc, remained intact, we put a rewrite rule in the .htaccess file to redirect from /forums back to root for all links.

Not that I have added all of the text from MattyAsia's .htaccess file, there is a clash, as it rewrites links with forumdisplay.php to be forums/, which our other rule tries to direct to root. Doh!

Does anyone have an idea on how I could fix this? Or should I just go back to Advanced Friendly URLS?

Here's the code. The highlighted lines are where the conflict occurs.

RewriteEngine on



# Author: Matty Asia
# Version 1.6
# Downloaded from: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?325798

RewriteEngine On
Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^xxxxxxxx.net$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.xxxxxxxx.net$
[B][COLOR=Orange]RewriteRule ^forums\/?(.*)$ "http\:\/\/xxxxxxxx\.net\/$1" [R=301,L][/COLOR][/B]

### THIS IS A LITTLE EXTRA SECURITY AND CAN BE REMOVED

RewriteRule ^includes/(.*) index.php
RewriteRule ^vb/(.*) index.php
RewriteRule ^packages/(.*) index.php

### THIS IS THE ACTUAL REWRITE

RewriteRule ^threads/([0-9]+)(?:/?$|(?:-[^/]+))(?:/?$|(?:/page([0-9]+)?)) showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^members/([0-9]+) member.php?u=$1&%{QUERY_STRING}
[COLOR=Orange][B]RewriteRule ^forums/([0-9]+)(?:/?$|(?:-[^/]+))(?:/?$|(?:/page([0-9]+)?)) forumdisplay.php?f=$1&page=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}[/B][/COLOR]
RewriteRule ^blogs/([0-9]+)(?:/?$|(?:-[^/]+))(?:/?$|(?:/page([0-9]+)?)) blog.php?u=$1&page=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^entries/([0-9]+)(?:/?$|(?:-[^/]+))(?:/?$|(?:/page([0-9]+)?)) entry.php?b=$1&page=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^lists/([^/]*/)([0-9]+) list.php?r=$1$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^content/(.*) content.php?r=$1&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^widget/config/([0-9]+) widget.php?r=config/$1&%{QUERY_STRING}

Thank you
Andy

[RedFoxy]

Hi!
I've a troubles with rewrite ("Mod Rewrite Friendly URLs" option) using \ in the title, the browser/server get it like a directory and give me a 404 error, I'm using that .htaccess:

RewriteEngine On
Options +FollowSymLinks

####Charset
AddDefaultCharset Off 

####Gzip
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)(js|css)$ /redir.php?file=$1$2&type=$2 [L]
</IfModule>

####ETags
FileETag None

#
# Sitemap rewrite
#

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap)_.*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ /sitemapxml/vbulletin_sitemap_index.xml.gz [L]
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap)*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ /sitemapxml/vbulletin_sitemap_index.xml.gz [L]


####Expires

<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType image/gif A2592000
ExpiresByType image/jpeg A2592000
ExpiresByType image/png A2592000
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash A2592000
ExpiresByType text/css A2592000
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript A2592000
</IfModule>


#
# MediaWiki
#
RewriteRule ^SAM-Wiki/(.*)$ /samwiki/index.php?title=$1 [PT,L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^SAM-Wiki/*$ /samwiki/index.php [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^/samwiki/*$ /samwiki/index.php [L,QSA]

#
# Forum and CMS
#

# Author: Matty Asia
# Version 1.6
# Downloaded from: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?325798


### THIS IS A LITTLE EXTRA SECURITY AND CAN BE REMOVED

RewriteRule ^includes/(.*) index.php
RewriteRule ^vb/(.*) index.php
RewriteRule ^packages/(.*) index.php

### THIS IS THE ACTUAL REWRITE

RewriteRule ^threads/([0-9]+)(?:/?$|(?:-[^/]+))(?:/?$|(?:/page([0-9]+)?)) showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^members/([0-9]+) member.php?u=$1&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^forums/([0-9]+)(?:/?$|(?:-[^/]+))(?:/?$|(?:/page([0-9]+)?)) forumdisplay.php?f=$1&page=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^blogs/([0-9]+)(?:/?$|(?:-[^/]+))(?:/?$|(?:/page([0-9]+)?)) blog.php?u=$1&page=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^entries/([0-9]+)(?:/?$|(?:-[^/]+))(?:/?$|(?:/page([0-9]+)?)) entry.php?b=$1&page=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^list/([^/]*/)([0-9]+) list.php?r=$1$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^content/(.*) content.php?r=$1&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^widget/config/([0-9]+) widget.php?r=config/$1&%{QUERY_STRING}

Just for example, i created a new topic with title "test\test" and the url is http://www.softairmania.it/threads/138861-test/test?p=2170201#post2170201 and it's invalid because I got a 404 error page

Any ideas how to fix that trouble?

[diosrl]

So until this date, there's no official .htaccess file to use with the Mod Rewrite Friendly URLs option?

[Zachery]

There have been full htaccess files provided for apache 2 and IIS since 4.0.1 I believe.

[RedFoxy]

the .htaccess that i found under do_not_upload\rewrite\apache2 is fully compatible with "Mod Rewrite Friendly URLs" option?

I noticed that in that file there aren't nothing about list, content and widget/config is it normal?

[lifanovsky]

Strange question. But did someone who turned on friendly URL's found that his or her forum started to be indexed more well with SE or did it help in some other way? I'm just thinking of turning this on and am not sure if its worth it...

[the_webmaster]

Strange question. But did someone who turned on friendly URL's found that his or her forum started to be indexed more well with SE or did it help in some other way? I'm just thinking of turning this on and am not sure if its worth it...

not strange at all.. I couldn't find out any benefit from using it. on other hand I lost my sub-forum indexing in Google search.

might I'm wrong . but this is my point of view

I'm still looking for how to get back my sub-forums back in google search result

[RedFoxy]

ok I'm using now the official .htaccess and look all good...

No one know how to explain at google which links I wanna show in google's sitelink?

[obmob]

After enabling mod rewrite, is it normal that an old url is kept and not rewritten or redirected?

I mean, I can access a url like this

http://www.anizeen.com/showthread.php?t=22147

Instead I'd expect it to look like this:

http://www.anizeen.com/threads/22147-The-Japanese-bean-throwing-tradition

Am i wrong in my assupmtion? Or the rewrite rules only apply while browsing the site?

[zipperty]

Woiks great on my shared hosting - thanks

[burntire]

Still having some issues and the error url is this http://www.mysite.com/forums/forums/...er-Information any ideas as to why it has forums in twice?

Has anyone worked this out I have the forums/forums issue.