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RewriteRule Help
catch a name and rename
ichigo




msg:3889161		 6:08 pm on Apr 9, 2009 (gmt 0)

Hello everyone,
I need to know if it is possible with the RewriteRule to catch a specific name in the url and rename with the new name.

For example:
To catch airagency and replaced it with airspace

www.domain.com/airagency/freedom.jsp or
www.domain.com/transport/airagency-plane.jsp

new redirection

www.domain.com/airspace/freedon.jsp and
www.domain.com/transport/airspace-plane.jsp

Thanks.

 

g1smd




msg:3889163		 6:14 pm on Apr 9, 2009 (gmt 0)

Rewrites do not 'make' URLs.

If you need a new URL, then use that new URL in the links in your pages.

It is links that 'define' URLs.

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If the internal filename on the server is not changing, theh use a rewrite as that will connect the URL request used out on the web, with the actual filename used inside the server, without revealing what that filename actually is.

.

If you have a new URL to replace an old URL, then use a redirect to force requests for the old URL to make a new request for the new URL. However, you still need to use the new URL in the links in your pages, and no longer link to the old URLs.

ichigo




msg:3889197		 6:32 pm on Apr 9, 2009 (gmt 0)

Thank you so much for you're answer,

But the problems comes that my site has been online for a while and to avoid user that have a favorite of a page to have a 404 html error.

rules work well but I have many folder and file name with airagency that I would like to catch.

RewriteRule .*/airagency/(.*)$ /airspace/ [L,R=301]

Thanks.

jdMorgan




msg:3889221		 6:59 pm on Apr 9, 2009 (gmt 0)

That was pretty close. I'd suggest:

RewriteRule ^(([^/]+/)*)airagency([^A-Za-z].*)?$ http://www.example.com/$1airspace$3 [R=301,L]
The "bounding" subpatterns are meant to prevent this redirect from being invoked if anything but a slash precedes "airagency" or if any letter(s) directly follow "airagency" -- for example, "blah/newairagency/blah" will not be redirected.

Jim

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