Show contents of a folder as if it's coming from a different url

[ambaxter]

Not sure if this is possible without creating a symlink, but is it possible to pull up a URL (and subsequent files) from /server/folder/ and have it behave is if they were coming from /custom/url/ with HTACCESS?

[g1smd]

Yes, it is called an "internal rewrite".

RewriteRule ^custom/url/(.*)$ /server/folder/index.htm?param=$1 [L]

However, do not use "index.htm" in the URL out there on the web.

Link to the URL that you want your users to see and use. URLs are defined in links.

[ambaxter]

man, so simple! Thanks for this very simple and helpful response.

[g1smd]

Depending on EXACTLY what you want to do, the code can vary:

RewriteRule ^custom/url/(.*)$ /server/folder/$1 [L]

[ambaxter]

Yes, the second approach is what I used. Thanks again. I was trying various versions of rewrites and nothing was working.

[g1smd]

Nailing the exact requirements is crucial when you're dealing with server configuration code.

My first post was the right answer to the wrong question. Glad you fixed it.

[ambaxter]

Good morning,

I've got this all working properly, but I am curious if there's a way "clean up" the rewrites I've got going.

I have the following:
RewriteRule ^custom/url/images(.*)$ /server/folder/images$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^custom/url/css(.*)$ /server/folder/css$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^custom/url/assets(.*)$ /server/folder/assets$1 [L]

It works as I would have expected. I'm ONLY rewriting selected folders in a given directory.

I'm satisfied with it, but it seems like there should be a way to do it in a single statement.

Here's what I attempted:

RewriteCond $1 ^custom/url/css
RewriteCond $1 ^custom/url/images
RewriteCond $1 ^custom/url/assets
RewriteRule (.*) /server/folder/$1 [NC,L]

[g1smd]

The URL request

example.com/custom/url/css/something

will rewrite to the internal path at

/server/folder/custom/url/css/something

.

You need this code:

RewriteRule ^custom/url/(css|images|assets)/(.*)$ /server/folder/$1/$2 [L] 

[ambaxter]

Cool man, thanks again for your awesome help! I'll give this a go.

Update: Works perfectly. Now I know how to do it for future reference.

[g1smd]

This other thread, especially the "six concepts" post might be useful too: [webmasterworld.com...]