"http://www.mydomain.com/user1/" OR "http://www.mydomain.com/user1"
*Note: public_html/user1/ does not exists that's why I need to redirect them to this
"http://www.mydomain.com/folder/user1/"
Likewise with user2,user3,..., userx --------------- Is there a way to fix this using .htaccess? thanks!
lucy24
3:59 am on Feb 25, 2012 (gmt 0)
You mean, redirect from
/anydirectory/ /(anydirectory/)
to
/folder/anydirectory/ /folder/$1
? Sure. There are, at a rough estimate, 8,000 threads in this Forum talking about how to do it. We don't write your code for you. We make you try it yourself and then someone will step in and tear it to pieces. That's how you learn.
Hint: Make sure the request doesn't already begin with /folder/ or you will end up with
Did you want an external redirect or an internal rewrite?
Both of those can be implemented using a RewriteRule with only a few minor syntax changes.
bbing
8:38 am on Feb 25, 2012 (gmt 0)
Hi,
Yes, I need an internal redirect. What are the minor changes? Thanks
bbing
9:30 am on Feb 25, 2012 (gmt 0)
Hi,
I tried this code:
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)?$ http://www.example.com/folder/$1/$2 [R=301,L]
It's working now but only for the http://www.example.com/user1/ and not for the http://www.example.com/user1
g1smd
10:21 am on Feb 25, 2012 (gmt 0)
You said you needed an internal redirect? I assume you mean internal rewrite.
You have posted code for an external redirect!
lucy24
12:29 pm on Feb 25, 2012 (gmt 0)
It's working now but only for the http://www.example.com/user1/ and not for the http://www.example.com/user1
Good, then it's doing what it's written to do: capture one directory name, one slash, and optionally some further non-slash characters. Your domain name plus following slash don't count.
:: belatedly realizing that my own htaccess does not block anyone from the front page* --not that it matters much in my case ::
* (\.html|/)$ Oops. Slight oversight there. Not sure a closing question mark would have the intended effect.
