mod_rewrite "emergency"

dmoz directory "typo" is going to non-existing folder

[amznVibe]

Normally I would sit down and make this a learning project
but its a bit of an emergency so I need someone's expertise

I just noticed a site I am responsible for got into DMOZ but its got the wrong URL -
pointing to a non-exisiting folder without any file name! (sheesh DMOZ editors)

this code doesn't work to fix it, any pointers?

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.Ķ )\.mydomain\.com/blah$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www\.mydomain\.com/new-blah\.htm$1 [L]

[gingerbreadman]

Try this...

[httpd.apache.org...]

Might be some help.

[john316]

If you don't have time for the learning curve, why not just create the directory and file?

[andreasfriedrich]

%{HTTP_HOST}

contains only the host that should handle the request, i.e. www.domain.tld or domain.tld or whatever. Unless there is somethink tricky going on like using mod_rewrite to handle subdomains you usually do not need to test for that. Rewriting takes place after Apache has determined which host/virtual host should handle the request.

The syntax for the RewriteRule is

RewriteRule re-matching-URI-path rewritten-URI

.

There is no need to escape dots in the

rewritten-URI

part since it is not a regular expression, i.e. the dot has no special meaning.

If the link is DMOZ is [domain.tld...] and you want it rewritten to [domain.tld...] then your RewriteRule would need to look something like this.

RewriteRule ^aaron/$ [domain.tld...]  [L,R=301]

You could use the much simpler Redirect [httpd.apache.org]Permanent as well:

RedirectPermanent /aaron [domain.tld ]

Please read An Introduction to Redirecting URLs on an Apache Server [webmasterworld.com] by DaveAtIFG if you havenīt done so yet. We are generally ask not to supply code like this. I made an exception this time. But please be sure to read the introduction and study the mod_rewrite docs. Testing and playing around on a local server will help a lot. Apache is very easy to set up on almost all operating systems.

Andreas

[amznVibe]

Thank you for the help. It's working perfectly now.

I promise by the end of the day to have read all the
mod_rewrite stuff so I don't re-hash easier stuff like this.
I've got a whole new bookmark folder for mod_rewrite
now and will be reading and practicing shortly :)

Been meaning to do that for awhile now but you know
how little projects get pushed aside when bills have
to be paid. But mod_rewrite is one super serious tool
and I just need to make it a priority to master it.

Thanks again! (what are we up to, 3 pints of cider? :) )

[andreasfriedrich]

You are welcome amznVibe. I figured the rule against posting specific rules applied only when answering posts of people who otherwise do not contribute to WebmasterWorld.

Andreas