rewrite works but doesn't work

[cybermatrix]

I created this rule and if you put the rewritten url in the address bar it works. However, if you are on the site and click the product link the new URL does not show up in the address bar it shows the url that the cart generates.

Any idea of why it is not working on the site?

Here is the rule
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule 003store/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/$ /cgi-bin/003store.cgi?$1=$2&$3=$4

[RonPK]

Just to make things clear: what does the product link look like?

003store/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/$

or

/cgi-bin/003store.cgi?$1=$2&$3=$4

?

[Rumbas]

Have you changed the URL's in your templates? I mean, are hard coding any URL's anywhere that you might have forgotten to change?

[cybermatrix]

Here is how the URL looks in the address bar - with maydomainstore.com being replaced by the actual domain.

mydomainstore.com/cgi-bin/003store.cgi?user_action=custom_detail&catalogno=2482%2022

No,I have have not changed any URL in the templates they are not absolute URLS they all are like this /cgi-bin/003store.cgi?user_action=custom_detail&catalogno=%%catalogno%%

[Birdman]

Yes, that's a common misconception. Many think that you can use mod_rewrite to instantly change a bad URL to a good one.

Actually, it's the opposite. You need to change the links in your templates to reflect the good. Then mod_rewrite silently flips it back top the bad URL, which is needed by the script.

Hope it helps some.

[RonPK]

The usual purpose of rewriting URLs is to have nice URLs secretly point to ugly ones. mod_rewrite only handles requests for pages. It does not change the URLs you use on your pages: you will need to modify them by hand or in your template.

BTW: welcome to WebmasterWorld, cybermatrix.

[added: Birdman beat me again...]