two urls one multilingual site with Joomla and .htaccess - .htaccess

I have built a multilingual site in Joomla! 3.1.x Dutch and English, using the multilingual functions native to Joomla! 3.1.x. I have two domain names that I want to go to this site, one to the Dutch side, the other to the English side.
http://www.internationalerozekerk.nl
http://www.internationallgbtchurch.org
Number 1 should go to: index.php?lang=nl
Number 2 should go to: index.php?lang=en
In the .htaccess I have added this:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^internationallgbtchurch.org [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) ^internationalerozekerk.nl/index.php?lang=en$1 [L,R=301]
This redirects the English URL to internationalerozekerk.nl/index.php?lang=en. However, the address bar still reads: internationalerozekerk.nl/index.php?lang=en and not internationallgbtchurch.org
I haven't found anything to make the two URLs stay in the address bar.
Any suggestions?
Thanx,
Thom

You can use these rules instead for internal redirects:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?internationallgbtchurch\.org$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^$ /index.php?lang=en [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?internationalerozekerk\.nl$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^$ /index.php?lang=nl [L,QSA]
Reference: Apache mod_rewrite Introduction

Try removing the hostname and the R flag and remove the $1.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^internationallgbtchurch.org [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?lang=en [L,QSA]
For the other site:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^internationallgbtchurch.nl [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?lang=nl [L,QSA]
Adding the $1 at the end appends the request URI, which will completely mess up the query string. If you want the path to be sent as another param, then you need to be explicit about it (for example, "path"):
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^internationallgbtchurch.org [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?lang=en&path=$1 [L,QSA]

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htaccess redirect (multidomain multilanguage) subfolder wildcard

I have a typo3 installation with multidomain and multilanguage, where not every language is setup to every domain.
Languages are de/fr/en/pt/es/cn/
www.example.de can be de/en/fr but not
www.example.de pt/es/cn
now I have messed up sth. and google has indexed loads of wrong urls e.g.
www.example.de/pt/
www.example.de/es/
www.example.de/cn/
they point to languages that are not set for this domain
I am fiddling around in the htaccess to redirect 301 the wrong urls with wildcards(?) to the .tld
I am looking for a solution redirect eg.
www.example.de/pt/* to www.example.de/
www.example.de/es/* to www.example.de/
www.example.de/cn/* to www.example.de/
where the * should represent the complete sting/path following the language parameter.
and of cause the same procedure for the .com domain
www.example.com/fr/* to www.example.com/
www.example.com/de/* to www.example.com/
I searched the web up and down but nothing I tried works.
any help would highly apreciated.
a tiny step further
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.example.de
RewriteRule ^cn/(.*)$ http://www.example.de/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^pt/(.*)$ http://www.example.de/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^es/(.*)$ http://www.example.de/ [L,R=301]
this seems to work
and now for the second domain as I need to differentiate between .com and .de
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.example.com
RewriteRule ^de/(.*)$ http://www.example.com/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^fr/(.*)$ http://www.example.com/ [L,R=301]
this now breaks www.example.de/fr/whatever and redirects it to www.example.com as well.
so it looks like the first condition is matching and the the last rule is applied for french.
how can I limit the rules assigning them only to the appropriate domain conditions?
ok looks like every condition and respective rule needs to be written in a single line an repeated
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.example.de
RewriteRule ^cn/(.*)$ http://www.example.de/ [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.example.de
RewriteRule ^pt/(.*)$ http://www.example.de/ [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.example.de
RewriteRule ^es/(.*)$ http://www.example.de/ [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.example.com
RewriteRule ^de/(.*)$ http://www.example.com/ [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.example.com
RewriteRule ^fr/(.*)$ http://www.example.com/ [L,R=301]
this seems to work.
any better solution is highly appreciated

mod_rewrite select a folder for the domain

Situation
I'm using Zend framework, and thus attempt to call the folder by address ends in a fiasco and we gets the error: 'Invalid controller specified'. I needed to hook up additional forum to application in a separate folder. I change .htaccess file as follow:
RewriteRule ^forum(.*)$ forum$1 [L]
and for a while it was good, until I realized the fact that the page exists in two versions in two domains (php recognizes domain [.pl/.co.uk] and selects the language). So I decided to separate forums as a two separate modules (for example, the folder for Polish version forum will be: forum_pl, and for UK it will be: forum_uk - two different forums)
What's the problem?
It needs to rewrite .htaccess file to work like this:
IF: www.domena.pl/forum
THEN: open to the script from the folder /forum_pl
IF: www.domain.co.uk/forum
THEN: open to the script from the folder /forum_uk.
The worst thing is that when I tried to fix .htaccess file adding RewriteCond then the first redirect no longer work correctly, even after returning to the original (shown above) version.
Please help me and sorry if I did not find answers already given earlier.
EDIT:
First working solution
RewriteRule ^forum_pl(.*)$ forum_pl$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^forum_uk(.*)$ forum_uk$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.domena.pl(.*) [NC]
RewriteRule ^forum(.*)$ forum_pl$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.domain.co.uk(.*) [NC]
RewriteRule ^forum(.*)$ forum_uk$1 [L]
It's look like it wants to work but, problems that needs solution is (TODO):
When you type: www.domain.pl/forum it gets you to www.domain.pl/forum_pl/ but if you type: www.domain.pl/forum/ it gets you to www.domain.pl/forum/ (read from forum_pl). How to make that it works in first situation same, as in second.
EDIT:
My last solution:
#FORUM
#PL
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/forum$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ forum/ [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^forum_pl(.*)$ forum_pl$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/forum_pl(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domena.pl/forum/ [R=301,L] #Dosen't work properly (?)
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.domena.pl(.*) [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/forum(/?)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^forum[^/](.*)$ forum_pl/$1 #Dosen't work properly, but without it crash!
RewriteRule ^forum(.*)$ forum_pl$1 [L]
#UK
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/forum_uk(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.co.uk/forum/ [R=301,L] #Dosen't work properly (?)
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.domain.co.uk(.*) [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/forum(/?)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^forum[^/](.*)$ forum_uk/$1 #Dosen't work properly, but without it crash!
RewriteRule ^forum(.*)$ forum_uk$1 [L]
Final, working version:
RewriteRule ^forum_pl(.*)$ forum_pl$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^forum_uk(.*)$ forum_uk$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^forum_pl(.*)$ http://www.domena.pl/forum$1 [R=301,L] # Not working!
RewriteRule ^forum_uk(.*)$ http://www.domain.co.uk/forum$1 [R=301,L] # Not working!
# Normalize URL first:
RewriteRule ^forum$ forum/ [R=301,L]
# redirect to polish version of web under forum_pl if on .pl TLD and
# request is made to /forum/ (already normalized)
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} =www.domena.pl [NC]
RewriteRule ^forum(.*)$ forum_pl$1 [L]
# redirect to english version of web under forum_en in on .uk TLD and
# request is made to /forum/
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} =www.domain.co.uk [NC]
RewriteRule ^forum(.*)$ forum_uk$1 [L]
It is a pity that you can call from your browser forum_uk and forum_pl folders manually.
Not sure if I oriented correctly in your long question with some evolution :-)
Lets try this:
# Normalize URL first:
RewriteRule ^forum$ forum/ [R=301,L]
# redirect to polish version of web under forum_pl if on .pl TLD and
# request is made to /forum/ (already normalized)
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} =www.domena.pl [NC]
RewriteRule ^forum/(.*)$ http://www.domena.pl/forum_pl/$1 [R=301,L]
# redirect to english version of web under forum_en in on .uk TLD and
# request is made to /forum/
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} =www.domain.co.uk [NC]
RewriteRule ^forum/(.*)$ http://www.domain.co.uk/forum_uk/$1 [R=301,L]
If you need the rewites to act differently, let me know

.htaccess, Rewriterule not working as i want

I have this link: http://www.domain.com.mk/lajmi.php?id=2790,
and i want to change it to http://www.domain.com.mk/lajmi/2790
With this code I can change the link to /lajmi/2790 but i get 404 error.
I mean i get the link
http://www.domain.com.mk/lajmi/2790, but it has 404 error (i dont se the content)
This is my code:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain\.com\.mk$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.domain\.com\.mk$
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^id=([0-9]*)$
RewriteRule ^lajmi\.php$ http://domain.com.mk/lajmi/%1? [R=302,L]
What I am doing wrong ?
Try this one :
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?domain\.com\.mk$
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^id=(\d*)$
RewriteRule ^lajmi\.php$ http://domain.com.mk/lajmi/%1? [R=302,L]
RewriteRule ^lajmi/(\d*)$ lajmi.php?id=$1&r=0 [L]
(the &r=0 in the final rule is for not getting an infinite loop)
Single direction rewrite:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?domain\.com\.mk$
RewriteRule ^lajmi/(\d*)$ lajmi.php?id=$1 [L,QSA]
This means that every uri of kind /lajmi/2790 will be passed to /lajmi.php?id=2790 in a sub-request.
However, in this case, if the user hits /lajmi.php?id=2790 by himself, then this is the url he will see in the browser, not the "beautified one".
Bi-directional rewrite:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
; Redirect lajmi.php?id=2790 to a beutified version, but only if not in sub-request!
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?domain\.com\.mk$
RewriteCond %{IS_SUBREQ} !=true
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^id=(\d*)$
RewriteRule ^lajmi\.php$ lajmi/%1 [R=301,L]
; Make the beutified uri be actually served by lajmi.php
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?domain\.com\.mk$
RewriteRule ^lajmi/(\d*)$ lajmi.php?id=$1 [L]
Here, an additional RewriteCond was added to the first rule checking that this is not a sub-request, to ensure that the rules do not loop.
You can pick which way you like, but the first approach is enough if you build the links in your HTML in the 'beautified' way already (no need to redirect the browser twice just to see the page).

htaccess rewrite still some problems, getting a bit complex eek!

Another edition to my .htaccess rewriting saga. Everything is now working to a degree but still have some issues.
I have numerous rules to move old urls to new urls, passing variables etc - however there are still a couple of things i need to add, and for the life of me cannot figure out.
I have 3 urls that are directing/rewriting as below.
1 www.mydomain.com/news/dentistry_dental/index.php
2 www.mydomain.com/news/dentistry_dental/index.php?month=April&year=2011
3 www.mydomain.com/news/dentistry_dental/article_detail.php?article=1234&title=some-title
These are redirected & rewritten perfectly to the new urls respectively
1 www.mydomain.com/dental_news/
2 www.mydomain.com/dental_news/April-2011
3 www.mydomain.com/dental_news/1234-some-title
However... Here is the problem #1 The following urls are also redirecting as below
4 www.mydomain.com/news/it_technology/index.php?month=April&year=2011
5 www.mydomain.com/news/it_technology/article_detail.php?article=1234&title=some-title
Which are also directing to the same urls as the dental redirects
4 www.mydomain.com/dental_news/April-2011
5 www.mydomain.com/dental_news/1234-some-title
Which shouldnt be happening. The it_technology news articles have now been removed so i wish to redirect them either to my homepage with a 410 or something similar, whichever is the best option really.
My current .htaccess looks as follows.
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
rewritecond %{http_host} ^mydomain.com [nc]
rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.mydomain.com/$1 [r=301,nc]
# Rewrite all index.php to root: / ( with perm redirect )
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/generator/
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^.*/index.php
RewriteRule ^(.*)index.php$ http://www.mydomain.com/$1 [R=301]
RewriteRule ^products/dental-digital-imaging/([^/]*)_([^/]*)$ /products/digital_xray.php?id=$1&product=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^products/package_deals.php$ http://www.mydomain.com/products/dental-computer-network-bundles [R=301]
RewriteRule ^products/computer_hardware.php$ http://www.mydomain.com/products/dental-computer-solutions [R=301]
RewriteRule ^products/individual_computers.php$ http://www.mydomain.com/products/dental-computer-systems [R=301]
RewriteRule ^products/digital_xray_imaging.php$ http://www.mydomain.com/products/dental-digital-imaging [R=301]
RewriteRule dental_news/$ /news/dentistry_dental/?rewrite [L]
# Rewrite dental news article to neat nice url
# Protect from looping because of previous rules
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !rewrite
RewriteRule ^dental_news/([0-9]*)-([^/]*)$ news/dentistry_dental/article_detail.php?article=$1&title=$2&rewrite [L]
#Conditional rewrite of old news article path to new one with 301 redirect
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/dental_news/
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} article=([0-9]*)&title=([^&]*)$
RewriteRule (.*) /dental_news/%1-%2? [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/dental_news/
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} month=([^&]*)&year=([^&]*)$
RewriteRule (.*) /dental_news/%1-%2? [R=301]
# Protect from looping because of previous rules
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !rewrite
RewriteRule news/dentistry_dental/$ /dental_news/ [R=301]
# Protect from looping because of previous rules
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !rewrite
RewriteRule ^dental_news/([a-zA-Z]*)-([0-9]*)/?$ news/dentistry_dental/index.php?month=$1&year=$2&rewrite [L]
# Rewrite URL stripping .php Extension
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php
My only other requirement would be to add a trailing slash to the php files served ( that have allready add the .php extension removed with the last rule in my .htaccess.
I have tried numerous ways that i have found via google, but all of them cuase probelms with my other rules.
Hopefully someone can help me finish this off once and for all.
Regards
M
Sure is getting complicated :) Try changing these lines (I think there are 2):
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/dental_news/
to:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/news/dentistry_dental/
That way its only going to redirect the old dental news URLs to there respective new ones.
Trivially, your problem is the catch-all rules:
#Conditional rewrite of old news article path to new one with 301 redirect
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/dental_news/
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} article=([0-9]*)&title=([^&]*)$
RewriteRule (.*) /dental_news/%1-%2? [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/dental_news/
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} month=([^&]*)&year=([^&]*)$
RewriteRule (.*) /dental_news/%1-%2? [R=301]
Restrict them to the path you want to rewrite, i.e. replace .* with something more specific, like:
#Conditional rewrite of old news article path to new one with 301 redirect
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/dental_news/
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} article=([0-9]*)&title=([^&]*)$
RewriteRule ^news/dentistry_dental/index.php$ /dental_news/%1-%2? [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/dental_news/
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} month=([^&]*)&year=([^&]*)$
RewriteRule ^news/dentistry_dental/index.php$ /dental_news/%1-%2? [R=301]
You can do the news/it_technology redirect as a standard redirect.
RewriteRule ^news/it_technology http://www.thepage.com/ [R=301,L]
It might technically be more correct to do a 410, but the 410 code is really optional. You might also want to make it 404, and then have a link from the 404 page to the main page.

.htaccess redirect from subdomain's articles to main domain

I have subdomains: sub1.tld.com, sub2.tld.com and so on. This subdomains contain important info. But I want to prevent opening any other urls, for example: sub1.tld.com/anypage or sub2.tld.com/dir/more/anyurl.html. This urls must be redirected to main domain tld.com: tld.com/anypage or tld.com/dir/more/anyurl.html
So, i have to check 2 things before redirection:
it's any subdomain
it's not subdomain's root page
I created this rules:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^.+\.tld\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/$
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://tld.com/$1 [R=301,L]
This set of rules works as expected (redirects sub1.tld.com/anypage to tld.com/anypage) but also redirects sub1.tld.com to tld.com. Where is the error? 2nd string is wrong?
Try this:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^.+\.tld\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^/(.+)$ http://tld.com/$1 [R=301,L]
Or you can use this string to check if it root:
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} !^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /\ HTTP/
For some unknown reason the most reliable for checking variable was %{THE_REQUEST}, not %{REQUEST_URI}.
%{THE_REQUEST} contains raw browser's query to web-server: for example, GET /anypage.html HTTP/1.1, if you are opening url http://anysite.com/anypage.html.
So, here you are complete working rule-set for .htaccess:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^.+\.tld\.com$
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^get\ /(.+)\ http.* [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.+) http://tld.com/$1 [R=301,L]

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