We have on our site hundreds of links that point to:
/about/about/filename.html
But we need them to go to:
/about/filename.html
Is there a way to point them to the correct directory?
We are running on a Linux server and the site is build with Joomla Version 1.5.10 and there is ARTIO JoomSEF 3.8.2 running on it.
Thanks
Assuming you're using the Apache webserver, you can use mod_rewrite, specifically the RewriteRule directive:
RewriteRule /about/about/(.+)$ /about/$1 [R=301]
Place this rule in your httpd.conf file in the <VirtualHost> context for the site in question, or in a .htaccess file in the site's DocumentRoot.
This rule will create a 301 Permanent redirect for requests to any path under /about/about/ to the same path under /about/. e.g., /about/about/filename.html will redirect to /about/filename.html
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I've tried to add the item below in .htaccess(wamp64\bin\apache\apache2.4.37\conf) and enabled Use URL Rewriting in Joomla however when I try to type abc.com in search engine address bar it will still redirect me to search page instead of redirecting me to the website. I've also performed checking and confirmed that .htaccess file is readable, the webpage is work when go to https://www.abc.co m however redirection still not work. I just need the page to redirect from http://abc.co m to https://www.abc.co m Is there any other way to do it? Or I'm doing it wrongly?? Please help.
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^abc.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.abc.co m/$1 [L,R=301]
The redirect itself works great. The issue is where you've put the file.
.htaccess files are meant to be in the root folder and sub-directories of your website, not in the config files for Apache. Think of them as configuration files the server will find on-the-fly as it serves up documents, not static configurations loaded when the server starts (which are found in the "conf" folder you referred to). (See https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/howto/htaccess.html)
For WAMP, the root folder is typically a folder called "www" and is normally located at c:/wamp/www. See Where is the web server root directory in WAMP? More commonly, though, this folder is called "public_html" (such as with LAMP, XAMP, MAMP, or default Apache installs).
Hi I need to redirect all subdomains in a domain to the same subdomain but at a different domain. The best way im guessing is through a htaccess file but im not sure how the file would be.
Example:
sd1.example.net ---> sd1.example.com
sd2.example.net ---> sd2.example.com
sd3.example.net ---> sd3.example.com
But I need this to be done for all of the subdomains in example.net. Thanks.
If you have an Apache server running on example.net and the requests for all the subdomains look in the same parent directory you can do something like the following:
RewriteEngine On
### Find the subdomain part (it will be available in %1)
### Use one of the RewriteCond-s and delete the other one
# Only redirect subdomains, not plain example.net
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(.*)\.example\.net$
## Redirect both subdomains and plain example.net (uncomment to enable)
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(.*\.)?example\.net$
# Find the path requested (it will be available in $0)
# This rule does not attempt to match the domain, only the path
# Redirect subdomain and path to example.com
RewriteRule ^.*$ http://%1.example.com/$0 [L]
I haven't tested this so it might be missing query strings, etc. It will also undesirably redirect https:// to http://. As long as you have a single .htaccess file that can affect all your subdomains this should work, or at least be a very good starting point. Check out Apache's mod_rewrite documentation for more information about how this works.
EDIT
Having recently wanted to do exactly this myself recently, I have worked out a short .htaccess file that does the trick:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(.*\.)?olddomain\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*?/)?public_html/(.*)?$ "http\:\/\/%1newdomain\.org\/$2" [R=301,NE,L]
It assumes the following file structure:
.htaccess
public_html/
+-content
lots/
+-public_html/
| +-content
of/
+-public_html/
| +-content
subdomains/
+-public_html/
+-content
My main site (newdomain.org) is in /public_html/. I have a number of subdomains, e.g. subdomains.newdomain.org which is in /subdomains/public_html/. This keeps all the files of each my subdomains completely separate from each other and my main site. (My hosting service recommends /public_html/, /public_html/subdomains/ but that means each subdomain is also accessible at newdomain.org/subdomains/ which is not what I want). The only restriction this gives me is that I can never have a subdomain called public_html, which I think you'll agree is perfectly acceptable.
The flags on the rule are as follows:
R=301 - Redirect with a 301 Moved Permanently code. You can change the code if you don't need a permanent redirect, e.g. 302.
NE - No Encoding - Don't URI encode the new address, i.e. keep % as %, not %25
L - Last - Stop processing rules
Note that the .htaccess file must be in the root directory of your web server, not in the directories with your content files. This is because the rewrite rule works at the file system level, not the URL address level.
An address:
any.subdomain.olddomain.com/any/address.html?any=query&you=like
is changed to:
any.subdomain.newdomain.org/any/address.html?any=query&you=like
I have my .htaccess file working in localhost. But its not working if i upload it in server. It throws me 404 error.
I am using Parallel Plesk 11.0.9 and i can't find conf file for the same on that. If anyone has any idea how to fix it or any workaround for url rewriting would be great help.
Anyway here's the code in htaccess:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^store/living/Hutches-Armoires-Side-tables-Coffee-tables-Entertainment-centers? store.php?store=Living
RewriteRule ^store/dining/sideboards-buffets-chairs-benches-Dining-table$ store.php?store=Dining
RewriteRule ^store/working/Bookshelves-Study-tables$ store.php?store=Working
RewriteRule ^store/accessories/Boxes-Photo-Frames-Mirror-Frames-Block-Stamps-and-Book-stands$ store.php?store=Accessories
RewriteRule ^store/hallway/Console-tables-Armoires$ store.php?store=Hallway
RewriteRule ^store/sleeping/Bed-Frames-Night-Stands-Dressers-Mirror-framesBed-Linens-Canopies-Curtains$ store.php?store=Sleeping
You may need to wrap your rewrite rules with:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
...
</IfModule>
...probably a good idea anyway.
Or you could try putting your rules into a vhost.conf file in the conf directory immediately below the location of your httpdocs directory. For example on a Centos machine the web root might be
/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs
and you should have a:
/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/conf
directory, this will contain a set of pregenerated Apache config files that Plesk creates. If there isn't already create a vhost.conf and add your rules between a set of
<Directory /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs/ >
... your rules ...
</Directory>
Once you've created the vhost.conf file you will need to tell plesk about it with
/usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/httpdmng --reconfigure-domain domain.com
If you still can't get it to work you can add a log for mod_rewrite, see this relevant SO answer for details
Is your Plesk running IIS and supporting PHP via FastCGI or ISAPI? If that is the case, check whether URL Rewrite is installed and follow this guide to translate htaccess (for apache) into web.config (for IIS)
How can example.com/blog seamlessly show the content of blog.example.com without a redirect?
Not this:
RewriteRule ^/blog http://blog.example.com [R=301,L]
Thanks.
In order for this to occur, both the domain and subdomain would have to be running from the same directory of files. Then you could just rewrite the /blog path to the same file that the subdomain is using to run. Depending on your permissions, it could be possible to specify a ../ path to the file that it's using if you get the directories right.
However, anytime you specify a full domain path in a rewrite rule, Apache will always redirect the request. You can't get around that.
if example.com/blog and blog.example.com(subdomain) both points to same directory(blog). Then you can directly access the specified path without any redirection.
I am running a website on MAMP, and the root is http://localhost/sandbox
When I have links that link to, for example - /calendar
it directs them to localhost/calendar, I want it to redirect to localhost/sandbox/calendar
What would I have to do in htaccess to get it to redirect everything to localhost/sandbox/ as the root?
You would usually change the application or site that generates the links, and have that add the /sandbox to the URL.
If that's not possible, putting this into the web root directory (the one above /sandbox) should do:
RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/sandbox # If URL does not start with /sandbox...
RewriteRule (.*) /sandbox/$1 # Add /sandbox/ in front of it
(if it's easier to achieve with Alias, Apache Gurus, feel free to add your solution, but I couldn't get Alias to work for this scenario.)
However, this solution will make any other directory besides /sandbox inaccessible. You may want to re-think your Virtual hosts structure!