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#1 2006-05-06 13:48:10

TheUsability

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Registered: 2005-05-03

Posts: 51

Redirect Troubles

Hi,

I use this .htaccess in my web root to redirect all calls to “www.mysite.com” to “mysite.com” (don’t ask me why, I just like it that way):

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.mysite\.com$
RewriteRule (.*) http://mysite.com/$1 [R=Permanent]

This RewriteRule normally makes it also possible to redirect “www.mysite.com/somedir” to “mysite.com/somedir”. It doesn’t work with my TXP directory, though.

You see, I got my blog at “mysite.com/blog”. When entering “www.mysite.com/blog” it doesn’t get redirected to “mysite.com/blog”, though, it just stays at “www.mysite.com/blog”.

I would venture a guess that it’s because of the Rewrite rules in TXP’s .htaccess. Now my question: How do I change TXP’s .htaccess so that “www.mysite.com/blog” gets redirected to “mysite.com/blog” also, including subdirectories like “mysite.com/blog/category”? (I’m not much of a mod_rewrite expert, I have to admit.)

Cheers,
_TU

Last edited by TheUsability (2006-05-06 13:55:58)

#2 2006-05-06 15:26:20

els

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From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2004-06-06

Posts: 7,458

Re: Redirect Troubles

I’d try adding those two lines as they are to the textpattern .htaccess (after RewriteEngine On, and not the RewriteBase /).

#3 2006-05-06 15:39:20

TheUsability

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Registered: 2005-05-03

Posts: 51

Re: Redirect Troubles

I’m getting a Server Error 500 if I do this. My current TXP .htaccess (in mysite.com/blog) looks like this:

*
<code>
#DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
#Options +FollowSymLinks
#RewriteBase /relative/web/path/

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^(.+) – [PT,L]

RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php
</IfModule>

#php_value register_globals 0
</code>
*

I inserted the two lines

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.mysite\.com$
RewriteRule (.*) http://mysite.com/$1 [R=Permanent]

after “RewriteEngine On” one time and one time after “RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php” – both let to Server Errors.

Any idea why that is?

_TU

Last edited by TheUsability (2006-05-06 15:44:47)

#4 2006-05-06 16:39:43

els

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From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2004-06-06

Posts: 7,458

Re: Redirect Troubles

TheUsability wrote:

Any idea why that is?

Er… no. Sorry, my way of finding out what to add and where is just trial and error. But most of the time eventually I get somewhere ;)
So I’ve been trying a few things, but unfortunately this time none of them seem to work. Hopefully someone wiser than me will be able to answer your question.

#5 2006-05-06 19:24:42

Mary

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Registered: 2004-06-27

Posts: 6,236

Re: Redirect Troubles

#DirectoryIndex index.php index.html

#Options +FollowSymLinks

#RewriteBase /relative/web/path/

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.mysite\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://mysite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^(.+) - [PT,L]

RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php
</IfModule>

#php_value register_globals 0

:)

Last edited by Mary (2006-05-06 19:24:55)

#6 2006-05-06 19:36:48

TheUsability

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Registered: 2005-05-03

Posts: 51

Re: Redirect Troubles

@Mary: www.mysite.com/blog is now rewritten to mysite.com/blog which is nice. All my article urls get a 404 now, though.

I’m using the section/id variant.

#7 2006-05-06 20:02:24

TheUsability

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Registered: 2005-05-03

Posts: 51

Re: Redirect Troubles

BTW: It’s totally messed up – when I just add the two lines you describe to my current .htaccess, I get a 500 error, when I copy the whole stuff from your post, it seems to work and produces the above mentioned 404s.

Could that be? I mean, that .htaccess is this “sensible”?!

Cheers,
Ben

#8 2006-05-06 20:15:28

TheUsability

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Registered: 2005-05-03

Posts: 51

Re: Redirect Troubles

I just checked, my ftp client transfered .htaccess as a binary – stupid thing.

Anyway, the 404s (and 500s for that matter) are gone, though “www.mysite.com/blog” now redirects to “mysite.com” (and “www.mysite.com/blog/category” to “mysite.com/category”).

Cheers,
_TU

Last edited by TheUsability (2006-05-06 20:23:40)