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<ifModule> more clever stuff here </ifModule> redirecting and rewriting "The great thing about mod_rewrite is it gives you all the configurability and flexibility of Sendmail. The downside to mod_rewrite is that it gives you all the configurability and flexibility of Sendmail. " - Brian Behlendorf, Apache Group One of the more powerful tricks of the .htaccess hacker is the ability to rewrite URLs. Make no mistake, mod_rewrite is complex. The way that rules can work one minute and then seem not to the next, how browser and other in-between network caches interact with rules and testing rules is often baffling, maddening. After all this, it does work, and while I'm not planning on taking that week-end crash-course any time soon, I have picked up a few wee tricks myself, messing around with web servers and web sites, this place.. Very little here is my own invention. Beginning rewriting..
The Definitive Guide to htaccess Techniques: Do’s and Don’ts - Noupe Design Blog. Aug 10 2009 Of all the elements of web design and coding, htaccess can be one of the most intimidating.
After all, it’s an incredibly powerful tool and one that has the potential to completely break your site if you’re not careful. Below are a dozen basic htaccess techniques and tips to get you started. They’re not nearly as intimidating as many people expect, and if you study the code for a few minutes, I’m sure you’ll quickly grasp exactly how they work and why. After that are a few bewares and don’ts for working with htaccess to help keep you out of trouble, and some more resources for further working with htaccess. 12 Basic htaccess Tips: 1. .htaccess on a Linux Apache server makes it easy to create your own custom error pages. ErrorDocument 401 /401.php ErrorDocument 403 /403.php ErrorDocument 404 /404.php ErrorDocument 500 /500.php (Obviously you should replace the “/500.php” or whatever with your own file path and name.) 2. Options All -Indexes 3. DirectoryIndex news.html. Redirecting URLs with Apache’s mod_rewrite. Path // → → URL REWRITING The Apache server’s mod_rewrite module gives you the ability to transparently redirect one URL to another, without the user’s knowledge.
This opens up all sorts of possibilities, from simply redirecting old URLs to new addresses, to cleaning up the ‘dirty’ URLs coming from a poor publishing system — giving you URLs that are friendlier to both readers and search engines. This page was last updated on 2012-08-21 An Introduction to Rewriting Readable URLs are nice. However, there are some cases when the best possible information design can’t stop your site’s URLs from being nigh-on impossible to use. This is a horrible URL, but it and its brethren are becoming increasingly prevalent in these days of dynamically-generated pages.
It exposes the underlying technology of the website (in this case ASP). Luckily, using rewriting, we can clean up this URL to something far more manageable. Much better. Basic Rewriting RewriteEngine on Basic Redirects Forcing New Requests.