> RewriteRule /(.*)$ http://www.foo.com/$1 [R=301] Andre, you've hit it on the nose here. Thank you and the List. On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 2:53 PM, André Warnier <aw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi. > > Am I interpreting this correctly, that the .htaccess file you are talking > about, is the one that is in the original /techblog location ? > > If so, and without taking my word for it, isn't it so for a RewriteRule that > is in a .htaccess file in such a location "/techblog", that the original URL > you are comparing against already has the "/techblog" prefix removed ? > (because you are "already there" so to speak) > > Maybe you want to try this instead : > > RewriteRule /(.*)$ http://www.foo.com/$1 [R=301] > > > > > > Matthew Sacks wrote: >> >> I cleared all rewrites so all I have is the following: >> RewriteRule ^/techblog(.*)$ http://www.foo.com/$1 [R=301] >> >> I want http://www.bar.com/techblog/thisfile.html to be redirected to >> http://www.foo.com/thisfile.html >> >> I cant seem to get this to work. all I get is 404 >> >> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Matthew Sacks <ntwrkd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> i am trying to change the base path of a directory to rewrite to a new >>> location, there are no files in the location, so it is just a >>> cosmetic/seo change. >>> >>> i have some rewrites that are put in place by my hosting provider, and >>> im having some difficulty getting the rewrite to work: >>> >>> >>> here is my .htaccess file: >>> >>> # BEGIN WordPress >>> <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> >>> RewriteEngine On >>> >>> RewriteBase /techblog/ >>> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f >>> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d >>> #RewriteRule ^/techblog /technology-blog [L] >>> RewriteRule . /techblog/index.php [L] >>> >>> >>> </IfModule> >>> >>> # END WordPress >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. >> See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx