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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41579.0&return_msg=41579.1"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41579.1">1–10</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41579.11">11–20</a>…<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41579.41">41–50</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=41579.1">htaccess mojo</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="41579_1_50_10"> <a name="a41579_1"></a><div class="message" id="message_41579_1"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time"> 1 Sep 2015 20:38</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">1 of 50</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41579.1">41579.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I want a rewrite rule for a new website to redirect all [old] urls to index page. Got this offa <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17709500/how-to-redirect-all-pages-only-to-index-html-using-htaccess-file-and-not-redirec">stack overflow</a>:<br /><br /> RewriteEngine on<br /> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index.html$<br /> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.(gif|jpe?g|png|css|js|pdf)$<br /> RewriteRule .* /index.html [L,R=302]<br /><br /> I dunno if the shared remote host has mod rewrite enabled (I only have ftp access), but when I put that up the server throws an error.<br /><br /> May I therefore assume that mod rewrite <strong>is</strong> enabled, but the htaccess code given is defective?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41579.1&return_msg=41579.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41579.1"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41579_2"></a><div class="message" id="message_41579_2"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time"> 1 Sep 2015 21:20</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 1 Sep 2015 22:23"></span></span> <span class="message_count">2 of 50</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41579.2">41579.2</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41579.1#a41579_1" target="_self">41579.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Ditch the existing conditions and use: <pre> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !-f</pre> <p>Which confirms the request is not for a file (you can do !-d to exclude directories). Much simpler than faffing with extensions.</p> <p>The default for R is 302 already (so just [L,R] will do), but you possibly want 301 (permanent change) instead (although also best to wait until the rule works before doing that, to prevent browsers being annoying.)</p> <p>If that still errors, see if you've got a log file giving any messages (might be mod_rewrite specific or in the Apache-wide error_log) - nothing is jumping out at me, but I am tired enough to potentially miss something obvious.</p> <div class="edit_text">EDITED: 1 Sep 2015 21:20 by BOUGHTONP</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41579.2&return_msg=41579.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41579.2"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41579_3"></a><div class="message" id="message_41579_3"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time"> 1 Sep 2015 22:29</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 2 Sep 2015 21:29"></span></span> <span class="message_count">3 of 50</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41579.3">41579.3</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41579.1#a41579_2" target="_self">41579.2</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Thanks Peter. I'll give it a whirl tomorrow. If that works, I need to essay something fancier:<br /><br /> something.html to index.html#something (the old pages have been converted to includes, using original file names)<div class="edit_text">EDITED: 1 Sep 2015 22:30 by DSMITHHFX</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41579.3&return_msg=41579.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41579.3"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41579_4"></a><div class="message" id="message_41579_4"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time"> 2 Sep 2015 15:42</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">4 of 50</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41579.4">41579.4</a></div> <div class="message_body"> OK I got it working using this:<br /> <div class="quotetext"><strong>Code:</strong> </div> <pre class="code"> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^/index.html$ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.html [L] </pre> And I (then) got it appending the url as a hash (replacing last line above): <div class="quotetext"><strong>Code:</strong> </div> <pre class="code"> RewriteRule ^(.+)\.html?$ /index.html#$1 [R,L,NE]</pre> This is on a staging server root, not sure <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9032179/mod-rewrite-to-remove-file-extension-add-trailing-slash-remove-www-and-redirec">if it's going to work on shared hosting</a> though.<br /><br /> For my next trick(s), I need to work out how to update the hash to reflect ensuing ajax content changes, and maybe the history. <span class="emoticon e_horror" title=":-&"><span class="e__">:-&</span></span><div class="edit_text">EDITED: 2 Sep 2015 15:43 by DSMITHHFX</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41579.4&return_msg=41579.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41579.4"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41579_5"></a><div class="message" id="message_41579_5"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time"> 2 Sep 2015 22:02</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Sep 2015 00:01"></span></span> <span class="message_count">5 of 50</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41579.5">41579.5</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41579.1#a41579_4" target="_self">41579.4</a></div> <div class="message_body"> That first condition is redundant if index.html exists (the -f will get it), but if you want to do it as a safety/sanity check, I tend to do so as a distinct rule, like so: <pre>RewriteRule ^index\.html - [L] RewriteRule ^(favicon\.ico|robots\.txt)$ - [L]</pre> <p>Where the hyphen says "don't rewrite it". </p><p>The reason for having distinct rules being both readability and because despite being written first the rewrite conditions are checked after the first part of the RewriteRule is tested - so it feels better having distinct rules. (There'll be a (probably very minor) performance benefit too.)</p> <br /><p>I've not had problems with ErrorDocument - it is necessary to set it with cPanel, but all I do is this: </p><pre>ErrorDocument 404 default ErrorDocument 403 default ErrorDocument 410 default ErrorDocument 500 default</pre> <p>Don't remember if the order is relevant, but I have them after the RewriteEngine On line but before any rules are listed.</p> <br /><p>HTML5 History stuff is piss easy - just use this: <a href="https://github.com/browserstate/history.js/">https://github.com/browserstate/history.js/</a> </p><p>There should be enough docs/examples/etc there to get it going, but I can probably answer questions if it misses anything.</p></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41579.5&return_msg=41579.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41579.5"> <span class="rating">+1/1</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41579_6"></a><div class="message" id="message_41579_6"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Matt<span class="message_time"> 3 Sep 2015 05:34</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">6 of 50</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41579.6">41579.6</a></div> <div class="message_body"> People still use Apache? Oh.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41579.6&return_msg=41579.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41579.6"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41579_7"></a><div class="message" id="message_41579_7"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time"> 3 Sep 2015 06:10</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Matt <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Sep 2015 12:03"></span></span> <span class="message_count">7 of 50</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41579.7">41579.7</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41579.1#a41579_6" target="_self">41579.6</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Meow <span class="emoticon e_cat" title="(cat)"><span class="e__">(cat)</span></span></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41579.7&return_msg=41579.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41579.7"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41579_8"></a><div class="message" id="message_41579_8"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time"> 3 Sep 2015 09:38</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Matt <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Sep 2015 12:03"></span></span> <span class="message_count">8 of 50</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41579.8">41579.8</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41579.1#a41579_6" target="_self">41579.6</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Me to client: 'Why is your small, retail professional services web site that probably gets a half-dozen visits on a good day running on an apache server?'<br /> <br /> Client: 'Huh?'</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41579.8&return_msg=41579.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41579.8"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41579_9"></a><div class="message" id="message_41579_9"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Matt<span class="message_time"> 3 Sep 2015 12:04</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Sep 2015 12:10"></span></span> <span class="message_count">9 of 50</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41579.9">41579.9</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41579.1#a41579_8" target="_self">41579.8</a></div> <div class="message_body"> You should have said, "I can make your web site go faster"</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41579.9&return_msg=41579.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41579.9"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down 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