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AndyHowells

Hey guys,

I'm trying to rewrite a URL but not having much luck, it is a Wordpress site, so not sure if that makes a difference.

I'm trying to make it so someone could go to http://domain.com/demos/FILENAME.php

The actual file path would be http://domain.com/wp-content/themes/themename/demos/FILENAME.php

I've tried a few so far like;

  RewriteRule ^demos/(.*) /wp-content/themes/themename/$1

So far having no luck though - any tips?

BenWalker

Your code loses the demos part in the regex. You need to include it.

RewriteRule ^demos/(.*) /wp-content/themes/themename/$1

$1 will read FILENAME.PHP, so the final URL becomes /wp-content/themes/themename/FILENAME.PHP.

Try:

RewriteRule ^demos/(.*) /wp-content/themes/themename/demos/$1

AndyHowells

Hi mate,

Ah that was a typo when I created the thread - I was already doing your changed one, no luck unfortunately.

Here's what I have inside the HTAccess file;

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^codeboxers.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://codeboxers.com/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^demos/(.*) /wp-content/themes/codeboxers/demos/$1

BenWalker

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

This block combined tells the server that if the request doesn't point to an existing file or directory, then re-route it to index.php. Your later rewrite rule can't be reached. Put it earlier.

AndyHowells

@benwalker Hmm, sadly that doesn't work either.

BenWalker

Could you post again what you are using. I moved the line beneath the RewriteBase and it worked fine. I would suggest finishing the line with [L] if you aren't looking to further process the URL.

AndyHowells

Ah! That did it, moving it below the Rewrite base. Final completed version below;

  # BEGIN WordPress
  <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /
  RewriteRule ^demos/(.*) /wp-content/themes/codeboxers/demos/$1 [L]
  RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
  RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^codeboxers.com$ [NC]
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://codeboxers.com/$1 [L,R=301]

  </IfModule>

  # END WordPress

BenWalker

Sorry -- I should have been more specific when I said "put it earlier" :-)

I'm glad you've got it working.

AndyHowells

No worries - thanks for your help mate, it was driving me nuts.

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