How to "pretify" a url in htaccess with a few wildcards

Hi Caio,

The coding that you've tried is good, with one exception.

Replace "^/tag/" with "^tag/", so that your final coding should be:

RewriteRule ^tag/(.*)$ /cgi-bin/type/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=2&tag=$1&limit=100 [L,PT]

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Mihai Bocsaru

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i added it, it didn't work/provide results.

Where did you place the rewrite directives? Can you share the whole config block please?

You can also add the following directives to log what's going on and check that the logic works (they won't work if placed in a .htaccess file, only in a server or virtual host block):

RewriteLog /path/to/a/logfile
RewriteLogLevel 4

See: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewritelog

I have:
RewriteEngine On
# For security reasons, Option followsymlinks cannot be overridden.
# Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS}s ^on(s)|
RewriteRule ^ http%1://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

RewriteRule ^tag/(.*)$ /cgi-bin/type/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=2&tag=$1&limit=100 [L,PT]

on a shared server

That should work, as long as you're having mod_rewrite enabled.

You may like to temporary remove the block:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS}s ^on(s)|
RewriteRule ^ http%1://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

And see if the rule for the tags is working.

Tried it and nothing. How do you turn on mod_rewrite

If it is installed you turn it on with:

RewriteEngine On

To see if it is installed or not, you could create a .php file with this coding:

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

Try this code, It's working for me

Replace "^/tag/" with "^tag/", so that your final coding should be:

RewriteRule ^tag/(.*)$ /cgi-bin/type/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=2&tag=$1&limit=100 [L,PT]

Like me, nothing

RedirectMatch 301 ^/calendar-for-groups/.*$ http://www.mywebsite.com/events

Or with mod_rewrite:

RewriteRule ^calendar-for-groups/ http://www.mywebsite.com/events [R=301,L]

In my hosting there is no way to change the mod_rewrite. How can I do this?

Ask the administrator of your hosting it changes the mob rewrite

This mod_rewrite is a thorn in many people.

I have tried several times and finally I got successful. Thanks.

DocumentRoot /var/www/example.com
Alias /myapp /opt/myapp-1.2.3

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /myapp/
RewriteRule ^index\.html$ welcome.html

I have tried the case:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS}s ^on(s)|
RewriteRule ^ http%1://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

RewriteRule ^tag/(.*)$ /cgi-bin/type/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=2&tag=$1&limit=100 [L,PT]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^$
Not! use other

I have:
RewriteEngine On
# For security reasons, Option followsymlinks cannot be overridden.
# Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS}s ^on(s)|
RewriteRule ^ http%1://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

RewriteRule ^tag/(.*)$ /cgi-bin/type/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=2&tag=$1&limit=100 [L,PT]

on a shared server
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Where did you place the rewrite directives? Can you share the whole config block please?

You can also add the following directives to log what's going on and check that the logic works
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