Mod Rewrite assistance

grantw · Dec 22, 2007

I hate mod rewrite and dont think I've ever managed to get it to work from scratch.

I have these two urls:

domain.co.uk/directory/test.php?category=name

domain.co.uk/directory/test.php?category=name&page=1

Which I would like to rewrite to:

domain.co.uk/directory/category/name

domain.co.uk/directory/category/name/1

Can anyone please give me the line(s) that need to go in the .htaccess file to make this work?

Appreciated, Grant

golddiggerguy · Dec 22, 2007

POSTED IN another thread by me but here you go.

Just thought i'd add this as YES it is good we can edit WP to help with SEO as it did seem a little naff if the paths were not editable using the permalinks option before activating the All-In-One-SEO plugin for WP as it only works on Linux Servers.

So here goes the fix for it

If you have access to the server install the following software - "ISAPI rewrite" and select the domain you wish to make SEO freindly then the button EDIT
Then enter the following.

# Helicon ISAPI_Rewrite configuration file
# Version 3.0.0.23
# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase / add e.g. /blog if in a different folder
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule .* /index.php [L]
# END WordPress

This creates a .htaccess file.

Then in the wp-includes folder edit the file classes.php on line 46 ish comment out the line
$req_uri = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
like below-
//$req_uri = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
And add the following line straight after it-
$req_uri = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_REWRITE_URL'];

The first line is for linux and is not used the second line is for windows and active.

Going back to the WP dashboard under OPTIONS - PERMALINKS use something simular as image.

Hope this helps some WP hardcores to SEO to the MAX.