Thread: htaccess query?

I am having a problem with my forum.

If I type --http://www.example.com-- it shows up as --http://www.example.com--

But if I click any of the Home buttons or links back to the hompage it shows up as --http://www.example.com/index.php-- I have created a .htaccess file, do I need to do anything to it?

Thanks in advance

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Well, point all the home links to --http://www.example.com-- instead of having the index.php at the end.

There isn't anything you can do with the htaccess file to change that.

You can fix this using .htaccess as well...

Something like this

Code:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^index.php
RewriteRule http://%{HTTP_HOST}/ [R=301,L]

Hope it helps...

Originally Posted by eugen

You can fix this using .htaccess as well...

Something like this

Code:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^index.php
RewriteRule http://%{HTTP_HOST}/ [R=301,L]

Hope it helps...

Does that actually change it?

I thought htaccess could only be used to redirect links (so if yoursite.com/index.php?g=123 would turn into yoursite.com/g/123 for example, and by only I mean in the scope of it changing links, I know it can do more than that). I know how to do that.

Surely it can't change the physical URL that is being linked to? The only benefit of doing this that I can see would be for SEO purposes where the only solution that I can see would be to make all your home page links point to the root instead of index.php/html/whatever. Surely doing that in htaccess would be pretty pointless?

I believe with .htaccess you can redirect anything, anywhere.

Originally Posted by Colleen

I believe with .htaccess you can redirect anything, anywhere.

Right. A ReWrite rule in .htaccess can actually re-write the URL.

With .htaccess you can do ANYTHING that has to do with URLS

- Daniel

Originally Posted by TmzHosting

With .htaccess you can do ANYTHING that has to do with URLS

- Daniel

As far as I know, you have to have the rewrite_module enabled for it to work... at least that's how it is with my local server and wordpress url rewriting.

to use mod_rewrite the rewrite module has to be enabled... as logic demands. htaccess can do a whole lot more than it often gets credit for though - from your basic reading of urls like wordpress uses to restricting access to files - htaccess isn't just the rewrite module