htaccess problem

Currently my htaccess is working in my forums directory, for example if I type in vBulletin SEO Forums - Search Engine Optimization Plugin for vBulletin that will redirect me to Gamerz Needs - For All Your Gaming Needs!


However my htaccess file got changed for Gamerz Needs So now I'm getting a lot of errors from people trying to access files that are no longer there, i want to redirect anything that people enter for http://www.gamerzneeds.net/ (what ever they enter here wrong) to go to Gamerz Needs


I was trying to stop hotlinking, and i think cpanel may have got rid of my working one.

so here is what i now have.

# -FrontPage-

IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>
AuthName Gamerz Needs
AuthUserFile /home/gamerzne/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
AuthGroupFile /home/gamerzne/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp


RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://gamerzneeds.net/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://gamerzneeds.net$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.gamerzneeds.net/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.gamerzneeds.net$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|bmp|png)$ http://www.gamerzneeds.net/forums/pic.jpg [R,NC]

Thanks

Hello Matt,

to perform redirects for all URLs like:

Code:

http://www.gamerzneeds.net/wrongurl.html

TO:

Code:

http://www.gamerzneeds.net/

You should add the following to the bottom of your root .htaccess:

Code:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !forums/
RewriteRule .* http://www.gamerzneeds.net/ [L,R=301]

Thankyou, that works.


do you mind explaining what each part means so I maybe able to learn a bit more.

Thanks

Sure:
1. the first line means "if requested file doesn't exists"..
2. the second line means "if requested folder doesn't exists"..
3. the thirs line means "requested URL doesn't point to forums/ folder"..
4. last line means "if ALL conditions above are met, redirect to homepage"

Line 3: Does that mean if I have a folder called /matt then it will now get redirected to the home directory as it is not the forums folder

Or does it not work like that? and why?

Thanks

Yes, it means that when you request http://www.domain.com/matt/ and /matt/ folder exists at your host, the redirect will not be performed.

Just an update: Many changes have occured since this thread. can you take a look at my htaccess file now, and see what changes I should make for this to work again.

Code:

RewriteEngine On 
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)$ forums/register.php?referrerid=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ forums/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

RewriteRule ^vote-([0-9]*).html index.php?page=Vote&id=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^poll-([0-9]*).html index.php?page=Poll&id=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^poll-([0-9]*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Poll&id=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^poll.reportcomment.([0-9]*)-([0-9]*).html index.php?page=Poll&id=$2&op=reportcomment&commentid=$1 [L,NS]

RewriteRule ^polls.html index.php?page=Polls [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^login.html index.php?page=Login [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^changepw.html index.php?page=Password [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^activate/(.*) activate.php?key=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^archive-([^/]*)-([^/]*).html index.php?page=Archive&archive_month=$1&tag=$2 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^archive-([^/]*).html index.php?page=Archive&archive_month=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^archive.html index.php?page=Archive [L,NS]

RewriteRule ^faq-([0-9]*)-(.*).html index.php?page=FAQ&id=$1 [L,NS]

RewriteRule ^articles.html index.php?page=Articles [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^article-([0-9]*).html index.php?page=Articles&action=showarticle&id=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^article-([0-9]*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Articles&action=showarticle&id=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^articlenav-(.*)-page-(.*).html index.php?page=Articles&action=showarticle&id=$1&nav=$2 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^articletype-(.*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Articles&action=cat&type=$1&p=$2 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^articlesearch.html index.php?page=Search&exec=Search&t=articles [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^articles-(.*).html index.php?page=Articles&action=cat&type=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)-([0-9]*)-articlenav.html index.php?page=Articles&action=cat&type=$1&nav=$2 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)-([0-9]*)-articlenav-(.*).html index.php?page=Articles&action=cat&type=$1&nav=$2&p=$3 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^article.reportcomment.([0-9]*)-([0-9]*).html index.php?page=Articles&action=showarticle&id=$2&op=reportcomment&commentid=$1 [L,NS]

RewriteRule ^cheats.html index.php?page=Cheats [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^cheatlist-(.*)-(.*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Cheats&start=$1&cat=$2&nav=$3 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^cheat-([0-9]*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Cheats&action=show&game=$1&platform=$2 [L,NS]

RewriteRule ^companylist-(.*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Companies&start=$1&nav=$2 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^company-(.*).html index.php?page=Companies&action=show&t=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^companies.html index.php?page=Companies [L,NS]

RewriteRule ^linklist-([0-9]*)-([0-9]*).html index.php?page=Links&action=cat&cat_id=$1&nav=$2 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^link-([0-9]*).html index.php?page=Links&action=out&id=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^links.html index.php?page=Links [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^linkcat-([0-9]*).html index.php?page=Links&action=cat&cat_id=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^linknav-([0-9]*)-([0-9]*).html index.php?page=Links&action=cat&cat_id=$1&nav=$2 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]*)-([0-9]*)-linknav-(.*).html index.php?page=Links&action=cat&cat_id=$1&nav=$2&orderby=$3 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^linksearch.html index.php?page=Search&exec=Search&t=links [L,NS]

RewriteRule ^videolist-(.*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Video&action=cat&cat_id=$1&nav=$2 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^video-([0-9]*).html index.php?page=Video&action=showvideo&id=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^video-([0-9]*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Video&action=showvideo&id=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^video.html index.php?page=Video [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^videos.html index.php?page=Video [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^videocat-([0-9]*).html index.php?page=Video&action=cat&cat_id=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]*)-([0-9]*)-videonav.html index.php?page=Video&action=cat&cat_id=$1&nav=$2 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^video.reportcomment.([0-9]*)-([0-9]*).html index.php?page=Video&action=showvideo&id=$2&op=reportcomment&commentid=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^videosearch.html index.php?page=Search&exec=Search&t=video [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]*)-([0-9]*)-videonav-(.*).html index.php?page=Video&action=cat&cat_id=$1&nav=$2&orderby=$3 [L,NS]

RewriteRule ^medialist-(.*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Media&action=cat&cat_id=$1&nav=$2 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^media-(.*).html index.php?page=Media&action=showfile&id=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^media.html index.php?page=Media [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^mediacat-(.*).html index.php?page=Media&action=cat&cat_id=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]*)-([0-9]*)-medianav.html index.php?page=Media&action=cat&cat_id=$1&nav=$2 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^media.reportcomment.([0-9]*)-([0-9]*).html index.php?page=Media&action=showfile&id=$2&op=reportcomment&commentid=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^mediasearch.html index.php?page=Search&exec=Search&t=screenshots [L,NS]

RewriteRule ^gamestatadd-(.*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Games&action=showgame&id=$1&add=$2 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^gamestatrem-(.*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Games&action=showgame&id=$1&remove=$2 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^gamemedia-(.*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Games&action=showgame&id=$1&show=Media&nav=$2 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^gamelist-([^/]*)-([^/]*)-([0-9]*)-([^/]*).html index.php?page=Games&start=$1&cat=$2&nav=$3&genre=$4 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^games.html index.php?page=Games [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^game-([0-9]*).html index.php?page=Games&action=showgame&id=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^game-([0-9]*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Games&action=showgame&id=$1 [L,NS]

RewriteRule ^game.articles-(.*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Games&action=showgame&id=$1&show=articles [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^game.faq-(.*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Games&action=showgame&id=$1&show=faq [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^game.achievements-(.*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Games&action=showgame&id=$1&show=achievements [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^game.files-(.*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Games&action=showgame&id=$1&show=files [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^game.media-(.*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Games&action=showgame&id=$1&show=media [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^game.video-(.*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Games&action=showgame&id=$1&show=video [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^game.cheats-(.*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Games&action=showgame&id=$1&show=cheats [L,NS]

RewriteRule ^topgames.html index.php?page=Top+Games [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^topgames-(.*).html index.php?page=Top+Games&cat=$1 [L,NS]

RewriteRule ^upcoming-(.*).html index.php?page=Upcoming+Games&cat=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^upcoming.html index.php?page=Upcoming+Games [L,NS]

RewriteRule ^members.html index.php?page=Members [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^memberlist-(.*)-([0-9]*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Members&start=$1&nav=$2&country=$3 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^system-(.*) index.php?page=Console&p=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^online.html index.php?page=Online [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^usercp.html index.php?page=User+CP [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^editprofile-do.html index.php?page=Edit+Profile&edit=do [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^editprofile.html index.php?page=Edit+Profile [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^inbox.html index.php?page=User+CP&action=messages [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^myblog.html index.php?page=User+CP&action=blog [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^myblog-edit-([0-9]*).html index.php?page=User+CP&action=blog&op=edit&id=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^myblog-remove-([0-9]*).html index.php?page=User+CP&action=blog&op=remove&id=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^myblog-removeyes-([0-9]*).html index.php?page=User+CP&action=blog&op=remove&id=$1&exec=remove [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^myblog-add.html index.php?page=User+CP&action=blog&op=add [L,NS]

RewriteRule ^search.html index.php?page=Search&exec=Search [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^gamesearch.html index.php?page=Search&exec=Search&t=games [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^cheatsearch.html index.php?page=Search&exec=Search&t=cheats [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^filesearch.html index.php?page=Search&exec=Search&t=file [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^forumsearch.html index.php?page=Search&exec=Search&t=forums [L,NS]

RewriteRule ^contact.html index.php?page=Contact [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^contact-thanks.html index.php?page=Contact&action=thanks [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^logout.html index.php?page=Logout [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^logout-yes.html index.php?page=Logout&logmeout=1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^profile-(.*).html index.php?page=User+Profile&u=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^allshouts.html shoutbox_all.php [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^company-(.*).html index.php?page=Company&action=show&t=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^register.html index.php?page=Register [L,NS]

RewriteRule ^pages.html index.php?page=Page [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^page-(.*).html index.php?page=Page&action=showpage&id=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^page-(.*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Page&action=showpage&id=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^pagenav-(.*).html index.php?page=Page&orderby=$1 [L,NS]

RewriteRule ^blognav-([0-9]*).html index.php?page=Blogs&nav=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^blogs.html index.php?page=Blogs [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^blog-([0-9]*).html index.php?page=Blogs&action=show&id=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^blog-([0-9]*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Blogs&action=show&id=$1 [L,NS]

RewriteRule ^forums.html forums.php?page=Forums [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^forums-allread.html forums.php?page=Forums&op=allread [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^forum-(.*).html forums.php?page=Forums&show=forum&id=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^thread-(.*).html forums.php?page=Forums&show=thread&id=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^newthread-(.*).html forums.php?page=Forums&show=newthread&fid=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^reply-(.*)-(.*).html forums.php?page=Forums&show=reply&id=$1&fid=$2 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^threadnav-(.*)-(.*).html forums.php?page=Forums&show=forum&id=$1&nav=$2 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^postnav-(.*)-(.*).html forums.php?page=Forums&show=thread&id=$1&nav=$2 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^reply.quote-([0-9]*)-([0-9]*)-([0-9]*).html forums.php?page=Forums&show=reply&id=$2&fid=$3&quote=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^post.report-([0-9]*)-([0-9]*).html forums.php?page=Forums&show=report&id=$1&return_thread=$2 [L,NS]

RewriteRule ^video-([0-9]*).html video.php?id=$1 [L,NS]

RewriteRule ^files.html index.php?page=Files [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^filecat-([0-9]*).html index.php?page=Files&action=cat&cat_id=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^file-([0-9]*).html index.php?page=Files&action=showfile&id=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^file-([0-9]*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Files&action=showfile&id=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]*)-([0-9]*)-filenav.html index.php?page=Files&action=cat&cat_id=$1&nav=$2 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]*)-([0-9]*)-filenav-(.*).html index.php?page=Files&action=cat&cat_id=$1&nav=$2&orderby=$3 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^file.reportcomment.([0-9]*)-([0-9]*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Files&action=showfile&id=$2&op=reportcomment&commentid=$1 [L,NS]

RewriteRule ^submitreview-(.*).html index.php?page=Submit&type=Article&ratingid=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^submit-news.html index.php?page=Submit+News [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^submit-file.html index.php?page=Submit&type=File [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^submit-article.html index.php?page=Submit&type=Article [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^submitcheat-(.*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Submit&type=Cheats&game=$1&platform=$2 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^submit-media.html index.php?page=Submit&type=Media [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^submit-link.html index.php?page=Submit&type=Links [L,NS]

RewriteRule ^game.cheats-([0-9]*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Games&action=showgame&id=$1&show=Cheats [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^game.media-([0-9]*)-([0-9*]*).html index.php?page=Games&action=showgame&id=$1&show=Media&nav=$3 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^game.articles-([0-9]*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Games&action=showgame&id=$1&show=Articles [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^game.faq-([0-9]*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Games&action=showgame&id=$1&show=FAQ [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^game.achievements-([0-9]*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Games&action=showgame&id=$1&show=Achievements [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^game.files-([0-9]*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Games&action=showgame&id=$1&show=Files [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^game.video-([0-9]*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Games&action=showgame&id=$1&show=Video [L,NS]

RewriteRule ^story-([0-9]*).html index.php?page=Story&id=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^story-([0-9]*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Story&id=$1 [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^story.reportcomment.([0-9]*)-([0-9]*)-(.*).html index.php?page=Story&id=$2&op=reportcomment&commentid=$1 [L,NS]

RewriteRule ^notepad.html index.php?page=User+CP&action=notepad [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^sig.jpg sig.php [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^rss.xml rss.php [L,NS]
RewriteRule ^rss-articles.xml rss-articles.php [L,NS]

RewriteRule ^forumz?(/.*)?$ http://www.gamerzneeds.net/forums/? [L,R=301]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ forums/vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ forums/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.gamerzneeds\.net
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.gamerzneeds.net/$1 [L,R=301]

<Files 403.shtml>
order allow,deny
allow from all
</Files>

deny from ******

AuthUserFile "/home/****/.htpasswds/public_html/passwd"

What exactly is the issue you have now?

Same as before. I want to have it so when I go to mysite.com/wrongurlhere that it will redirect to mysite.com

and when I go to mysite.com/forums/wrongurlhere that it will redirect to mysite.com/forums/

Do you have "File not found" handling option in vBSEO CP set to "Redirect to homepage"?

Edit: that is for the forums/ folder, the code for domain root was posted above: htaccess problem

Thanks.

Question: What is your preferred option? Having it redirect or having a custom php page?

I prefer "send 404 code" option to clearly mark incorrect URLs as "not found". You can use it in combination with "Custom page" option to show content to your visitor, while providing 404 http header.