Couple of annoying problems with root rewrites

First what I am using as my root .htaccess file (Yes I know the last part is commented out, because it was giving me errors):

# $Id: .htaccess,v 1.3 2003/06/12 10:53:20 hpdl Exp $
#
# This is used with Apache WebServers
#
# For this to work, you must include the parameter 'Options' to
# the AllowOverride configuration
#
# Example:
#
# <Directory "/usr/local/apache/htdocs">
# AllowOverride Options
# </Directory>
#
# 'All' with also work. (This configuration is in the
# apache/conf/httpd.conf file)

# The following makes adjustments to the SSL protocol for Internet
# Explorer browsers

<IfModule mod_setenvif.c>
<IfDefine SSL>
SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" \
nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown \
downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
</IfDefine>
</IfModule>

# Fix certain PHP values
# (commented out by default to prevent errors occuring on certain
# servers)

#<IfModule mod_php4.c>
# php_value session.use_trans_sid 0
# php_value register_globals 1
#</IfModule>

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(.*)\.mustangevolution\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mustangevolution.com/$1 [R=301,L]

#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !forum/
#RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !vbseourl=
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
#RewriteRule ^(.*)$ forum/vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&vbseorelpath=../&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !forum/
#RewriteRule ^(.*.php)$ forum/vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&vbseorelpath=../&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

Secondly what I am using as my custom rewrite rules:

'index\.php\?page=1994-1998history' => '1994-1998-ford-mustang-history-information/'
'index\.php\?page=1994history' => '1994-ford-mustang-history-information/'
'index\.php\?page=1995history' => '1995-ford-mustang-history-information/'
'index\.php\?page=1996history' => '1996-ford-mustang-history-information/'
'index\.php\?page=1997history' => '1997-ford-mustang-history-information/'
'index\.php\?page=1998history' => '1998-ford-mustang-history-information/'
'index\.php\?page=1999-2004history' => '1999-2004-ford-mustang-history-information/'
'index\.php\?page=1999history' => '1999-ford-mustang-history-information/'
'index\.php\?page=2000history' => '2000-ford-mustang-history-information/'
'index\.php\?page=2001history' => '2001-ford-mustang-history-information/'
'index\.php\?page=2002history' => '2002-ford-mustang-history-information/'
'index\.php\?page=2003history' => '2003-ford-mustang-history-information/'
'index\.php\?page=2004history' => '2004-ford-mustang-history-information/'
'index\.php\?page=2005history' => '2005-ford-mustang-history-information/'
'index\.php\?page=1994specifications' => '1994-ford-mustang-specifications/'
'index\.php\?page=1995specifications' => '1995-ford-mustang-specifications/'
'index\.php\?page=1996specifications' => '1996-ford-mustang-specifications/'
'index\.php\?page=1997specifications' => '1997-ford-mustang-specifications/'
'index\.php\?page=1998specifications' => '1998-ford-mustang-specifications/'
'index\.php\?page=1999specifications' => '1999-ford-mustang-specifications/'
'index\.php\?page=2000specifications' => '2000-ford-mustang-specifications/'
'index\.php\?page=2000cobrar' => '2000-ford-mustang-cobra-r-specifications/'
'index\.php\?page=2001specifications' => '2001-ford-mustang-specifications/'
'index\.php\?page=2001bullit' => '2001-ford-mustang-bullitt-specifications/'
'index\.php\?page=2002specifications' => '2002-ford-mustang-specifications/'
'index\.php\?page=2003specifications' => '2003-ford-mustang-specifications/'
'index\.php\?page=2003cobra' => '2003-ford-mustang-cobra-specifications/'
'index\.php\?page=2003mach1' => '2003-ford-mustang-mach1-specifications/'
'index\.php\?page=2004specifications' => '2004-ford-mustang-specifications/'
'index\.php\?page=2004cobra' => '2004-ford-mustang-cobra-specifications/'
'index\.php\?page=2004mach1' => '2004-ford-mustang-mach1-specifications/'
'index\.php\?page=2005specifications' => '2005-ford-mustang-specifications/'
'index\.php\?page=history' => 'ford-mustang-history-information/'
'index\.php\?page=advertising' => 'advertising/'

First problem:

When I uncomment the part of the .htaccess file for the root rewrites I get redirected when I try to visit my phpadsnew folder http://www.mustangevolution.com/phpadsnew/

The url I get redirected to is: http://www.mustangevolution.com/forum/?vbseorelpath=../ It loads the forumhome page with that url in the url area

Second problem is:

None of my urls are being rewrote before I click. They are only getting rewrote when I click on them. If you hover over the link it will show the old dynamic link, but when you click the link it will rewrite it perfect.

Those are all I got now!

First problem:

When I uncomment the part of the .htaccess file for the root rewrites I get redirected when I try to visit my phpadsnew folder http://www.mustangevolution.com/phpadsnew/

The url I get redirected to is: http://www.mustangevolution.com/forum/?vbseorelpath=../ It loads the forumhome page with that url in the url area

You may either exclude phpadsnew from processing:

Code:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !forum/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !phpadsnew/
RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ forum/vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&vbseorelpath=../&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

or allow processing of php files at the root level only:

Code:

RewriteRule ^([^/]*\.php)$ forum/vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&vbseorelpath=../&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

Second problem is:

None of my urls are being rewrote before I click. They are only getting rewrote when I click on them. If you hover over the link it will show the old dynamic link, but when you click the link it will rewrite it perfect.

Are they non-rewritten on all pages (both vB and non-vB)?

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

You may either exclude phpadsnew from processing:

Code:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !forum/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !phpadsnew/
RewriteRule ^(.*.php)$ forum/vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&vbseorelpath=../&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

or allow processing of php files at the root level only:

Code:

RewriteRule ^([^/]*.php)$ forum/vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&vbseorelpath=../&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

Are they non-rewritten on all pages (both vBulletin and non-vB)?

They are rewritten on forum pages but not non forum pages

Ok, I see. The problem is found and fixed

Thanks for reporting!

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