Moving the .htaccess rewrite rule

I've had this mod installed for a long time, but I've recently run into a predicament.

For various reasons, I need to move the rewrite code to the .htaccess file of my domain's root instead of my /forums directory.

What can I change the .htaccess rewrite rule to in order for it to work in my root's .htaccess?

I found this Wiki page of yours: Sitemap:FAQ - VBSEO Wiki
I want to make sure that by following those steps, my root's sitemap (which is a WordPress blog) will not be overwritten. In other words, I still want my forum sitemap to be located in the same place it currently is, but I just want the rewrite rules to be specified in the root's .htaccess rather than the forum's .htaccess.

Thanks

Is this even possible to do?

Try this rule, for the .htaccess in root:

Code:

RewriteRule ^forums/((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ forums/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

So the sitemap is still served via this URI : domain.com/forums/sitemap_[...].xml.gz

Originally Posted by Shadab

Try this rule, for the .htaccess in root:

Code:

RewriteRule ^forums/((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ forums/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

So the sitemap is still served via this URI : domain.com/forums/sitemap_[...].xml.gz

Hmm... it's not working.

You need to use

Code:

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ forums/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

Originally Posted by Mert Gökçeimam

You need to use

Code:

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ forums/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

I'm pretty sure I've tried this before and it didn't work... but I'll try again.

Originally Posted by NickR

I'm pretty sure I've tried this before and it didn't work... but I'll try again.

Nope, it doesn't work either. :(

... I have no idea why.

Perhaps I should explain the reason I need to do this and you could offer a different work-around.

Basically, I need to re-write all non-WWW visits to anywhere on my site to the WWW version.
So I have this in my root .htaccess:

Code:

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

It works fine for everything except my /forums directory. I figured out that when I disable the vBSEO rewrite (by adding '#' to the beginning of the line) in my /forums/.htaccess, the WWW rewrite works.
So obviously, the vBSEO rewrite in the /forums/.htaccess is preventing the WWW rewrite in the root from working on my /forums directory.

That's why I need to get the vBSEO rewrite out of the /forums/.htaccess and into the root.
Is there another way around this? Why is the presence of the vBSEO rewrite preventing the WWW rewrite from working?

Hello,

what is your forums URL?

So I have this in my root .htaccess:
It works fine for everything except my /forums directory.

You can try to add the same rewrite rules in forums/.htaccess as well.

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

Hello,

what is your forums URL?
You can try to add the same rewrite rules in forums/.htaccess as well.

Hi,

Firstly, thank you for your continued support.

I have tried to put the WWW rewrite rule in my /forums/.htaccess as well but it tried to redirect non-WWW visitors to this: http://www.lineolatedparakeet.net//h...eet.net/forums

As you can now see, my URL is Lineolated Parakeet Forum - Linnie Forum Community

Try to change rewrite rules to:

Code:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www [NC]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} forums/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

Try to change rewrite rules to:

Code:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www [NC]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} forums/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

I placed that in my /forums/.htaccess file and re-enabled the vBSEO rewrite. I think we're close, but not quite there.

It redirects http://lineolatedparakeet.net/forums to http://www.lineolatedparakeet.net

Try this:

Code:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www [NC]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} forums/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/forums/$1 [R=301,L]

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

Try this:

Code:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www [NC]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} forums/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/forums/$1 [R=301,L]

Works like a charm! Thanks