mod_rewrite, put WordPress in sub-dir on server seamlessly? - apache

I use WordPress for personal a blog. Now I want to make it my personal website. Hence, I'd like the URL to be mysite.com rather than mysite.com/blog (e.g. mysite.com/2009/10/blog-entry rather than mysite.com/blog/2009/10/blog-entry)
A simple way is to move /blog/* to /blog. But this will make WordPress files mess up with existing files I stored in /
What I did was:
- Create .htaccess in /
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
# Automatically send to blog when entering homepage (no requestfile supplied)
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^$ /blog/index.php [L]
# When inside blog, parse parse stuff
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /blog/index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
It solved the problem. HOWEVER:
all the css and js and embed uploaded image DON'T work, as mod_rewrite would keep rewriting this.
mysite.com/wp-admin doesn't work, since it will be rewritten as mysite.com/blog/index.php?...=wp-admin
Is there a way to solve this problem?

Try this rule:
RewriteRule !^blog(/|$) blog%{REQUEST_URI}

Related

RewriteRule 301 redirect for whole directory and sub-directories

I really need your help with this one...
I'm simply trying to redirect EVERYTHING in a directory to another. It looks simple when I read about it, but in real life, it's not working... Here is my entire .htaccess file right now:
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
# Redirect all to HTTPS
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://example.org/$1 [R]
# End redirect
#301 REDIRECTS
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteRule ^mydir/(.*)$ /mydir-and-more/$1 [R=301,NC,L]
Fisrt, there is Wordpress stuff in didn't mess with.
Then, the code i copy/pasted from some site to redirect http to https. It works well. Note that i removed the "L" argument from the list to make sure my next rules will work.
After comes the part I'm strugling with.
So, it really is like that. My new directory starts with the same word then my old directory.
I copied this line from there: https://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/redirecting-a-web-folder-directory-to-another-in-htaccess/
On the Apache web site (https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html) it says that i should use a / between ^ and mydir. Tried it, didn't work.
I tried moving Options +FollowSymLinks at the top of the file. Nothing.
When i use something like this:
RedirectMatch 301 ^/mydir/ https://example.org/mydir-and-more/
This works. But only moves the exact /mydir/ address. It doesn't move the whole directory. Also, if I type in https://example.org/mydir without the last /, it won't work. If i add the / in the Redirect match, it doesn't work anymore because its the same word!
So, here I am, totally confused! Please, any expert advise on this one? Thanks!!
You need to move you rules before the wordpress defined ones.
In fact if you try to access you site the rewrite rules elaboration stops at
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
That instruction means "manage all paths that are not already beign managed by upper rule and stop elaboration ([L] stands for last)".
You can safely place your rules above the wordpress ones, better in a ifmodule
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteRule ^/mydir/(.*)$ /mydir-and-more/$1 [R=301,NC,L]
</IfModule>
# BEGIN WordPress
Funniest thing is, I solved my problem by fooling around! I didn't really need the RewriteRule, all I needed to write instead of the RewriteRule was exactly this :
Redirect 301 /mydir https://example.org/mydir-and-more
I don't even need the Options +FollowSymLinks.

Symfony2 htaccess mod rewrite issue

I've been having this issue for quite some time. Right now we are using a shared hosting plan and have four domains, one of which points to a symfony project. My goal is simply to omit having the app.php included in the URL. Without any .htaccess applied, all domains work flawlessly and when trying to navigate to the symfony domain I simply get a directory listing instead of having the page render, unless I include the app.php in the URL.
When applying the below htaccess, all non-symfony related domains show a 500 error and the one symfony related domain renders successfully, without the app.php in the URL. My goal at this point is to modify the htaccess so that all non-symfony related domains render successfully as they did before, while still maintaining the below .htacces to omit the app.php from the Symfony related project.
I appreciate any suggestions on how to resolve this issue. Thanks in advance!
.htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
# Explicitly disable rewriting for front controllers
RewriteRule ^app.php - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
# Change below before deploying to production
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /app.php [QSA,L]
</IfModule>
Replace the line :
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
With :
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule .? - [L]

Using .HTACCESS Rewrite Rule

I'm trying to rewrite URLs for my dynamically generated PHP site.
I load new templates into index.php by using the following GET:
localhost/dmk/?req=signin
localhost/dmk/?req=useraccount
I want these links to appear as:
localhost/dmk/signin
localhost/dmk/useraccount
But for the life of me I cannot figure out how to do this. Everything I try either produces a 500 Internal Server Error, or has no effect at all.
I must be missing the point of RewriteRule.
You should read some documentation in this direction. I know it's a bit frustrating at first to write the rules, but it gets easier. You need to learn regular expressions to write the rules (you can start here: http://www.regular-expressions.info/)
As for the rules you need, they go like this:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^signin$ index.php?req=signin [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^useraccount$ index.php?req=useraccount [L,QSA]
or
RewriteRule ^(signin|useraccount)$ index.php?res=$1 [L,QSA]
You can paste the rules you have used, maybe someone will explain you what you did wrong.
Try this
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d # not a dir
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f # not a file
RewriteRule ^dmk/(.+)$ dmk/?req=$1 [NC,QSA,L]
This would redirect any URL like /dmk/page that does not conflict with an existing file or directory to /dmk/?req=page. I'm assuming your index.php is in /dmk directory.

.htaccess, Laravel & Ikonboard

I have to admit, creating mod-rewrite rules still confuses me! So, I'm after some help please...
I've taken on a site built in Laravel, but now need to add an existing forum into the domain. The forum is Ikonboard, which on the live site lives in the cgi_bin folder. When I copy this to the new site, I can't get access because the htaccess is rewriting ALL URL's to the public folder (where Laravel want's it).
So, how can I make any requests to the cgi_bin folder work as well as keeping the rewrite to public for Laravel?
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
# Rewrite to 'public' folder
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.mydomain.com$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !public/
RewriteRule (.*) public/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
Thanks
Simple:
RewriteCond {%REQUEST_URI} !^/cgi_bin
Add this above your other REQUEST_URI rule. If cgi_bin is in the URI, then it will stop rewriting.
Edit - Based on your response with regards to the directory structure, it seems to be wrong. Your www directory is your public directory. So, your structure should look like this:
/www/ (your public folder)
bundles/ (etc...)
cgi_bin/
.htaccess
index.php
/laravel/
(etc...)
Change your directory structure to look like that, and make sure that your .htaccess file has the following in it:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options +FollowSymlinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>
If you call a CGI document, it should pass through because %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f is set above. All assets should pass through as well. You do not need to specify whether or not the cgi_bin folder is being requested. If it does not work, then add the line as I had originally in this answer (except, you would put the rule just under RewriteEngine On.

How would I go about creating a mod_rewrite that redirects to launch.php?i=/the/url/that/they/want?

So if the user types mydomain.com/dashboard, the document the server actually sends them is /launch.php?i=/dashboard.
The one caveat is that I would like to leave requests for
/flags
/people
/posters
/css
/icons
/images
/libraries
/patterns
alone, and they should request the actual folder.
How would I create such a mod_rewrite?
This is the .htaccess file for the CakePHP Framework.
Please replace the index.php and ?url= to fit your needs.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?url=$1 [QSA,L]
</IfModule>
The "!-d" tells Apache to follow existing folders and "!-f" to follow existing files.
Everything else is channelled through index.php
As suggested in a comment, you have to be aware that if it's not working it could be because mod_rewrite is not enabled and you'll not get an error stating that fact, you'll probably only have a HTTP 404.