.htaccess

[WaterPKMNMaster]

I am currently working on my new layout and site under an /immerse directory, but when everything is done, I am moving it to the root directory (/).

All of the links I have in this new layout do not use /immerse in their names so that when I move everything to the root directory, everything works (since they will not be in a folder anymore). Unfortunately, I need to be able to click the links while I am working on the layout, so I was wondering if there is a way for .htaccess to add to the beginning of all links /immerse when I use /, and then when I delete the file, all of the links will revert back to /.

For example, this is a link right now under the /immerse directory:
https://www.pokebeach.com/sets/fossil
I want it to change to this with .htaccess:
https://www.pokebeach.com/immerse/sets/fossil
Then when I delete the .htaccess and move the immerse folder files into the root directory, it reverts back to:
https://www.pokebeach.com/sets/fossil

 

[pokejungle]

Why don't you just link things like 'sets/fossil' so that they work on both things with no .htaccess messiness?

 

[WaterPKMNMaster]

It's hard to explain, but that won't work for my purposes.

 

[Geometric-sama]

Try something like

RewriteEngine On
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^immerse/(.*)$ - [L]
RewriteRule ^immerse$ - [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ immerse/$1 [R=301,L]

Haven't tested it, but if you play around with it it might work. Basically, it takes anything that already has immerse/whatever, and stops it redirecting; anything else it'll make redirect.

 

[WaterPKMNMaster]

That redirects any link under the /immerse folder to the main page.

 

[Master Kwesi Nkromah]

I've never really needed htaccess so i can't give you personal advice. However, I do know of a htaccess tutorial website that may be able to help. Check this link out https://www.htaccesselite.com/htaccess/rewrites-and-redirects-vf4.html
it links to a forum that deals in htaccess issues n such.

I found a tut that allows you to redirect failiing links from one server to the next. I don't know htaccess syntax but it seems that you can edit the script to point to the right directory on failing links

Description:

A typical FAQ about URL rewriting is how to redirect failing requests on webserver A to webserver B. Usually this is done via ErrorDocument CGI-scripts in Perl, but there is also a mod_rewrite solution. But notice that this performs more poorly than using an ErrorDocument CGI-script!

Solution:

The first solution has the best performance but less flexibility, and is less error safe:

    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteCond   /your/docroot/%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule   ^(.+)                             https://webserverB.dom/$1

The problem here is that this will only work for pages inside the DocumentRoot. While you can add more Conditions (for instance to also handle homedirs, etc.) there is better variant:

    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteCond   %{REQUEST_URI} !-U
    RewriteRule   ^(.+)          https://webserverB.dom/$1

This uses the URL look-ahead feature of mod_rewrite. The result is that this will work for all types of URLs and is a safe way. But it does a performance impact on the webserver, because for every request there is one more internal subrequest. So, if your webserver runs on a powerful CPU, use this one. If it is a slow machine, use the first approach or better a ErrorDocument CGI-script.

Original Link: https://www.htaccesselite.com/htaccess/redirect-failing-urls-to-other-webserver-vt97.html