htaccess question
 

On one of my sites I run WordPress and have permalinks setup via mod_rewrite. Currently, the posts appear as directories like

http://www.domain.com/category/postname/

I know I could change the permalink structure in the script itself to postname.html - but then the pages indexed by SEs would return 404s all across the site.

Is there a way to divert requests for directories to the virtual .html files as specified by the new rewrite rules? :helpme

So

http://www.domain.com/category/postname/

would automatically 301 to

http://www.domain.com/category/postname.html

I am sorry but I can help on this matter...good luck with it!

I guess you mean to say you can't help with this matter :thumbsup

Bump for you.

try webmasterworld.com
They have a bunch of very knowledgeable people on the apache forum

I searched for this:

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...q=htaccess+301

and found this:

http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articl...1-redirect.htm

Haven't tested it, but something like:

Here's a handly little rewrite cheat sheet for you mod rewrite fans from some dude who apparently digs on jack daniels:

http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/mod_...heat_sheet.png

that is what I meant...

psili, that code won't work, because .* matches everything 0 or more times and /? matches a character 0 times or once... so this code of yours would match
http://www.domain.com/category/postname.html also

this would match everything except for / and . 1 or more times, so http://www.domain.com/category/postname.html would not match...

This is not tested also, so maybe there are errors in this too :)

Note that the above code will work in .htacces only, to use it in httpd.conf you should add / right before the categories, like this:

Julio

tamingthebeast.net

dam good one, explanes it the best I've ever seen. :thumbsup

thanks for the info guys. The example I posted was rather specific, the solution I need will be a little more complex since I am looking into redirecting URLs in different subfolders, not just /categories/. But nonetheless, I can start with the info that was posted here.

Not a problem:

Julio