How to use .htaccess

Srggamer

I feel like, asking this question because know one can explain this.

Because:

# For sites running on a port other than 80
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}   !^www\.example\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}   !^$
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^80$
RewriteRule ^/(.*)         http://www.example.com:%{SERVER_PORT}/$1 [L,R]

# And for a site running on port 80
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}   !^www\.example\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}   !^$
RewriteRule ^/(.*)         http://www.example.com/$1 [L,R]

I don't get this, so If I had a domain http://domain.com/index.html and I want http://domain.com How would this work?

vrijvlinder

Who do you mean by no one?

check this out because it is a long read but pretty much explains it all

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html

the concept has to do with telling the server what to do under certain conditions . Think of it as a traffic cop, and an orchestra conductor as well as a Bouncer

peregrine

what version of vanilla?

I ask because there might possibly be a config setting or something new in vanilla 2.1 that is easy to set up in the same way you can change mail server port.

What are you asking- your question ins unclear to me. maybe someone else will understand your question.

Did you say the solutions don't work or are you switching ports or what?

vrijvlinder

I don't get this, so If I had a domain http://domain.com/index.html and I want http://domain.com How would this work?

This sounds like he wants to prettify the url no?

peregrine

I'm not guessing any more, it's a waste of energy for me to guess, and I'm out of energy

422

my guess is prettify.

/contact.php = /contact/
/foo.php = /foo/

But I have a headache lol

vrijvlinder

yea I got that part after rereading and omitting the Rewrite rule stuff, that sent me red herring hunting....

Srggamer

@vrijvlinder said:
Who do you mean by no one?

check this out because it is a long read but pretty much explains it all

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html

the concept has to do with telling the server what to do under certain conditions . Think of it as a traffic cop, and an orchestra conductor as well as a Bouncer

Thank you.

Srggamer

@422 said:
my guess is prettify.

/contact.php = /contact/
/foo.php = /foo/

But I have a headache lol

Drink some tea, or eat some fish and chops.

kirkpa31

Just to add a related topic - regarding images and .htaccess - if you're interested

This site generates a bit of code to add to your .htaccess file that can protect your website from hotlinking - http://www.htaccesstools.com/hotlink-protection/

will ultimately look something like this:

RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$ RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?yourdomain.com [NC] RewriteRule \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif)$ - [NC,F,L]

I had to learn the hard way that a lot of other websites have something like this in place as images embedded within my member's posts started to break.

From this discussion: http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/comment/179267/#Comment_179267