Thread: Mod Rewrite

Hi Folks,

I have a few php pages that i want to convert to normal html through Mod Rewrite

e.g.

http://www.site.com/index.php?page=new&cid=999 will change to http://www.site.com/bicycles.html

If i implement this, will my site lose ranking in Google for the existing link?

Thanks,
S

In one word. No*

*Use a 301 redirect and you will be okay.

Use Mod Rewrite and a 301?

in your .htaccess file

Redirect 301 /oldpage.html http://www.yoursite.com/newpage.html
Redirect 301 /oldpage2.html http://www.yoursite.com/folder/
Redirect 301 /index.php?page=new&cid=999 /bicycles.html

So i just input one line like below and this will work?

Redirect 301 /index.php?page=new&cid=999 /bicycles.html

The index.php?page=new&cid=999 page is generated from a CMS php package so will always have to exist i presume and bicycles.html is nonexistant at present.

Do i have to create a blank bicycle.html file first or similar and then use redirect?

I thought Mod Rewrite would be used as i really only want to change the URL of the php page to a more user friendly name

OR AM I JUST TOTALLY BAFFLED

mod_rewrite makes the browser "think" that the file exists - if you look at the URLs on this site 99% of them are generated using mod_rewrite

The only "real" pages are ones like index.php, newreply.php etc., all the others are just mod_rewrite magic

So, no. You don't need to create blank files. In fact if you do you'll break it

Thanks guys

So is this all i need to input in my .htaccess file to change the file url to bicycles.html

Redirect 301 /index.php?page=new&cid=999 /bicycles.html

Is Redirect 301 a Mod Rewrite command so? Sorry, i sound like a DOS Command Line old boy

No. You're confusing two things

A redirect is a redirect ie. it tells apache that content has moved from one place to another (301 permanently, 302 temporary etc.,)

The rewrite rule can do both, but it's not as simple as the one you provided

You might find the mod_rewrite cheatsheet helpful

Thanks BK

I need to look up rewrite so.

Thanks for the tip. Will google mod_rewrite cheatsheet now and have a look

mod_rewrite Cheat Sheet (V2) - Apache - Added Bytes