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Matthew Doucette · 02-25-2006, 10:46 AM

Check this out:

http://xona.com/domainhacks/ works
http://www.xona.com/domainhacks/ works (and forwards to above URL)

However, remove the ending slash:
http://xona.com/domainhacks works
http://www.xona.com/domainhacks 404s!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why? Here are the full .htaccess files, as I left everything in as experience has told me to never make assumptions:

xona.com root dir:
(This rewrite is supposed to change "www.xona.com" to "xona.com" everywhere.)

Code:

ErrorDocument 400 http://xona.com/error/400.html
ErrorDocument 401 http://xona.com/error/401.html
ErrorDocument 403 http://xona.com/error/403.html
ErrorDocument 404 http://xona.com/error/404.html
ErrorDocument 500 http://xona.com/error/500.html
Options +Includes
Options -Indexes 
XBitHack On
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^xona\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)  http://xona.com/$1 [R=301]

--- I believe the above .htaccess to be perfect. I believe the problem is in the following .htaccess file below. I may be wrong. ---

xona.com/domainhacks dir:
(This rewrite is supposed to change "www.xona.com/domainhacks" to "xona.com/domainhacks" everywhere. The reason the root .htaccess file listed above does not handle this, is because this .htaccess file overrides it simply by existing.)

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^xona\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://xona.com/domainhacks/$1 [R=301]
RewriteRule ^search(.*)$ s.cgi$1 [NC]
RewriteRule ^suggestions(.*)$ suggest$1 [R=301]

(I hate asking for help with this sort of thing, as I usually figure it out myself shortly afterwards. But so far I am stuck so it can't hurt.)

02-25-2006, 10:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
Matthew Doucette Inactive Join Date: 02-18-06 Posts: 13 iTrader: 0 / 0% Latest Blog: None	.htaccess redirection problem; URL without ending slash 404s Check this out: http://xona.com/domainhacks/ works http://www.xona.com/domainhacks/ works (and forwards to above URL) However, remove the ending slash: http://xona.com/domainhacks works http://www.xona.com/domainhacks 404s!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why? Here are the full .htaccess files, as I left everything in as experience has told me to never make assumptions: xona.com root dir: (This rewrite is supposed to change "www.xona.com" to "xona.com" everywhere.) Code: ErrorDocument 400 http://xona.com/error/400.html ErrorDocument 401 http://xona.com/error/401.html ErrorDocument 403 http://xona.com/error/403.html ErrorDocument 404 http://xona.com/error/404.html ErrorDocument 500 http://xona.com/error/500.html Options +Includes Options -Indexes XBitHack On RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^xona\.com [NC] RewriteRule ^(.) http://xona.com/$1 [R=301] --- I believe the above .htaccess to be perfect. I believe the problem is in the following .htaccess file below. I may be wrong. --- xona.com/domainhacks dir: (This rewrite is supposed to change "www.xona.com/domainhacks" to "xona.com/domainhacks" everywhere. The reason the root .htaccess file listed above* does not handle this, is because this .htaccess file overrides it simply by existing.) Code: RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^xona\.com [NC] RewriteRule ^(.)$ http://xona.com/domainhacks/$1 [R=301] RewriteRule ^search(.)$ s.cgi$1 [NC] RewriteRule ^suggestions(.*)$ suggest$1 [R=301] (I hate asking for help with this sort of thing, as I usually figure it out myself shortly afterwards. But so far I am stuck so it can't hurt.)