URL Rewrite Help

[bravocharlii]

I have an article directory and want to rewrite its URL(Search Engine Friendly), how I an change them using .htaccess? my current URL structure is as follow:

Pages: domain .com/page.php?p=1 (change it to xyz.html etc)
Category: domain .com/category.php?id=1
Article: domain .com/article.php?id=1
Profile page: domain .com/profile.php?a=1

I will be happy to get help here

[RDS Hosting]

You could give something like this a try. Replace MyPage with the name of the page you want it to appear as.
Let me know if it works.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule MyPage(.*)\.html$ /page.php?p=$1

[bravocharlii]

Originally Posted by RDS Hosting

You could give something like this a try. Replace MyPage with the name of the page you want it to appear as.
Let me know if it works.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule MyPage(.*)\.html$ /page.php?p=$1

I just tried this method:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule MyPage(.*)\.html$ /page.php?p=$1

but not working,

just did a URL redirect that is working:
rewritecond %{http_host} ^mydomain.com [nc]
rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.mydomain.com/$1 [r=301,nc]

[jackal]

to rewrite all the urls uniquely you need a lot of work and is not recommended, even you cant do that.

for example, if you want to rename profile urls than u have to manually specify what to use for each profile number.

there is one solution like you can specify in ur rewrite code to use page title instead of number (for your articles)
similarly for profiles,etc.

But the most easy and least time consuming method will be to edit your template or theme or script , whatever you are using.

you can hire a professional for this in just 5$ on fiverr

let me know if you need further help.

[milina788]

If you are looking for the examples of URL rewriting then this code might be useful for you

1)Rewriting product.php?id=12 to product-12.html

It is a simple redirection in which .php extension is hidden from the browser’s address bar and dynamic url (containing “?” character) is converted into a static URL.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^product-([0-9]+)\.html$ product.php?id=$1

2) Rewriting product.php?id=12 to product/ipod-nano/12.html

SEO expert always suggest to display the main keyword in the URL. In the following URL rewriting technique you can display the name of the product in URL.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^product/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([0-9]+)\.html$ product.php?id=$2

[Emmett]

I am trying to convert from wordpress. Is there a permalink structure that can change the links like bravocharlii said.

[snakeair]

Originally Posted by Emmett

I am trying to convert from wordpress. Is there a permalink structure that can change the links like bravocharlii said.

For self hosted WordPress blog you can change the permalink in your admin settings.

Go to admin dashboard and click on "settings" then click on "permalinks"

Also see this link below before changing anything.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks

[freeadstime]

This may help you as well.
http://www.adamwhippy.com/my-work/se...ordpress-urls/