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Thu
31
Aug '06

ROTD: Mod_rewrite Rule To Remove Trailing "index.php"

Part of Jaimie Sirovich's adventure in SEO, URL Rewriting

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Excerpt: This handy set of rules for mod_rewrite automatically redirects any URL ending in "/index.php" to the same URL ending in "/."  It works for the root directory as well as subdirectories.RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET\ /.*/index\.(php|html)\ HTTPRewriteRule (.*)index\.(php|ht ...
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Thu
27
Apr '06

What Mod_rewrite Won't Do For You

Part of Jaimie Sirovich's adventure in SEO, URL Rewriting

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Excerpt: I've seen many misconceptions about mod_rewrite.  I believe this is because most people in this industry know what it is, but aren't programmers, or don't understand the concepts well. First, I've seen people say mod_rewrite incurs major overhead. This may be true if you as ...
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