Search Engine URL: htaccess, dynamic php, & Frontpage ext.

cebuy · #1 (**permalink**) 11-08-03, 07:45 PM

I need to know if there is someone other there that would know the solution to this (and not the easy way out by just junking Frontpage :-)) Anyway, I have Frontpage extensions on my server and I edited the htaccess file to read

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^local-(.*)-(.*)-(.*).html$ shop.php?Category=$1&SubCategory=$2&ID=$3

What happens is when http://www.mysite.com/local-electronics-tv-1.html is typed in, the htaccess file makes it read it as http://www.mysite.com/shop.php?Category=$1&SubCategory=$2&ID=$3

Anyway, when I add this code to the htaccess file, it stops Frontpage from recognizing the web online. I have to physically remove the code temporarily from htaccess to edit it with Frontpage. Any ideas out there to solve this? I still want to use FP, so please no cracks :-)

Please look at http://www.programmingtalk.com/showt...4&goto=newpost and see where I have gotten to. Thanks! By the way, that code idea worked for the url transformation.

Stefan · #2 (**permalink**) 11-09-03, 10:12 AM

I have no experience with frontpage and it's extensions. what exactly does frontpage extensions do, or not do when you have rewrite turned on?

I suspect it has to do with the fact that online, the file seems to be named local-electronics-tv-1.html and the local file is called shop.php

cebuy · #3 (**permalink**) 11-09-03, 01:06 PM

That is not the problem. The url works fine and I even changed the name in the htaccess file to shop-cat-subcat-product.html and the url change (using RewriteEngine)still works great. The problem is still however this... the Frontpage extensions will not allow me to log into the online web. WHat is the hangup? Any suggestions anyone out there?

Here is what my htaccess file looks like...

PHP Code:


			
<Files shop> 

ForceType application/x-httpd-php 

</Files> 

# -This just makes a script called 'shop' process as php.  Thisdoes not cause 

# -problems with Frontpage   



# -FrontPage-



IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*



<Limit GET POST>

order deny,allow

deny from all

allow from all

</Limit>

<Limit PUT DELETE>

order deny,allow

deny from all

</Limit>

AuthName [url]www.mysite.com[/url]

AuthUserFile /home/hunt/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd

AuthGroupFile /home/hunt/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp



# -This is the url rewrite Engine.

# -I tried placing it after & before the Frontpage stuff above but still stops me 

# -from logging into the online web  



 RewriteEngine on

 RewriteRule ^shop-(.*)-(.*)-(.*).html$ shop.php?Category=$1&SubCategory=$2&ID=$3