[klauzer]

I don't know if this is the right forum to ask this. It is about a plugin that I am using in Wordpress.

But my problem is that I need to change my url from

Code:

/wp-login.php?action=register

to

Code:

/become-member/

I got info that I need to use .htaccess file MOD Rewrite and some L parameter.

As this is some coding here I thought that this forum will be the right place.
How do I start?

[Nico]

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^become/member/$ /wp-login.php?action=register

Save this as ".htaccess" in your root directory and see what happens.

[klauzer]

Thanks Nico

When trying to creat new file named .htaccess in my root directory it says that this file already exist. But I can't find it.

How should I solve this?

[Nico]

The file may be hidden.

You could SSH into your server and create a backup of the original file:

Code:

sudo cp .htaccess .htaccess_old

... and then overwrite it with the new one.

Or you could do:

Code:

vi .htaccess

... and add these lines to the file.

If you're not too comfortable with the command line/terminal, you could see if your FTP client has an option to see hidden files.

[klauzer]

I finally found .htaccess

This is what includes there.

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^become/member/$ /wp-login.php?action=register

# END WordPress

Should I remove something? And where should I add

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^become/member/$ /wp-login.php?action=register

could I have

/become-member/

instead of

/become/member/

Thanks agian

[Nico]

Yeah, that should work. Give it a try and see what happens.

[klauzer]

I have added it now and it looks like this

Code:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^become-member/$ /wp-login.php?action=register
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

But nothing happens. What did I wrong?

[Nico]

Hm, try this.

Code:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^become-member/$ /wp-login.php?action=register
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

[klauzer]

I tried so and I got Error 404 - Not Found

I have moved around this

Code:

RewriteRule ^become-member/$ /wp-login.php?action=register

and nothing happens. Did I missed something?

[Nico]

Hm, it should work.

Are you sure you're not missing the slash when inserting the URL into your address bar?

Do your other (rewritten) Wordpress URLs work? Perhaps your server doesn't have mod_rewrite at all?