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Mar 7, 2011, 7:49 PM

Mark2

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Mar 7, 2011, 7:49 PM

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Rewrite Rules for PageBuilder Pages

Hello,
I have my dynamically built pages from PageBuilder Plugin located in "corporate" (such as: feedback.htm, about_us.htm...etc).
I am calling them ..../cgi-bin/scripts/page.cgi?page.about_us.htm
My question:
How will I write a rule for these pages to allow me to call the pages in this way:
../corporate/about_us.htm

Thanks
Mark

Mar 8, 2011, 12:16 AM

Andy

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Mar 8, 2011, 12:16 AM

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Code:
RewriteRule ^/corporate/about_us.htm$ /cgi-bin/scripts/page.cgi?page=about_us [L]

That should do the trick Smile

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Mar 8, 2011, 10:54 AM

Mark2

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Mar 8, 2011, 10:54 AM

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That works, but I still have this dilemma:

In the template code, I have the following link to call "about_us" page:

Code:
<a href="<%config.db_cgi_url%>/page.cgi?page=about_us">About us</a>

Which gets translated in the dynamic web page like this:

Code:
.../cgi-bin/scripts/page.cgi?page=aboutus;d=1">About us</a>

The directory "corporate" is specified in the "BUILD DIRECTORY" of PageBuilder mod.

Now, if I click on "About us" in the dynamic page, I still get forwarded to :

Code:
.../cgi-bin/scripts/page.cgi?page=about_us;d=1

Instead, I want i to forward to:

Code:
.../corporate/about_us.htm

Please note:
If I type in the browser:

Code:
.../corporate/about_us.htm

Code:
.../about_us.htm

Code:
.../cgi-bin/scripts/page.cgi?page=about_us;d=1

then, I get the same page loaded (about_us.htm) which is that is what I want, but I want it to show in the webpage as:

Code:
.../corporate/about_us.htm

?

Thank you again in advance..
Mark

Mar 8, 2011, 11:01 AM

Andy

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Mar 8, 2011, 11:01 AM

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Why not just change the location of those specific pages, to "pages" instead of "corportate" ?

So basically place the rewrite rule with "corporate" with "pages", and then update your links

That should stop it converting them Smile

Cheeers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Mar 8, 2011, 11:39 AM

Mark2

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Mar 8, 2011, 11:39 AM

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I can not replace "corporate" with "pages" because these pages existed statically for over 10 years (search engine are referring to them directly in some cases.. so I do not want to lose traffic).

All I want is to have the URLs of PageBuilder pages to look like static URLs ...

Do I need to change the links of the pagebuilder pages in the templates to be static URLs?

means, instead of:

Code:
<a href="<%config.db_cgi_url%>/page.cgi?page=about_us">About us</a>

do it this way?

Code:
<a href="/corporate/about_us.htm">About us</a>

?

or do I have to change: <%config.db_cgi_url%> to something else.. build_root_url?

Thanks
Mark

Mar 8, 2011, 11:56 AM

Andy

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Mar 8, 2011, 11:56 AM

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Yeah changing them to relative URL should also work :)

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk