I read a couple of other topics about Mod Rewrite on this forum and several others just to find myself looking for a mod_rewrite package on google.. now that i got one and implemented it, i found myself getting alot of page not founds... heres the Mod_rewrite i used:
##############################################################
## MOD Title: mod_rewrite
## MOD Author: wGEric < eric@egcnetwork.com > (Eric Faerber) http://eric.best-1.biz
## MOD Description: Use mod_rewrite on your board. It converts your dynamic links to something
## more Search Engine Friendly
## MOD Version: 1.0.0
##
## Installation Level: Easy/
## Installation Time: 10 Minutes
## Files To Edit: includes/page_header.php
## includes/page_footer.php
## .htaccess (may need to)
## Included Files: .htaccess (may need to use)
##############################################################
## For Security Purposes, Please Check: http://www.phpbb.com/mods/ for the
## latest version of this MOD. Downloading this MOD from other sites could cause malicious code
## to enter into your phpBB Forum. As such, phpBB will not offer support for MOD's not offered
## in our MOD-Database, located at: http://www.phpbb.com/mods/
##############################################################
## Author Notes:
## This MOD requires that mod_rewrite is enabled on your server and
## supports .htaccess.
##
## If your server doesn't support .htaccess you will need to add the
## rewrite rules to your server configuration. I will not help you
## do this. You will be on your own.
##
## If you already have a .htaccess file in the main directory of your,
## you will need to add the contents of the .htaccess file that is included
## to your exsisting file.
##
## If you don't have a .htaccess file in the main directory of your site
## you will need to copy the one that is included with this MOD.
##
##############################################################
## MOD History:
##
## 2004-01-12 - Version 1.0.0
## - First Release
##
##############################################################
## Before Adding This MOD To Your Forum, You Should Back Up All Files Related To This MOD
##############################################################
#
#-----[ COPY ]------------------------------------------
#
# Only do if you don't already have a .htaccess file in the main directory
# of your site. See Author Notes for more information
#
copy .htaccess to .htaccess
#
#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------
#
includes/page_header.php
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
# Note: this line has been shortened. The full line is
# $template->set_filenames(array(
# 'overall_header' => ( empty($gen_simple_header) ) ? 'overall_header.tpl' : 'simple_header.tpl')
# );
#
$template->set_filenames(array(
'overall_header' =>
);
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
ob_start();
function replace_mod_rewrite($s)
{
$urlin = array(
"'(?<!/)viewforum.php\?f=([0-9]*)&topicdays=([0-9]*)&start=([0-9]*)'",
"'(?<!/)viewforum.php\?f=([0-9]*)&mark=topics'",
"'(?<!/)viewforum.php\?f=([0-9]*)'",
"'(?<!/)viewtopic.php\?t=([0-9]*)&view=previous'",
"'(?<!/)viewtopic.php\?t=([0-9]*)&view=next'",
"'(?<!/)viewtopic.php\?t=([0-9]*)&view=newest'",
"'(?<!/)viewtopic.php\?t=([0-9]*)&postdays=([0-9]*)&postorder=([a-zA-Z]*)&start=([0-9]*)'", "'(?<!/)viewtopic.php\?t=([0-9]*)&start=([0-9]*)&postdays=([0-9]*)&postorder=([a-zA-Z]*)&highlight=([a-zA-Z0-9]*)'",
"'(?<!/)viewtopic.php\?t=([0-9]*)&start=([0-9]*)'",
"'(?<!/)viewtopic.php\?t=([0-9]*)'",
"'(?<!/)viewtopic.php\?p=([0-9]*)'");
$urlout = array(
"viewforum\\1-\\2-\\3.php",
"mforum\\1.php",
"forum\\1.php",
"ptopic\\1.php",
"ntopic\\1.php",
"newtopic\\1.php",
"ftopic\\1-\\2-\\3-\\4.php",
"ftopic\\1-\\2-\\3-\\4-\\5.php",
"ftopic\\1-\\2.php",
"ftopic\\1.php",
"sutra\\1.php");
$s = preg_replace($urlin, $urlout, $s);
return $s;
}
#
#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------
#
includes/page_tail.php
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
$db->sql_close();
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
$contents = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
echo replace_mod_rewrite($contents);
global $dbg_starttime;
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
$gzip_contents = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
echo replace_for_mod_rewrite($contents);
global $dbg_starttime;
#
#-----[ SAVE/CLOSE ALL FILES ]------------------------------------------
#
# EoM
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^forums.* /index.php
RewriteRule ^viewforum([0-9]*)-([0-9]*)-([0-9]*).* /viewforum.php?f=$1&topicdays=$2&start=$3
RewriteRule ^mforum([0-9]*).* /viewforum.php?f=$1&mark=topic
RewriteRule ^forum([0-9]*).* /viewforum.php?f=$1
RewriteRule ^ptopic([0-9]*).* /viewtopic.php?t=$1&view=previous
RewriteRule ^ntopic([0-9]*).* /viewtopic.php?t=$1&view=next
RewriteRule ^newtopic([0-9]*).* /viewtopic.php?t=$1&view=newest
RewriteRule ^ftopic([0-9]*)-([0-9]*)-([a-zA-Z]*)-([0-9]*).* /viewtopic.php?t=$1&postdays=$2&postorder=$3&start=$4
RewriteRule ^ftopic([0-9]*)-([0-9]*)-([0-9]*)-([a-zA-Z]*)-([a-zA-Z]*).* /viewtopic.php?t=$1&start=$2&postdays=$3&postorder=$4&highlight=$5
RewriteRule ^ftopic([0-9]*)-([0-9]*).* /viewtopic.php?t=$1&start=$2
RewriteRule ^ftopic([0-9]*).* /viewtopic.php?t=$1
RewriteRule ^sutra([0-9]*).* /viewtopic.php?p=$1
April 8th, 2004, 6:23 pm
