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sarmenhb

10-09-2008 08:10 AM

.htaccess problem with godaddy?

is there a .htaccess problem with godaddy?

this is the htaccess file i put in the root of the domain

Code:

Options FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^alice.html$ bob.html

and i also create alice.html and bob.html
when i went to the domain

domain.com/alice.html nothing :(

am i doing something wrong or??

xenon

10-09-2008 08:17 AM

The dot (.) is a special character in regex. Therefore, it needs escaping:

Code:

RewriteRule ^alice\.html$ bob.html

CoryMathews

10-09-2008 12:09 PM

I was never able to get it to work with my godaddy account but i could have be doing something wrong also.

sarmenhb

10-09-2008 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xenon (Post 18714)

The dot (.) is a special character in regex. Therefore, it needs escaping:

Code:

RewriteRule ^alice\.html$ bob.html

thanks, did that but nothing happend.
the server is setup under windows maybe they dont have url rewrite enabled in windows. ill have to talk to them.

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