.htaccess problem with godaddy?

sarmenhb · 10-09-2008, 08:10 AM

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

sarmenhb · 10-09-2008, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xenon

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.

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.