Comments on: Rewrite underscores to hyphens for SEO URL http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/rewrite-underscores-to-hyphens-for-seo-url.html Web Development Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:00:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: lucas http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/rewrite-underscores-to-hyphens-for-seo-url.html#comment-43424 lucas Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:12:12 +0000 http://www.askapache.com.com/htaccess/rewrite-underscores-to-hyphens-for-seo-url.html#comment-43424 it would be better to have html and php extensions skipped using a condition yet still allow querystrings. but more importantly to use one rule to replace underscores and loop it with the N flag instead of trying to anticipate how many there'll be. this version addresses those issues and trims consecutive underscores to a single hyphen. Options +FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.(html|php)($|\?) [NC] RewriteRule ^([^_]*)_+(.*)$ $1-$2 [E=underscores:Yes,N] RewriteCond %{ENV:underscores} ^Yes$ RewriteRule (.*) http://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L] it would be better to have html and php extensions skipped using a condition yet still allow querystrings. but more importantly to use one rule to replace underscores and loop it with the N flag instead of trying to anticipate how many there’ll be. this version addresses those issues and trims consecutive underscores to a single hyphen.

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.(html|php)($|\?) [NC]
RewriteRule ^([^_]*)_+(.*)$ $1-$2 [E=underscores:Yes,N]
RewriteCond %{ENV:underscores} ^Yes$
RewriteRule (.*) http://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

]]> By: mark http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/rewrite-underscores-to-hyphens-for-seo-url.html#comment-43134 mark Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:21:47 +0000 http://www.askapache.com.com/htaccess/rewrite-underscores-to-hyphens-for-seo-url.html#comment-43134 Haven't be able to get this to work, and I've tried all of the variations in the two further reading links. I have the file extensions removed on the old site and on the new, so all I really need to do is rewrite the underscores to dashes. Love to know where I'm going wrong but not being a tech, I don't really know where toe start. PS At the moment I'm testing on a local wamp setup before I go messing around with a live environment. Haven’t be able to get this to work, and I’ve tried all of the variations in the two further reading links.

I have the file extensions removed on the old site and on the new, so all I really need to do is rewrite the underscores to dashes.

Love to know where I’m going wrong but not being a tech, I don’t really know where toe start.

PS At the moment I’m testing on a local wamp setup before I go messing around with a live environment.

]]> By: Faruk http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/rewrite-underscores-to-hyphens-for-seo-url.html#comment-39732 Faruk Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:33:40 +0000 http://www.askapache.com.com/htaccess/rewrite-underscores-to-hyphens-for-seo-url.html#comment-39732 <strong>Hello can anyone tell me how can i edit a htaccess multicommand file?i m currently using user friendly code and i added codes for broken links and code for fclearing query_strings but at the and it did not work:</strong> RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /friendly_url.php ErrorDocument 400 http://www.<a href="http://www.sicaktakip.com" rel="nofollow">sicaktakip</a>/error_404.html ErrorDocument 401 http://www.sicaktakip/error_404.html ErrorDocument 403 http://www.sicaktakip/error_404.html ErrorDocument 404 http://www.sicaktakip/error_404.html ErrorDocument 500/http://www.sicaktakip/index.php RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^source= RewriteRule (.*) /$1? [R=301,L] Anyone any idea for that? Hello can anyone tell me how can i edit a htaccess multicommand file?i m currently using user friendly code and i added codes for broken links and code for fclearing query_strings
but at the and it did not work:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /friendly_url.php

ErrorDocument 400 http://www.sicaktakip/error_404.html
ErrorDocument 401 http://www.sicaktakip/error_404.html
ErrorDocument 403 http://www.sicaktakip/error_404.html
ErrorDocument 404 http://www.sicaktakip/error_404.html
ErrorDocument 500/http://www.sicaktakip/index.php
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^source= RewriteRule (.*) /$1? [R=301,L]
Anyone any idea for that?

]]> By: Joe http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/rewrite-underscores-to-hyphens-for-seo-url.html#comment-36067 Joe Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:02:31 +0000 http://www.askapache.com.com/htaccess/rewrite-underscores-to-hyphens-for-seo-url.html#comment-36067 Hi - Great resource. At the risk of sounding ignorant, could you please tell me where abouts (i.e. in which directory/folder/subdirectory I would place this code to ensure the rewrite to dashes works? Thanks Hi - Great resource. At the risk of sounding ignorant, could you please tell me where abouts (i.e. in which directory/folder/subdirectory I would place this code to ensure the rewrite to dashes works? Thanks

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