Forum Mod Rewrite

[The Leader]

I want to rewrite the urls in my php forum to be SEO friendly.

Currently they look like this

http://www.logisticforums.com/forum/...pic.php?t=9067

I would like it to look like this.

http://www.topictitle.logisticforums.com

So I want:
- the url put converted from dynamic to static
- the topic title replace the topic id
- the topic tile be put before the domain instead of after it.

I know I need a .htaccess file but got no idea about the code I need in it.


Please help!

[richardk]

It's a lot more complicated than just mod_rewrite.

- the topic tile be put before the domain instead of after it.

Why?

You need DNS and the server configured to send the sub domains to the mod_rewrite (probably in a .htaccess file). FAQ: Virtual sub domains.

- the topic title replace the topic id

FAQ: How to change a numeric ID into a name/title.

Then you need to consider length of topic title, stripping invalid characters, duplicate topic titles and what is supposed to happen when someone visits topictitle.example.com/somethinghere.

I think you'd be better off going for /forum/topic/topic_id/topic_title/ or similar.

[The Leader]

Thanks Richard, what if I kept it simple and just added the title before the id?

[richardk]

Please provide an example.

[The Leader]

Instead of
http://www.logisticforums.com/forum/...pic.php?t=9067

have

http://www.logistiforums.com/topic/topic id

[richardk]

In a .htaccess file in your document root

Code: Select all

Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^topic/([0-9]+)/?$ /forum/...pic.php?t=$1 [QSA,L]

You will need to fix /forum/...pic.php.