I have finally, after 2 days, managed to 'crack' mod rewrite for my site using:
RewriteRule category1/subcategory1/name1\.htm$ /_Accommodation_view.php?editid1=1
RewriteRule category2/subcategory2/name2\.htm$ /_Accommodation_view.php?editid1=2
RewriteRule category3/subcategory3/name3\.htm$ /_Accommodation_view.php?editid1=3
Whilst I have manged to acheive exactly what I wanted by using excel to copy and paste data I realise there must be a more efficient way to do this. I am guessing it should be something like:
RewriteRule {$show_category}/{$show_subcategory}/{$show_name}\.htm$ /Accommodation_view.php?edit1=$1
Please could someone point me in the right direction?
Thanks in advance