transparent redirect (like alias) in .htaccess

 > Create a baz.html file that contains a META tag that redirect
 > to foo/bar.html.

Then it will show up in browsers (and more importantly, to search
engines) as <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://mydomain/foo/bar.html." target="_blank">http://mydomain/foo/bar.html.</a> That's what I'm trying to
avoid.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: transparent redirect (like alias) in .htaccess 

Thanks, but that has all of the problems with relative links that I
mentioned before. That is,

if http://mydomain/foo/bar.hmtl contains

<a href="mumble.html">link</a>

then when visited via http://mydomain/baz.html, the link now refers
to http://mydomain/mumble.html instead of
http://mydomain/foo/mumble.html

That's the problem I'm trying to solve. For example, if there was a
way to
make RewriteRule conditional on the page that was the source of the
link,
I could arrange for all these links to be properly redirected by
rewriting them
only when the user is visiting http://mydomain/baz.html. But I can't
find that.

Thanks again for your help,
--
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
http://www.boost-consulting.com
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Op Wed, 08 Dec 2004 08:26:04 -0800, schreef dave:
 > I am the administrator of a virtual server, which means I don't get to
 > edit the apache .conf file, only local .htaccess files in my server's
 > source tree. I have a file at <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://mydomain/foo/bar.hmtl" target="_blank">http://mydomain/foo/bar.hmtl</a> that I need
 > to show as though it were at <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://mydomain/baz.html." target="_blank">http://mydomain/baz.html.</a> Alias is
 > unavailable in .htaccess files. I've tried RewriteRule, and it
 > works... but only sort of. All of the relative links in that file end
 > up relative to <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://mydomain/" target="_blank">http://mydomain/</a> instead of <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://mydomain/foo," target="_blank">http://mydomain/foo,</a> so
 > pictures don't display and links don't work.

Try:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/(.*) /foo/$1 [L]

Put it in your .htaccess file in your webroot dir.

-leendert bottelberghs<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"dave" <dave.RemoveThis@boost-consulting.com> schreef in bericht
news:1102609382.641774.83920@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
Next time leave some of the message you respond to here, to give the (new)
reader a clue of the preceding.

 > Thanks, but that has all of the problems with relative links that I
 > mentioned before. That is,
 > if <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://mydomain/foo/bar.hmtl" target="_blank">http://mydomain/foo/bar.hmtl</a> contains
 > link
 >
 > then when visited via <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://mydomain/baz.html," target="_blank">http://mydomain/baz.html,</a> the link now refers
 > to <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://mydomain/mumble.html" target="_blank">http://mydomain/mumble.html</a> instead of
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://mydomain/foo/mumble.html</font" target="_blank">http://mydomain/foo/mumble.html</font</a>>
 >
 > That's the problem I'm trying to solve.
That's the browser recontructing an fully qualified URL using both the
_relative_ URL and the URL of the page currently displayed.

 > For example, if there was a way to make RewriteRule
 > conditional on the page that was the source of the link,
 > I could arrange for all these links to be properly redirected by
 > rewriting them only when the user is visiting
 > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://mydomain/baz.html." target="_blank">http://mydomain/baz.html.</a> But I can't find that.
The current page's link is ther referrer for the links in it, so
"RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ????" shoul be your key.
However, some browsers allow the user to disable sending the referrer ...
hence to solve this issue relieable have the URL start at document root,
like link

HansH<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Hans,

After lots of experimentation I got that to work -- thank you!

BTW, which browsers allow this referrer disabling, and is it very
common for people to do that and expect websites to work properly? I'd
prefer it if my links continue to work when the documents are browsed
on a local disk so I'm a little reluctant to root all the links in that
file.
--
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
http://www.boost-consulting.com
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