HTAccess – Fake directory to actual subdirectory.

[Andy Howells]

Hey guys,

I’m trying to rewrite a URL but not having much luck, it is a WordPress site, so not sure if that makes a difference.

I’m trying to make it so someone could go to http://domain.com/demos/FILENAME.php

The actual file path would be http://domain.com/wp-content/themes/themename/demos/FILENAME.php

I’ve tried a few so far like;

RewriteRule ^demos/(.*) /wp-content/themes/themename/$1

So far having no luck though – any tips?

[Andy Howells]

Hi mate,

Ah that was a typo when I created the thread – I was already doing your changed one, no luck unfortunately.

Here’s what I have inside the HTAccess file;

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^index.php$ - [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^codeboxers.com$ [NC]

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://codeboxers.com/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteRule ^demos/(.*) /wp-content/themes/codeboxers/demos/$1

[Andy Howells]

@benwalker Hmm, sadly that doesn’t work either.

[Andy Howells]

Ah! That did it, moving it below the Rewrite base. Final completed version below;

# BEGIN WordPress

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^demos/(.*) /wp-content/themes/codeboxers/demos/$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^index.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^codeboxers.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://codeboxers.com/$1 [L,R=301]

# END WordPress

[Andy Howells]

No worries – thanks for your help mate, it was driving me nuts.

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