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Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2002 2:32 pm (21 years, 5 months ago)

Hello.

How did you do this? I wish to do this on my forums but can't find the mod anywhere.

Thx

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

Hi Iyonix,

This is not really a mod. It is a simple .htaccess file in the forums directory, which makes use of the modRewrite Apache module.

Here is the .htaccess file's contents:

Code:

RewriteEngine on

# View Forum
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/forums/([0-9]*).ff
RewriteRule ^(.*) /forums/viewforum.php?forum=%1 [L]

# View Topic
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/forums/([0-9]*).ft
RewriteRule ^(.*) /forums/viewtopic.php?t=%1 [L]

# View Post
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/forums/([0-9]*).fp
RewriteRule ^(.*) /forums/viewtopic.php?p=%1 [L]

This code can be reused for any type of script, not only for forums. It is usually used to avoid "?" signs in the URL, which can be a problem for search engines.