Shown below is the sample Joomla .htaccess file. I’ve had a request to rewrite the following URL:
Current non-SEF URL: /index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=88&Itemid=87
Current SEF URL: /about-us/publications = rewritten by Joomla
Required SEF URL: /publications
How can I achieve this as I keep getting stuck in ‘too many loops’ errors (presumably as the URLs are very similar). I currently have
RewriteRule ^/publications$ “http://www.affinitytrust.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=88&Itemid=87” [R=301]
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/publications$ "http://www.affinitytrust.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=88&Itemid=87" [R=301]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^.*affinitytrust.co.uk$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^.*affinitytrust.org.uk$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^.*tactltd.org$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^.*affinitytrust.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.affinitytrust.org/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} mosConfig_[a-zA-Z_]{1,21}(=|\\%3D) [OR]
# Block out any script trying to base64_encode crap to send via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode.*\\(.*\\) [OR]
# Block out any script that includes a <script> tag in URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\\<|%3C).*script.*(\\>|%3E) [NC,OR]
# Block out any script trying to set a PHP GLOBALS variable via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|\\[|\\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR]
# Block out any script trying to modify a _REQUEST variable via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|\\[|\\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2})
# Send all blocked request to homepage with 403 Forbidden error!
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [F,L]
#
########## Begin - Joomla! core SEF Section
#
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/|\\.php|\\.html|\\.htm|\\.feed|\\.pdf|\\.raw|/[^.]*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) index.php
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization},L]
#
########## End - Joomla! core SEF Section