Hi,

I have no knowledge of htaccess at all and need some help. I have asked a lot of people for the last couple of months but have had do clear answer.

I think it's something to do with mod rewrite, I'm after.

What I want is to make the URL appear in a certain way. Like, I want the directory to NOT have a backslash after it.

So http://www.site.com/folder/ is what normal. I want the URL like this...
http://www.site.com/folder

Notice NO backslash after the folder. I want this to be done. Many sites have used this on their site, including videojug and such BIG sites. So it is possible.

Thanks for your help. If you could help me do this, it would be a GREAT favour.

Isn't it the case that if you name your file "index.html" or whatever your htaccess refers to , then the folder will find it and display without a backslash?


mine works with shtml in htaccess

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php
DirectoryIndex index.htm index.shtml

so
what if someone DOES enter the backslash into the browser?

Why? I think I can manage my content better and I just like the look of it.

Open up your .htaccess file, if non-existent, create one. Next, enter the following:

#remove ending slash thingy
#don't know what to call it lol.
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^\.yoursite\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.+)/$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

Edit: make sure to put

RewriteEngine on

at the beginning of the .htacessfile.

I've been talking to yourmediaking via the PM system, and it seems that the mod_rewrite directives are causing a loop with the mod_dir that is compiled with Apache. At least, that's the only thing that I've considered. Firefox does, however, respond back with "Loop Error" (Can't remmeber the exact error page).

Basically the mod_rewrite instructions strip out the trailing slash, but the mod_dir bit put's it back on, and so on...

I may be looking at this the wrong way ..

Any help is appreciated.

The problem here is that HTTP servers will automatically add a trailing slash to URIs which may or may not be displayed.

You may need to use the "special" variables and rewrite THE_REQUEST to avoid any looping.

Have a look through -> http://www.highrankings.com/forum/in...showtopic=5644 see if one of the many variations meets what you need.