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nicedoggie
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Posted: 19 May 2010 at 1:38pm \| IP Logged

For some reason, I just don't get it. I have looked at the documentation but don't understand.

I have a rule that works (previous person programmed it). But I want to change it.

Presently when viewing an item, it shows the item id in the url:

http://www.musictreasures.com/instrument-pins/24541.html

I would like it to show the product name like:

http://www.musictreasures.com/instrument-pins/gold-clef-pin-24541.html

If the product name is a variable like: pDescription ... how would I rewrite that? Here is my present file:

[ISAPI_Rewrite]

#RewriteCond %REMOTE_ADDR (?!216\.230\.0\.108|24\.125\.30\.184).*
#RewriteRule .* /construction.asp [I,L]

#Rewrite Links Page
RewriteRule /links/([^.?]+)/? /music/linksview.asp\?linkCat=$1 [I,L]

#Rewrite Categories
RewriteRule (?!/backofficelite)/([^.?]+)(?:/(?:default\.asp)?)?(?:\?(.*))? /music/categoryTemplate2.asp\?dir=$1(?2&$2) [I,L]

#Rewrite View items
RewriteRule (?!/images)/([^.?]+?)/(?:default\.asp|(\d+)\.html?)(?:\?(.*))? /music/viewitem.asp\?dir2=$1&idProduct=$2?3&$3 [I,L]

Thanks! Ken

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Posted: 20 May 2010 at 3:15am \| IP Logged

And which of the rule is used to handle this URL http://www.musictreasures.com/instrument-pins/gold-clef-pin-24541.html ?
And where should it point? What is the real path?
Please clarify.

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Posted: 20 May 2010 at 3:55am \| IP Logged

I haven't written a rule for:
http://www.musictreasures.com/instrument-pins/gold-clef-pin-24541.html
because I don't understand.

The rule:

RewriteRule (?!/images)/([^.?]+?)/(?:default\.asp|(\d+)\.html?)(?:\?(.*))? /music/viewitem.asp\?dir2=$1&idProduct=$2?3&$3 [I,L]

I believe results in:

ttp://www.musictreasures.com/instrument-pins/24541.html

I would like to modify that rule to get a result like:

http://www.musictreasures.com/instrument-pins/gold-clef-pin-24541.html

Is there documentation that will help me understand writing rules?

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Posted: 20 May 2010 at 4:40am \| IP Logged

ok, I see, but you haven't answered the main question: what is the real URL your request should point to?
Is it like this: /music/viewitem.asp\?dir2=instrument-pins&idProduct=24541 ?

And yes, we have docs, FAQ,
and blog.

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Posted: 20 May 2010 at 9:39am \| IP Logged

Again, I apoligize for not understanding this.

http://www.musictreasures.com/music/viewitem.asp?idProduct=24541

is one way to view that item without the category in the url.

In reality, I don't need the category within the url anyway. But would like the product name embedded. The product names of course have spaces: 'Gold Clef Pin' for example. pDescription is the field name for that.

So, the result would be:

http://www.musictreasures.com/gold-clef-pin-24541.html

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Posted: 21 May 2010 at 2:55am \| IP Logged

Ok, I see.
So you want to request http://www.musictreasures.com/gold-clef-pin-24541.html
and see http://www.musictreasures.com/music/viewitem.asp?idProduct=24541. Here's the config for that:

RewriteRule /.+-(\d+)\.html /music/viewitem.asp?idProduct=$1 [I,L]

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Posted: 21 May 2010 at 9:00am \| IP Logged

Thank you.

How can 'Gold Clef Pin' for example become part of the url without using pDescription in the rule?

Looking at this forum, the url for this thread is:

http://www.helicontech.com/forum/14844-Help_with_rules.html

You have the thread title in your url.

I would like the part description in my url.

http://www.musictreasures.com/gold-clef-pin-24541.html

the product id is 24541 and the description is "Gold Clef Pin".

I tried that rule and got an error.

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Posted: 25 May 2010 at 2:44am \| IP Logged

Ok, let me clarify what you need...
What is the URL you want to request, what should be displayed in the address bar and where should the content be taken from?

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Posted: 25 May 2010 at 9:36am \| IP Logged

I apoligize.

The displayed url should be:

http://www.musictreasures.com/gold-clef-pin-24541.htm

At this point (presently) the displayed url for that item is like this:

http://www.musictreasures.com/instrument-pins/24541.html (not what I would like). I would like the displayed url to be like this:

http://www.musictreasures.com/gold-clef-pin-24541.htm (what I want because it has the name of the product in the url)

Now, the exisiting rules that I see are as follows:

[ISAPI_Rewrite]

#RewriteCond %REMOTE_ADDR (?!216\.230\.0\.108|24\.125\.30\.184).*
#RewriteRule .* /construction.asp [I,L]

#Rewrite Links Page
RewriteRule /links/([^.?]+)/? /music/linksview.asp\?linkCat=$1 [I,L]

#Rewrite Categories
RewriteRule (?!/backofficelite)/([^.?]+)(?:/(?:default\.asp)?)?(?:\?(.*))? /music/categoryTemplate2.asp\?dir=$1(?2&$2) [I,L]

#Rewrite View items
RewriteRule (?!/images)/([^.?]+?)/(?:default\.asp|(\d+)\.html?)(?:\?(.*))? /music/viewitem.asp\?dir2=$1&idProduct=$2?3&$3 [I,L]

I am not sure about how to achieve the results I want.

I think that the variable "pDescription" defines the product's name: "Gold Clef Pin" in the database.

Thanks again for your help.

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Posted: 26 May 2010 at 4:42am \| IP Logged

Please try to use the following for a single product:

RewriteRule /[^/]+/(\d+)\.html http\://www.musictreasures.com/gold-clef-pin-$1.htm [I,RP]
RewriteRule /gold-clef-pin-(\d+)\.htm /instrument-pins/$1\.html [I,L]

But in ISAPI_Rewrite v2, it's hardly possible to write a generic rule for all the products.
In v3, you could store product_id/product_name pairs in a mapfile (generatedbased on the database) and have one rule to care for all your
products.

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