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mod_rewrite not redirecting!

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/automobiles(/)$ /index.php?view=autos [R=301,NC,QSA,L]

This should take http://www.example.com/automobiles and point it to http://www.example.com/index.php?view=autos, no?

caterham_www

in httpd.conf
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/automobiles/?$ /index.php?view=autos [R=301,NC,QSA,L]

or in .htaccess files:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^automobiles/?$ /index.php?view=autos [R=301,NC,QSA,L]

/? stands for 0 or 1 slash. If you don't want an external redirect, drop "R=301," from the flags

trickyidiot

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Got a big fat internal server error on that one

here's the full set of code from httpd.conf:

<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
		<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
			RewriteEngine On
			RewriteCond   %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
			RewriteCond   %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
			#RewriteRule   ^/automobiles/?$ 			/index.php?view=autos 		[NC,L]
			#RewriteRule   ^/computing/?$ 				/index.php?categoryID=2953 	[NC,L]
			#RewriteRule   ^/electronics/?$ 			/index.php?categoryID=2721 	[NC,L]
			#RewriteRule   ^/mac/?$ 					/index.php?categoryID=2720 	[NC,L]
			#RewriteRule   ^/memory/?$ 					/index.php?categoryID=5013 	[NC,L]
			#RewriteRule   ^/mobilecomputing/?$ 		/index.php?categoryID=2719 	[NC,L]
			#RewriteRule   ^/officesupplies/?$ 			/index.php?categoryID=3816 	[NC,L]
			#RewriteRule   ^/traveler/?$ 				/index.php?view=traveler 	[NC,L]
			RewriteRule   ^(.*)$ /index.php?action=OldLinkConversion&queryString=$1 [QSA,L]
		</IfModule>
</Directory>

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trickyidiot

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I have the rules commented out as they caused the internal server error

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nail, head, some smashing involved - good carpenter.