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If your rule is in a .htaccess file rather than the httpd.conf you need to remove the leading / e.g.<br />
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<pre><code id="code-20-37269948-1">RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^ad/es/Barcelona$     /ad/index.php?option=com_are&amp;view=listado&amp;Itemid=17&amp;lang=es [L]</code></pre>
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If your rule is in a .htaccess file rather than the httpd.conf you need to remove the leading / e.g.



RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^ad/es/Barcelona$     /ad/index.php?option=com_are&view=listado&Itemid=17&lang=es [L]

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Wow, it worked without the leading /<br />
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Can you tell me why I cannot put a leading / ?
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Wow, it worked without the leading /

Can you tell me why I cannot put a leading / ?

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Dear Expert:<br />
<br />
I have xampp for Windos installed locally. I have a web site which is using URLs such as:<br />
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<a href="http://localhost/ad/index.php?option=com_are&view=listado&Itemid=17&lang=es" rel="ugc">http://localhost/ad/index.php?option=com_are&view=listado&Itemid=17&lang=es</a><br />
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I want this URL look like:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://localhost/ad/es/Barcelona" rel="ugc">http://localhost/ad/es/Barcelona</a><br />
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I have read something about .htaccess file and RewriteRule, so I have added this line to my actual .htaccess file to accomplish this:<br />
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RewriteRUle ^/ad/es/Barcelona$ /ad/index.php?option=com_a<wbr />re&amp;view=li<wbr />stado&amp;Item<wbr />id=17&amp;lang<wbr />=es [L]<br />
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After this, old URL is still working and new URL (/ad/es/Barcelona) doesn't work (it gets a 404: component not found).<br />
<br />
What I'm doing wrong ?<br />
<br />
Thank you.
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Dear Expert:

I have xampp for Windos installed locally. I have a web site which is using URLs such as:

http://localhost/ad/index.php?option=com_are&view=listado&Itemid=17&lang=es

I want this URL look like:

http://localhost/ad/es/Barcelona

I have read something about .htaccess file and RewriteRule, so I have added this line to my actual .htaccess file to accomplish this:

RewriteRUle ^/ad/es/Barcelona$ /ad/index.php?option=com_are&view=listado&Itemid=17&lang=es [L]

After this, old URL is still working and new URL (/ad/es/Barcelona) doesn't work (it gets a 404: component not found).

What I'm doing wrong ?

Thank you.

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