WordPress.com Forums » Topic: mod_rewrite htaccess wordpress.org to wordpress.com

andyhillky on "mod_rewrite htaccess wordpress.org to wordpress.com"

andyhillky — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:10:32 +0000

woohoo!

drmike on "mod_rewrite htaccess wordpress.org to wordpress.com"

drmike — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:08:22 +0000

I was close. :)

devblog on "mod_rewrite htaccess wordpress.org to wordpress.com"

devblog — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:06:13 +0000

bofe,

If you haven't figured it out yet, try this:

RewriteEngine On RewriteRule (.*) http://bofe.wordpress.com/$1 [R=301,L]

The only difference in my example is that I'm not using the circumflex nor the forward slash. Also, I'm using the R flag.

I bet that the 404 error pages came up because the URL to your article on wordpress.com didn't have the year section in the path. Something like this:

http://bofe.wordpress.com/01/21/sample-post/

when it should have read

http://bofe.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/sample-post/

If this is the case, the code above should fix your problem.

If for some reason you still get a 404, try adding this line:

RewriteBase /wp/

so your rules will read like this:

RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /wp/ RewriteRule (.*) http://bofe.wordpress.com/$1 [R=301,L]

I tested both forms and they worked for me.

Hope this helps

andyhillky on "mod_rewrite htaccess wordpress.org to wordpress.com"

andyhillky — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:45:21 +0000

still getting 404s. thanks so much for your help with this issue.

andyhillky on "mod_rewrite htaccess wordpress.org to wordpress.com"

andyhillky — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:43:41 +0000

the .htaccess file is here: /bofe.org/wp/

So the final look should be?...

# BEGIN WordPress RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://bofe.wordpress.com/$1 [QSA,L] # END WordPress

drmike on "mod_rewrite htaccess wordpress.org to wordpress.com"

drmike — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:35:26 +0000

Where is this htaccess file in your directory structure anyway?

If it's in the wp subdirectory, edit out the '/wp'

andyhillky on "mod_rewrite htaccess wordpress.org to wordpress.com"

andyhillky — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:29:28 +0000

also, just to let you know, with the suggested ReWriteRule, the old permalinks are giving me 404s.

andyhillky on "mod_rewrite htaccess wordpress.org to wordpress.com"

andyhillky — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:20:31 +0000

drmike,

thanks for the clarification. giving it a try...

didn't work.

here's my .htaccess:

# BEGIN WordPress RewriteRule ^/wp/(.*) http://bofe.wordpress.com/$1 [QSA,L] # END WordPress

the site i'm wanting to do this to is http://www.bofe.org/wp/

drmike on "mod_rewrite htaccess wordpress.org to wordpress.com"

drmike — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:15:36 +0000

Just for reference, wordpress.org doesn't do hosting. (We're trying to get folks not to say that as it's causing confusion with other folks.) 'You're using the software from wp.org' is what we're suggesting. :)

You do have RewriteEngine On in your htaccess file, right?

IIRC, it should actually be:

RewriteRule ^/wp/(.*) http://bofe.wordpress.com/$1 [QSA,L]

I hate doing rewrite rules.

andyhillky on "mod_rewrite htaccess wordpress.org to wordpress.com"

andyhillky — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:06:14 +0000

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I figure it's worth a shot...

I'm wanting to complete a move that I had from a site I hosted with wordpress.org to wordpress.com -- to have all of my archive links redirect to the new site.

wp.org software is installed here: example.com/wp/

I'm using the http://www.example.com/wp/2007/01/21/sample-post/ hyperlinking in WP 2.0.2, so I tried this:

ReWriteRule http://www.example.com/wp/(.*) http://bofe.wordpress.com/$1

and I had no luck. Can anyone help?

Thanks!