Nader

i’ve set it up on my beta account so you guys can check it out.

https://beta.brandinfection.com/brands/

click on any brand logo.
error – 404 not found

it should be displaying the content at

https://beta.brandinfection.com/brands/?b=39&l=N

First, thanks again for your willingness to help. Great!

– in 1.5 (still live at https://www.brandinfection.com/brands/15/W/Wrigley) these exact rewrite rules worked. I don’t know why they do not now

– I want to have an URL like https://localhost/brands/139/W/Wonka which would translate in https://localhost/brands/?b=139&l=W (where b is the brandID, l the letter “W”)

My rules in the .htaccess file so far:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^brands/([0-9]+)/([A-Z])/?.* brands/?b=$1&l=$2 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

</IfModule>
# END WordPress

hope this helps you or others to understand my problem.

I tried everything, outside, inside.
The only thing that’s sure is

RewriteRule ^brands/([0-9]+) /brands/?b=$1
works when i go to https://localhost/brands/13

It seems wordpress index.php is chopping off the other parameter?

thanks otto but still doesn’t work.

excerpt:
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^brands/([0-9]+)/([A-Z]) /brands/?b=$1&l=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^brands/([A-Z])$ /brands/?l=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^brands/([a-z-A-Z]+) /brands/?in=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^ads/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+) /ads/?ad=$1&b=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^ads/([A-Z])$ /ads/?l=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^ads/([0-9]+) /ads/?b=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^ads/([a-z-A-Z]+) /ads/?in=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^slogans/([A-Z])$ /slogans/?l=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^slogans/([a-z-A-Z]+) /slogans/?in=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

</IfModule>

# END WordPress

thanks for your answers, chradil and otto!

those rules are for accessing self-made template pages that take 2 variables:
– b for brand ID
– l for brand letter

what it should do is follow these links to the right destination:

1- https://localhost/brands/139/W/Wonka -> Brand: Wonka
2- https://localhost/brands/W -> All brands with letter W
3- https://localhost/brands/Web -> All brands in the web industry

in 1.5 i had these exact rules
RewriteRule ^brands/([0-9]+)/([A-Z]) /brands/?b=$1&l=$2
RewriteRule ^brands/([A-Z])$ /brands/?l=$1
RewriteRule ^brands/([a-z-A-Z]+) /brands/?in=$1
RewriteRule ^ads/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+) /ads/?ad=$1&b=$2
RewriteRule ^ads/([A-Z])$ /ads/?l=$1
RewriteRule ^ads/([0-9]+) /ads/?b=$1
RewriteRule ^ads/([a-z-A-Z]+) /ads/?in=$1
RewriteRule ^slogans/([A-Z])$ /slogans/?l=$1
RewriteRule ^slogans/([a-z-A-Z]+) /slogans/?in=$1

which worked.

now it doesn’t because it’s somehow 2.0.2 and the redirecting works differently.

looking forward to your answers guys

cool, please send me the link when it’s online. I’m very interested in music and also doing a project with my friend on that: https://www.bandnews.org – you can use the contact form on that page to send me an e-mail

yeah, i’m also having trobules adding another filter with the extended search plugin.

there’s a new entry about “Looza”. funny read.

indeed.
your roobottom blog looks also very good!

very nice ! wow! simply amazing what is possible !
btw, as music addict I’m sure you’d be interested in https://www.bandnews.org
it just works like bloglines, blogsnow, technorati, … but concentrates on music / bands. you can customize your own rss feed from your favorite bands, even if they don’t provide that.
greets, nader

it’s not exactly what you’re looking for, I know, but if you’re a music addict like myself you should check out https://www.bandnews.org .
there you can read instantly what bands write at the moment and create your own rss feeds from your favorite bands (even if the bands don’t provide rss). very nice!