Question

Basically I have a CDN setup.

/public_html/
index.html

/files/
image/
video/
video2/video2

I want to redirect ALL sub folders and directories to the main folder – except file extensions, so if someone loads a file, I want that to load, just so people cant view directories. (I dont want to see a 404 or forbidden message, just want the directory to go to the main page)

It would save me from uploading index.php redirects. Can this be done with .htaccess?

Answer 1

# don't show any files in the folder
IndexIgnore *

ErrorDocument 403 /
ErrorDocument 404 /

RewriteEngine On

# disabled user to access directly to the files folder.
RewriteRule ^files(\/?)$ - [F]

# images
RewriteRule ^image/(.*)\.(jpg|png|jpeg|gif)$ /files/$1.$2 [L]
# video
RewriteRule ^video/(.*)\.(flv|avi|mov)$ /files/$1.$2 [L]
#etc...

If you have sub folders, the (.*) will automatically use it. Example:

http://www.domain.com/image/i.png => /files/i.png

http://www.domain.com/image/sub1/sub2/i.png => /files/sub1/sub2/i.png

Here some links that will help you:

http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess.shtml

http://www.htaccess-guide.com/

http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/other/the-ultimate-guide-to-htaccess-files/

http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/