Question

I am trying to create search engine friendly URLs with the following .htaccess and it is directing to a 404 error page no matter what I try.

This is on a Host Gator shared account, if it makes any difference. The directory is (document root)/blog, the .htaccess file is located in the directory “blog.”

Example URL would be http://examplesite.com/blog/category/announcements.Here is the .htaccess file contents:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^category/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)/$ index.php?category=$1

Any ideas why this is happening?

Answer 1

RewriteRule ^category/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)/*$ index.php?category=$1 [R=301,L]