Question

-PROBLEM: I want to redirect the url of a javascript file by using htaccess:

–>From:

     http://www.domain.co.uk/tracking/tracking.js

–>To:

     http://www.domain.co.uk/templates/domain.co.uk/js/tracking.js

-MY HTTACESS (ALL THE TESTER ONLINE GIVE POSITIVE):

    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteRule ^tracking/tracking\.js$ http://www.domain.co.uk/Templates/domain.co.uk/js/tracking.js [L,R]

-RESULT

    Not Found
    The requested URL /tracking/tracking.js was not found on this server.
    Apache/2.2.0 (Fedora) Server at domain.co.uk Port 80

-FOLDER STRUCTURE

  /...
    |
    /http
       |/Templates
       |      |/domain.co.uk
       |            |/js
       |               | - tracking.js
       |- .htaccess
       |- index.php

Because along the day I was testing many different ways, I’m starting to think is not because of the rewriterule, but if It’s not that, what might be?

Answer 1

I think you should include all basic directives for the rewrite to work. Like this:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
# Then the rewrite rule
RewriteRule ^tracking/tracking\.js Templates/domain.co.uk/js/tracking.js [L,R,NC]

If still doesn’t work, the problem most probably is with the Apache configuration file.

This rule set should be in .htaccess file at root directory