pretty url with .htaccess?

Question

i just created a new wordpress page template that runs some php&mysql scripts inside it and i would like to apply mod rewrite to it's subpages.

for instance i have the following link generated:

http://www.quotist.com/quotes-by-authors.html?letter=D

how can i transform this into something like:

http://www.quotist.com/quotes-by-authors/letter/d/ ?

in my htaccess i have the default code generated by wordpress ...

does anyone know how to achieve that?

Answer 1

I was using this little class help on a recent project.. have to say it worked brilliant.. was written by: Kyle E Gentile

<?php
// FILENAME: add_rewrite_rules.php
if(!class_exists('add_rewrite_rules')){

    class Add_rewrite_rules{

        var $query_vars;
        var $rules;

        function __construct($options){
            $this->init($options);
        }

        function init($options){
            foreach($options as $key => $value){
                $this->$key = $value;
            }
        }

        function rules_exist(){
            global $wp_rewrite;

            $has_rules = TRUE;

            foreach($this->rules as $key => $value){
                if(!in_array($value, $wp_rewrite->rules)){
                    $has_rules = FALSE;
                }   
            }

            return $has_rules;
        }

        //to be used add_action with the hook 'wp_head'
        //flushing rewrite rules is labor intense so we better test to see if our rules exist first
        //if the rules don't exist flush its like after a night of drinking  
        function flush_rules(){
            global $wp_rewrite;

            if(!$this->rules_exist()){
                //echo "flushed"; // If want to see this in action uncomment this line and remove this text and you will see it flushed before your eyes
                $wp_rewrite->flush_rules();
            }
        }

        //filter function to be used with add_filter() with the hook "query_vars"
        function add_query_vars($query_vars){

            foreach($this->query_vars as $var){
                $query_vars[] = $var;
            }

            return $query_vars;
        }

        //to be used with a the add_action() with the hook "generate_rewrite_rules"
        function add_rewrite_rules(){
            global $wp_rewrite;

            $wp_rewrite->rules = $this->rules + $wp_rewrite->rules;
        }

    }

}
?>

To use this class you must first include the file.
After including the file, you need to create an options array.

<?php
include(YOURPLUGIN_ABSPATH.'/add_rewrite_rules.php');
$options = array(
        'query_vars' => array('letter'),
        'rules' => 
            array(
                '(.+?)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$' => 'index.php?pagename=$matches[1]&letter=$matches[2]'
            )
    );
$rewrite = new Add_rewrite_rules($options);
add_action('wp_head', array(&$rewrite, 'flush_rules'));
add_action( 'generate_rewrite_rules', array(&$rewrite, 'add_rewrite_rules') );
add_filter( 'query_vars', array(&$rewrite, 'add_query_vars') );
?>

this will then allow you to use the url http://www.quotist.com/quotes-by-authors/letter/d/

Marty

Answer 2

Try this:

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews -Indexes
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} 200
RewriteRule ^ - [L]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(letter)=(\w)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ([^.]+)\.html http://www.quotist.com/$1/%1/%2? [L,R=301]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/([\w-]+)/(letter)/\w/? [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1.html?%2=%3 [L,QSA]

Answer 3

You'll have to add the following to your .htaccess file:

RewriteRule ^(?![^.]+\.html.*)([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$ $1.html?$2=$3 [L,QSA]

This won't prettify URLs that don't have all three variables, but that's easy enough to add to this one or simply put in an additional rule if needed.