Hi I am using the following lines in my .htaccess file
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /coaster/CoasterInsider/
RewriteRule signup$ index.php?page=signup [L,NC]
RewriteRule login$ index.php?page=loginHandle [L,NC]
RewriteRule u/(.*)$ index.php?page=profile&username=$1 [L,NC]
The path is getting redirected properly, but the css,flash and images are not loading. Also if I use the following '/' after any url say,
RewriteRule signup(/?)$ index.php?page=signup [L,NC]
It's not finding any page there, i.e. error 404. I just want my htaccess file to work for both /signup and /signup/
When browser displays:
http://example.com/coaster/CoasterInsider/signup
http://example.com/coaster/CoasterInsider/signup/
and encounters a relative URL such as:
<img src="site/images/photo.png">
It translates the relative URL to (respectively):
http://example.com/coaster/CoasterInsider/site/images/photo.png
http://example.com/coaster/CoasterInsider/signup/site/images/photo.png
You should use absolute URLs for assets. Make this a habit:
<img src="/site/images/photo.png">
Alternately you can use the HTML base tag in your pages which tells browsers how to treat relative URLs. Personally I do not recommend it.
Use
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
to exclude real files and directories from being rewritten.
You could also add
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l
to do the same for symlinks.
This was advised to, and worked for me, place it inside the <head> tags in your html: <base href="/"> Again, it worked for me, I hope it helps someone else.