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Frank Barcenas
Asked: 2020-02-19 05:47:31 +0800 CST

htaccess subdirectory alias for root possible?

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I moved a site that used to be at example.com/en/ to just example.com.

however the graphics as still linked to /en/.

What do I need to add to my .htaccess to make the site serve files under /en/ as well.

.htaccess apache-2.4

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  1. Best Answer

    This can depend on what directives you already have in your .htaccess. However, to internally rewrite any request for "images" ie. /en/<something>/<whatever-image>. Then you could do something like the following at the top of your .htaccess file:

    RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^en/([^.]+\.(?:jpg|png|gif))$ /$1 [L]

    This allows you to effectively serve image files under both locations, whilst the actual files are outside of /en/.

    If you want to rewrite everything then do something like:

    RewriteRule ^en/(.*) /$1 [L]

    However, if you've "moved" the site then you probably want to externally "redirect" the page URLs in order to preserve SEO? However, if you are still linking to some images using the /en/ subdirectory then you need to be sure to redirect pages only.

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