[wp-hackers] mod_rewrite help

[Mike Schinkel]

 From your earlier email I was following your requirement of different  
IDs embedded in the URL paths for Joomla and for WordPress.  But your  
solution is better. Good deal.

-Mike Schinkel
WordPress Custom Plugins
http://mikeschinkel.com/custom-wordpress-plugins/




On Jul 19, 2009, at 2:13 AM, Bryan Harley wrote:

> Thanks Mike!  I actually figured out the mod_rewrite rule and it works
> perfectly!  If anyone is interested this is how I did it...
>
> RewriteRule ^category/([0-9]+)-([a-zA-Z0-9-]+).html$          /$2
> [R=301,L,NC]
>
> And of course I changed "category" to the name of the category, and
> repeated for each category.
>
> I've been a loyal WordPress user since 2002. :)   This was for a
> client project, moving from Joomla to WordPress.  I'm glad they saw
> the light.
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Mike
> Schinkel<mikeschinkel at newclarity.net> wrote:
>> Oops, that one line should have been ($path, not $$path):
>>
>>  header('Location:' . $url_paths[$path],true,301);
>>
>> -Mike Schinkel
>> Custom Wordpress Plugins
>> http://mikeschinkel.com/custom-wordpress-plugins
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mike Schinkel" <mikeschinkel at newclarity.net>
>> To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
>> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 1:26:17 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
>> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] mod_rewrite help
>>
>> Bryan,
>>
>> Since you have a one-time conversion you could write an add-hoc  
>> plugin, or maybe even add the code to your theme's functions.php  
>> file and hook "template_redirect"[1] something like this:
>>
>> add_action('template_redirect','joomla_url_fix');
>> function joomla_url_fix() {
>>  $path = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
>>  if (preg_match('#^/category/([^-]+)-([^.]+).html$#',$path)) {
>>    $url_paths = array();
>>    // Do one line of these for each of your Joomla URLs
>>    $url_paths['{joomla_url_path}'] = '{wordpress_url_path}';
>>    //...
>>    if (isset($url_paths[$path])) {
>>      header('Location:' . $url_paths[$$path],true,301);
>>      exit();
>>    }
>>  }
>> }
>>
>> Of course replace {joomla_url_path} and {wordpress_url_path} with  
>> the matching URL paths from Joomla and WordPress. Also, I didn't  
>> test this code so not sure if the RegEx works or that there's not  
>> another bug in it, but hopefully you know enough PHP to get the  
>> picture?
>>
>> Hope this helps. BTW, congrats on graduating from Joomla to  
>> WordPress. :)
>>
>> -Mike Schinkel
>> Custom Wordpress Plugins
>> http://mikeschinkel.com/custom-wordpress-plugins
>>
>> [1] You can out in functions.php in your theme if it is loaded  
>> before "template_redirect", but I'm not sure it is.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bryan Harley" <bryanharley at gmail.com>
>> To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
>> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 12:54:01 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
>> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] mod_rewrite help
>>
>> Thanks scribu, but that's not working for me.  And I know exactly  
>> why...
>>
>> My old permalink structure:    /category/post_id-postname.html
>> My new permalink structure:  /category/post_id/postname/
>>
>> The problem is the old permalink structure is from Joomla.  Since I
>> converted the site to WordPress, it's obviously using different ID's
>> for each post.  Other than that it would work.  This is why I was
>> pretty sure I'd have to write a mod_rewrite rule rather than just a
>> plugin.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Is there anyway to view the mod_rewrite rule that Dean's Permalink
>> Migration Plugin generates?  If so, I'm pretty sure I could modify it
>> to make it work.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 3:31 AM, scribu<scribu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Actually, I think you need this plugin:
>>>
>>> http://www.deanlee.cn/wordpress/permalinks-migration-plugin/
>>>
>>> It works great on my site.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 2:36 AM, James Collins <james at om4.com.au>  
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Bryan,
>>>> I would use the redirection plugin (
>>>> http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/redirection/) to achieve this.
>>>>
>>>> Much easier than modifying your .htaccess file.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> James Collins
>>>>
>>>> OM4 - Website Design and Development
>>>> OM4.com.au | OM4Tourism.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2009/7/17 Bryan Harley <bryanharley at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>>> I have one type of URL that I want to 301 redirect to another.   
>>>>> Can
>>>>> anyone help me write the mod_rewrite rule that can accomplish  
>>>>> this?
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.domain.com/category/postid-post-name.html
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.domain.com/post-name/
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