cotonti.com : Tags issue with mod_rewrite

Trustmaster

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:45:58 -0000

This might be caused by the order of .htaccess rules. Specified rules should go before generic rules, so more correct order is:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(datas|images|js|skins)/(.*)$ $1/$2 [QSA,NC,NE,L]
RewriteRule ^list/([^/&?#]+)(.*)$ list.php?c=$1$2 [QSA,NC,NE,L]
RewriteRule ^xml/([^/&?#]+)(.*)$ xml.php?c=$1$2 [QSA,NC,NE,L]
RewriteRule ^search/([^/&?#]+)/(.*)$ plug.php?tab=$1&?e=search$2 [QSA,NC,NE,L]
RewriteRule ^tags/([^/&?#]+)/([^/&?#]+)/(.*)$ plug.php?a=$1&t=$2&e=tags$3 [QSA,NC,NE,L]
RewriteRule ^contactus(.*)$ plug.php?e=contactus$1 [QSA,NC,NE,L]
RewriteRule ^rss/([^/&?#]+)(.*)$ rss.php?c=$1$2 [QSA,NC,NE,L]
RewriteRule ^list/([^/&?#]+)/(.*)$ list.php?c=$1$2 [QSA,NC,NE,L]
RewriteRule ^([^/&?#]+)/([^/&?#]+)/(.*)$ page.php?c=$1&al=$2$3 [QSA,NC,NE,L]
RewriteRule ^([^/&?#]+)/([^/&?#]+)(.*)$ page.php?c=$1&al=$2$3 [QSA,NC,NE,L]

aiwass

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:12:53 -0000

All tags are entered manually when creating the page and aliases are also created manually, since I don't have faith in it being correct. If I were to create aliases automatic, I would ensure that no ' ` ´ or " are in the title field.

It only affected tags ending with "djs", but I've altered them all so that they now end with "dj" instead like "plump djs" > "plump dj" etc.

pieter

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:05:05 -0000

how is the name enterered?
How do you create the aliases?
automatically?

2 many dj's ---->> 2manydjs?
It is not the ending "s" because 4 strings works.

Maybe it has something to do with the ' before the s. Maybe the alias as wrongly made.

aiwass

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:16:26 -0000

Hi guys!

I have a really strange and puzzling problem with tags on my website, but first I should tell you that it's been mod_rewrite applied and it works, except one tag that just won't play along.

The problem tag is this one:
2manydjs = http://www.megamind.se/tags/pages/2manydjs/
it returns a 403 - Forbidden (#403)
You don't have permission to access the requested directory or URL that you requested.
Please inform the administrator of the referring page, if you think this was a mistake.

Redirecting...

YET, these tags below which also contain numbers are working just fine:
2000 And One / 2020vision recordings / 4 strings / an21 / X-Press 2 / cr2 records / 2Nd Society / dj02 / talla 2xlc / 2 Devine / 2 Fabiola and a hundred or so more

The mod_rewrite for tags looks like this and is working brilliantly for my 14,899 tags except one...
.htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(datas|images|js|skins)/(.*)$ $1/$2 [QSA,NC,NE,L]
RewriteRule ^([^/&?#]+)/([^/&?#]+)/(.*)$ page.php?c=$1&al=$2$3 [QSA,NC,NE,L]
RewriteRule ^list/([^/&?#]+)(.*)$ list.php?c=$1$2 [QSA,NC,NE,L]
RewriteRule ^xml/([^/&?#]+)(.*)$ xml.php?c=$1$2 [QSA,NC,NE,L]
RewriteRule ^search/([^/&?#]+)/(.*)$ plug.php?tab=$1&?e=search$2 [QSA,NC,NE,L]
RewriteRule ^tags/([^/&?#]+)/([^/&?#]+)/(.*)$ plug.php?a=$1&t=$2&e=tags$3 [QSA,NC,NE,L]
RewriteRule ^contactus(.*)$ plug.php?e=contactus$1 [QSA,NC,NE,L]
RewriteRule ^rss/([^/&?#]+)(.*)$ rss.php?c=$1$2 [QSA,NC,NE,L]
RewriteRule ^list/([^/&?#]+)/(.*)$ list.php?c=$1$2 [QSA,NC,NE,L]
RewriteRule ^([^/&?#]+)/([^/&?#]+)(.*)$ page.php?c=$1&al=$2$3 [QSA,NC,NE,L]

urltrans.dat

page	al=*	{$c}/{$al}/
list	c=*	{$_area}/{$c}
xml	c=*	{$_area}/{$c}
plug	?e=search&tab=*	search/{$tab}/
plug	e=tags&a=*&t=*	tags/{$a}/{$t}/
plug	e=contactus	contactus
rss	c=*	{$_area}/{$c}
list	c=*	{$_area}/{$c}/
page	al=*	{$c}/{$al}
*	*	{$_area}.php

Any idea why ONE tag is behaving strange, when others with numbers don't?
Thanks for any advice.

Added 29 minutes later:

Update

I found out what is causing the problem and it's even stranger.

The problem was that I have tags all ending with "djs" like plump djs, sedition djs, 2manydjs, but when I removed the last "s" in "djs" it works, which is a bit strange since the search term is "2manydjs" or "plump djs" not "*djs". Is it a bug or is "s" some sort of holy cow in the tags system?