>_< .htaccess ARGH!!!!

[shaistar]

I'm slightly (ok very, very, very) annoyed and frustrated with my .htaccess file. I'm trying to do seo rewrites on my dynamic urls for 4 friggin' days! (Deep Breath) For example,

www.example.co.cc/index.php(default displays ?page=home) to www.example.co.cc/random-phrase-here in my html it maps to <a href="/random-phrase-here">

www.example.co.cc/index.php?page=cookies to www.example.co.cc/cookies in my html it maps to <a href="/cookies">

www.example.co.cc/index.php?section=acategory&page=there-are-8 to
www.example.co.cc/random-phrase-here/acategory/there-are-8 in my html it maps to <a href="/random-phrase-here/category/there-are-8">

www.example.co.cc/index.php?section=letsgoto&page=place to www.example.co.cc/lets-go-somewhere/place in my html it maps to <a href="/lets-go-somewhere/place">

Here's a copy and paste of the all the crap I've tried from the internet and what is currently in my .htaccess commented:

#<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
#Options +FollowSymLinks
#RewriteEngine On
#RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)/?$ index.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/?$ index.php?page=$1 [QSA,L]

# RewriteRule ^pattern/?$ substitution [optional flags]

RewriteRule ^(.+)$ /index.php?$1 [QSA,L]
#RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ /index.php [QSA]
#RewriteRule ^/(.*)/(.*)$ /index.php?page=$1 [QSA]
#RewriteRule ^/random-phrase-here/?$ /index.php [QSA,NC,L]
#RewriteRule ^/lets-go-somewhere/(.*)$ ?section=letsgoto&page=$1 [QSA,NC,L]
#RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)/?$ /index.php?section=$1&page=$2 [QSA,NC,L]
#RewriteRule ^(.*)/?$ index.php?page=$1 [NC,L]
#</IfModule>

*Sigh* and none of that crap works. Basically what I've got going is an index.php file that includes based on the get variable in the url. At one point in time I managed to get the url rewritten the only problem was the file that should of been included only brought up the default ?page=home page. If you need to see my php file I can do that it's just this post is getting lengthy, I just wanted to make sure you ( o, gracious helper person) had enough infor to help me out. Descalzo tried to help me but the code I was supplemented with didn't work or it did and I just don't know how to use it. I'm rambling. Thanks for your help in advance

-Shaistar

[Skizzerz]

Try

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^/cookies/*$ index.php?page=cookies [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^/random-phrase-here/*$ index.php [L,QSA,NC]
RewriteRule ^/random-phrase-here/(.*)/(.*)$ index.php?section=$1&page=$2 [L,QSA,NC]
RewriteRule ^/lets-go-somewhere/(.*)$ index.php?section=letsgoto&page=$1 [L,QSA,NC]

Make sure that you are verifying the user input so that you aren't including arbitrary files as well.

[shaistar]

404 Not Found on every link I click after I reload my site. Thanks. I appreciate your help.

[Skizzerz]

The 404 Not Found error is due to the maintenance going on right now on the Stoli server. See News&Announcements for more details and progress updates.

[shaistar]

Ok then THANK YOU ♥HUG♥. (I think I might cry. The torture is over.)

---------- Post added at 11:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:18 PM ----------

quick question, if I want to become illuminated could I actually pay the dollar a month or do I have to pay all at once?

[Skizzerz]

You need to pay the $60 up front, which covers you for 5 years. There is currently no other payment option for Illuminated at this time.

[shaistar]

Hey, Skizzerz? It still isn't working.

[Skizzerz]

Can you be more specific? What isn't working?

To order illuminated, go to http://x10hosting.com/forums/payments.php, select 5 years/$60 from the Illuminated dropdown, hit Order, and follow through to pay via PayPal. Once ordered, you should receive an invoice and your forum group will be updated. A staff member will need to manually transfer you to the illuminated server, so please be patient with that.