By evo on

Hi,

I want a URL alias that matches the name of my files directory. Cannot find a way is this possible?

Cheers

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cog.rusty commented

If your files directory is, for example, files then try this. In your .htaccess file change the last block of lines

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

to

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

Then you should be able to use the files path as an alias and still access the files under it.

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evo commented

Thanks for your reply, but at the moment my files .htaccess has:

SetHandler Drupal_Security_Do_Not_Remove_See_SA_2006_006
Options None
Options +FollowSymLinks

I pasted your suggestion but it did not work...?

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cog.rusty commented

Not that one. That is only for security purposes. I meant the main .htaccess file in Drupal's directory.

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evo commented

It is not working. My files directory has been renamed to 'resources' so I have changed the .htaccess to:

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

Should this still work even though it is not 'files'?

Thanks

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cog.rusty commented

Yes, it should work if that directory is located under your web root (if it is http://www.example.com/resources)

What exactly happens when you go there?

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evo commented

I get a 404 error 'Not Found'. Could the error be that I am viewing it from my local host e.g. http://localhost/example/resources?

cog.rusty’s picture

cog.rusty commented

In that case, try ^/example/resources/$

evo’s picture

evo commented

All good it was a localhost problem. I tried it online and your original idea worked perfect.

Thanks for your help!

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evo commented

I have an additional problem based on this. In my files directory (called 'resources') I have subfolders of some content types that contain the content types files. One content type is called 'Tutorials' and I have a views page that lists all tutorials. I want a URL that goes http://example.com/resources/tutorials that links to this view page, but I cannot get it to work with the above method. Can anybody help?

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cog.rusty commented

To let the subdirectories be handled by Drupal as well, try removing the last $ from the previous method:

...  [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/resources/
...

If this does not work, and makes your files not appear in the view, then try adding lines for the additional subdirectories:

... [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/resources/$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/resources/tutorials/$

Heh, usually people try to do the opposite, to make Drupal leave their subdirectories alone, not to take them over.

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evo commented

Both ways worked like a charm, much appreciated.

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cog.rusty commented

Nice, I was worried that with the first method the file links wouldn't work.