[users@httpd] Re: Curious inability to mod_rewrite absolute paths

2014-01-05 Thread Borden Rhodes
Because the absolute path does not go anywhere near the dummy directory which is where your .htaccess file is, so the .htaccess file never gets read for that request. Aaaa. OK. Thanks! That clarifies a *lot* of things - and makes perfect sense, too. It seems that I somehow got into the

[users@httpd] Re: Curious inability to mod_rewrite absolute paths

2014-01-01 Thread Borden Rhodes
Happy New Year, all! Perhaps phrasing my question using this demonstration will make my problem clearer: I set up a dummy website on my server under a dummy folder. Therefore, from Firefox, to the dummy, I go to http://localhost/dummy/;. dummy/index.html says: # Begin index.html !DOCTYPE

Re: [users@httpd] Curious inability to mod_rewrite absolute paths

2013-12-30 Thread Borden Rhodes
Good evening, List, I apologise for not responding. It's been a busy December and I haven't had time to fight with httpd. In response to some comments: On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Eric Covener cove...@gmail.com wrote: You can do that with just Alias if there's no dynamic part. I may just

Re: [users@httpd] Curious inability to mod_rewrite absolute paths

2013-11-29 Thread Borden Rhodes
at ~/www/CWD/D/s/d/f/i/... ? On 27 November 2013 05:32, Tom Evans tevans...@googlemail.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 5:37 AM, Borden Rhodes j...@bordenrhodes.com wrote: Good evening, I thought that I had worded my question clearly. Is there something wrong with how I've asked my question

Re: [users@httpd] Curious inability to mod_rewrite absolute paths

2013-11-26 Thread Borden Rhodes
try to find a way to trick the server using symlinks. If my request is still confusing, please help me explain my problem so that it can be understood. With thanks, On 26 November 2013 06:18, Tom Evans tevans...@googlemail.com wrote: On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 12:47 AM, Borden Rhodes j

Re: [users@httpd] Curious inability to mod_rewrite absolute paths

2013-11-26 Thread Borden Rhodes
, but on my local server, it's trying to fetch files from http://localhost/sites/default/files/images/; which, of course, is a non-existent folder Again, my apologies. On 27 November 2013 00:37, Borden Rhodes j...@bordenrhodes.com wrote: Good evening, I thought that I had worded my question

Re: [users@httpd] Curious inability to mod_rewrite absolute paths

2013-11-24 Thread Borden Rhodes
I want to rewrite it). I hope that's clearer. With thanks, Borden On 20 November 2013 06:23, Tom Evans tevans...@googlemail.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Borden Rhodes j...@bordenrhodes.com wrote: Good morning, list, After about 7 hours of struggling with this issue, I can't