[us...@httpd] mod_rewrite fails

2010-10-18 Thread James Jones
can someone explain why neither of these rules work:_ Rule 1:_ RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)(?!wp-login) [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on RewriteRule (.*) http://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L] _Rule 2:_ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^wp-login(.*)$ RewriteRule .? - [S=1] RewriteCond

Re: [us...@httpd] mod_rewrite fails

2010-10-18 Thread Eric Covener
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 1:43 PM, James Jones ja...@freedomnet.co.nz wrote: can someone explain why neither of these rules work: Without a rewritelog or a description of what URL is/is-not rewritten as you expect, it will be difficult. What context are your rules in? htaccess, Directory,

Re: [us...@httpd] mod_rewrite fails

2010-10-18 Thread James Jones
I've tried dozens of iterations of rules, from simple like ^wp-login to much harder and more complex ones matching the whole address or only a part of one, it seems that i cant get any of them to work, either the rule will rewrite all the urls to http, or i get into an infinite redirect

Re: [us...@httpd] mod_rewrite fails

2010-10-18 Thread Eric Covener
everything going to https://somesite.com needs to go to http://somesite.com so for example https://somesite.com/somedir/somefile.php?somevar=someval needs to be redirected to http://somesite.com/somedir/somefile.php?somevar=someval and that is true except for when goint to say