Jeff, from your log you seem to be requesting /oldsite, but in your rewrite rule you specify that only requests that ends with .html will be taken into consideration. a request to /oldsite/index.html should work.
Regards, Pablo On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Jeff Shearer <j...@shearer-family.org>wrote: > Thanks Eric for the quick response. However, it still doesn't work. I > copied you suggestion to the substitute part of the command as well as using > the actual host and domain with no success. Following is the rewrite.log > using your suggestion letter for letter: > > 192.168.9.20 - - [15/Apr/2011:13:39:58 --0400] > [www.seconddomain.tld/sid#7f5feaeb4538][rid#7f5feb27f070/initial] (3) > applying pattern '^/oldsite/(.*)\.html' to uri '/oldsite' > 192.168.9.20 - - [15/Apr/2011:13:39:58 --0400] > [www.seconddomain.tld/sid#7f5feaeb4538][rid#7f5feb27f070/initial] (1) pass > through /oldsite > 192.168.9.20 - - [15/Apr/2011:13:39:58 --0400] > [www.seconddomain.tld/sid#7f5feaeb4538][rid#7f5feb287320/initial] (2) init > rewrite engine with requested uri /oldsite/ > 192.168.9.20 - - [15/Apr/2011:13:39:58 --0400] > [www.seconddomain.tld/sid#7f5feaeb4538][rid#7f5feb287320/initial] (3) > applying pattern '^/oldsite/(.*)\.html' to uri '/oldsite/' > 192.168.9.20 - - [15/Apr/2011:13:39:58 --0400] > [www.seconddomain.tld/sid#7f5feaeb4538][rid#7f5feb287320/initial] (1) pass > through /oldsite/ > 192.168.9.20 - - [15/Apr/2011:13:39:58 --0400] > [www.seconddomain.tld/sid#7f5feaeb4538][rid#7f5feb281080/subreq] (2) init > rewrite engine with requested uri /oldsite/index.html > 192.168.9.20 - - [15/Apr/2011:13:39:58 --0400] > [www.seconddomain.tld/sid#7f5feaeb4538][rid#7f5feb281080/subreq] (1) pass > through /oldsite/index.html > 192.168.9.20 - - [15/Apr/2011:13:39:58 --0400] > [www.seconddomain.tld/sid#7f5feaeb4538][rid#7f5feb285310/initial] (2) init > rewrite engine with requested uri /favicon.ico > 192.168.9.20 - - [15/Apr/2011:13:39:58 --0400] > [www.seconddomain.tld/sid#7f5feaeb4538][rid#7f5feb285310/initial] (3) > applying pattern '^/oldsite/(.*)\.html' to uri '/favicon.ico' > 192.168.9.20 - - [15/Apr/2011:13:39:58 --0400] > [www.seconddomain.tld/sid#7f5feaeb4538][rid#7f5feb285310/initial] (1) pass > through /favicon.ico > > Here is the server build information if that makes a difference: > > Server version: Apache/2.2.16 (Ubuntu) > Server built: Nov 18 2010 21:19:28 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Eric Covener" [cove...@gmail.com] > Date: 04/15/2011 10:09 AM > To: users@httpd.apache.org > Subject: Re: [users@httpd] mod_rewrite does not change URL in browser > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Jeff Shearer <j...@shearer-family.org> > wrote: > > I am trying to move a set of documents from one directory to a new > directory. Currently users are redirected to the new directory but the old > URL remains in the browser window. My research indicates that if I change > the PT flag to R I should be able to do what I want. However, when I change > the PT to an R, users are not actually redirected to the new directory. > Here is the VirtualHost configuration: > > Try specifying a complete protocol, hostname, etc for the substitution > when you add the 'R' flag -- .e.g http://%{HTTP_HOST}/newsite/$1 [R] > > > -- > Eric Covener > cove...@gmail.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org > >