On Sun, Apr 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM Dave Wreski <dwre...@guardiandigital.com.invalid> wrote:
> Hi, > > We're getting a ton of 404s for URLs for paths that don't exist, like > /apps and other nonsense off the root that never existed that I'd like to > redirect to the homepage. > > Here's what I'm working with so far, but it redirects everything to the > homepage, including valid articles. For example, here are two URLs that > should be 200s: > > https://linuxsecurity.com/news/security-trends/how-ai-is-shaping-the-future-of-linux-administration > https://linuxsecurity.com/news > > # Allow the homepage > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/$ [OR] > > # Allow specific directories and everything under them (abbreviated list > for simplicity here) > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/(news|features|newsletters)(/.*)?$ [NC] > > # If allowed, stop rewriting > RewriteRule ^ - [L] > > # Otherwise, redirect to homepage > RewriteRule ^ https://linuxsecurity.com [R=301,L] > > Everthing else, like https://linuxsecurity.com/apps should be redirected > to the homepage. I've also tried negative matches, like the following. > > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(news|features|newsletters)(/.*)?$ [NC] > RewriteRule ^ https://linuxsecurity.com [L,R=301,QSD] > > Ideas greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Dave > > > If the "home page" is an index file in the documentroot, a simple FallbackResource will suffice, and you don't need to use mod_rewrite at all.
