: Masking / mapping URL's with .htaccess I've recently been trying to come up with a way of masking the visible URL in the browser (so not 301 redirecting) and still show the same content as

@Harper822

Posted in: #Htaccess #ModRewrite #UrlRewriting

I've recently been trying to come up with a way of masking the visible URL in the browser (so not 301 redirecting) and still show the same content as the original URL.

Here is the scenario...

Current URL's are like:-

domain.com/parent-category/sub-category/filter/brand


(parent-category and sub-category will always be the same word).

I wish to continue showing the content from those URL's but convert the URL's to show like:-

domain.com/brand-keyword


(keyword will always be the same word).

I'd really appreciate it if any experts on .htaccess could advise if this is possible please. It is a Magento store by the way.

The following has previously been suggested to me:-

RewriteRule ^parent-category/([^/]+)/filter/([^/]+)/?$ /- [L,NC]


But this didn't have the desired affect... (Didn't change the visible URL in browser yet adding R, 301 redirects it though).

Specific Example

Current URL domain.com/showering/showers/filter/alliance

Required URL domain.com/alliance-showers

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