: Short and friendly URL for affiliate links This is my first question here on Pro Webmaster... I'm really glad to be here! I believe this question will have a simple answer but I'm starting

@Nimeshi995

Your .htaccess file needs to look something like this:


RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule [URL to redirect from] [URL to redirect to] [options]


RewriteEngine on basically switches the mod_rewrite module on.

Then you need to say what the URL you're expecting people to enter looks like, you can use regular expressions here, in fact, the whole thing IS a regular expression.

URL to redirect to is usually internal, but it should work with a full link.

So in practice, something like:


RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^/wishonlist/appstore(/)?$ myAffiliateLinkHere [301,L]


The ^ and $ to denote the start and end of the URL, and (/)? means that it can be entered with or without a trailing slash and still work.

Options - The 301 basically says send a 301 header, and L says this is a 'last instruction' - after which no more instructions should be processed.

There's a good wealth of options available, check the documentation - but here's a link to a good cheat sheet I always keep handy: www.addedbytes.com/cheat-sheets/mod_rewrite-cheat-sheet/

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