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POWhy is htaccess not adding the "\" after the domain name and before the variable?
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  1. POWhy is htaccess not adding the "\" after the domain name and before the variable?
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    copied!<p>I am working in a .htaccess file that I've already done several redirects successfully in. The line I'm having a problem with is:</p> <pre><code>RedirectMatch 301 ^bookfox/(.*)/(.*)/(.*) http://www.thejohnfox.com/$3 </code></pre> <p>I'm trying to take this URL: <code>http://thejohnfox.com/bookfox/2006/10/joyce_carol_oat</code><br> and forward it to <code>http://thejohnfox.com/joyce_carol_oat</code></p> <p>I can only get the RedirectMatch to do this: <strong><code>http://thejohnfox.comjoyce_carol_oat</code></strong> I've tried everything I can find and nothing will work. </p> <p>Does anybody know why the forward slash is being taken out after <code>thejohnfox.com</code>?</p> <p>Here's the full code from my Wordpress .htaccess file:</p> <pre><code># BEGIN WordPress &lt;IfModule mod_rewrite.c&gt; RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] Redirect 301 /bookfox/bio.html http://thejohnfox.com/bio/ Redirect 301 /bookfox/journals-accepting-novellas.html http://thejohnfox.com/journals-accepting-novellas/ Redirect 301 /bookfox/ranking-of-literary-journ.html http://thejohnfox.com/ranking-of-literary-journals/ Redirect 301 /bookfox/what-is-bookfox.html http://thejohnfox.com/what-is-bookfox/ Redirect 301 /bookfox/journals-accepting-electronic-submissions.html http://thejohnfox.com/journals-accepting-electronic-submissions/ RedirectMatch 301 ^(.*)\.html$ http://thejohnfox.com$1/ RedirectMatch 301 ^bookfox/(.*)/(.*)/(.*) http://www.thejohnfox.com/$3 &lt;/IfModule&gt; # END WordPress </code></pre>
 

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