Changing the default URL pattern

[desibaba]

How can II change the default URL pattern?

from

video/%ID%/%DIR%/

to something like

xxxx/%DIR%/


I tried to change it in settings->website settings-> generated URL patterns. But its showing 404 error for both old and new videos.

[Tech Support]

You also need to change RewriteRule in .htaccess file. You need to find the rewrite rules that are used for /video pages, e.g. these:

RewriteRule ^video/([0-9]+)/([^/]+)/$       view_video.php?id=$1&dir=$2 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^video/([^/]+)/$                view_video.php?dir=$1 [L,QSA]

The first rule is for the case when you pass video ID AND video directory. The 2nd rule is for the case when you pass video directory only.

So you need to change video part in them to your xxx part.

[desibaba]

11 minutes ago, Tech Support said:

You also need to change RewriteRule in .htaccess file. You need to find the rewrite rules that are used for /video pages, e.g. these:

RewriteRule ^video/([0-9]+)/([^/]+)/$       view_video.php?id=$1&dir=$2 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^video/([^/]+)/$                view_video.php?dir=$1 [L,QSA]

The first rule is for the case when you pass video ID AND video directory. The 2nd rule is for the case when you pass video directory only.

So you need to change video part in them to your xxx part.

like these?

 

RewriteRule ^xxx/([0-9]+)/([^/]+)/$       view_xxx.php?id=$1&dir=$2 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^xxx/([^/]+)/$                view_xxx.php?dir=$1 [L,QSA]

[Tech Support]

No, you don't need to change view_video.php part, you only need to change the first part right after RewriteRule.