htaccess rewrite issue

[RichieBoy67]

Thanks,

Ok this works. I forgot I already had the wrong htaccess in a members directory. This works. Starting to finally cut down on the error messages. Much appreciated! I am removing rewrite rules for redirect matches too.

I think I am finally starting to pick up on your method here. It is not what most do but it seems faster and better in my opinion. Great work on using this.

Am I on the right track here with this?

PHP Code:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RedirectMatch 301 ^/mecca-bodybuilding-discussion-news-226/([A-Za-z0-9-]+)-([0-9-]+)$ http://musclemecca.com/showthread.php/$1-$2


This is to redirect urls like this that were under f226 but now under /mecca-bodybuilding-discussion-news-226 but are now displayed as http://musclemecca.com/showthread.php like below:

http://musclemecca.com/mecca-bodybuilding-discussion-news-226/art-atwood-dead-37-years-old-219676/

too

http://musclemecca.com/showthread.php/219676-Art-Atwood-dead-at-37-years-old