Posted 2 years ago #
So I have just installed WP3 plus the latest version of Download Monitor and I was playing around with the custom URL setting. I'd really like to make it look something like this: downloads/file.php?id=[title]
Is this even possible? If I even enter something with special characters (? =) I get a 404 error. I suppose I need to escape the characters in the htaccess file? Any help on that?
Thank you in advance :)
Leave the first box blank and change the dropdown to get something like download.php?id=title, otherwise you will get something like /download/title
Posted 2 years ago #
How would I change
downloads/?category=1&did=5
into something more SEO friendly like:
downloads/books/sunshine
Where category 1 is "Books" and download 5 is "Sunshine"
Is this possible? I've been reading about htaccess rules, but I can't get them working. I wonder if it's the fact the wordpress rewrite takes over everything.
I've tried the following to no avail:
RewriteRule ^downloads/([^/]+)$ http://www.website.com/downloads/?page_id=40&did=$1
Where the page id 40 has [download_page]
I have not found a way yet; think it will involve 'endpoints', but its not well documented. http://johnbeales.com/20090824/endpoints-a-little-secret-for-url-manipulation-in-wordpress/
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