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# bignoseca

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## Forum Replies Created

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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Confused with mod_rewirte](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/confused-with-mod_rewirte/)
 *  Thread Starter [bignoseca](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bignoseca/)
 * (@bignoseca)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/confused-with-mod_rewirte/#post-731430)
 * Works perfectly, thanks.
 * Should something like this be added to workpress, or made into a plugin of sorts?
 * Jeff.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Confused with mod_rewirte](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/confused-with-mod_rewirte/)
 *  Thread Starter [bignoseca](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bignoseca/)
 * (@bignoseca)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/confused-with-mod_rewirte/#post-731429)
 * Otto42 : Thank you ! 🙂
 * I haven’t tried it yet, but I do appreciate you taking time to explain it. Many
   thanks.
 * Jeff.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Confused with mod_rewirte](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/confused-with-mod_rewirte/)
 *  Thread Starter [bignoseca](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bignoseca/)
 * (@bignoseca)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/confused-with-mod_rewirte/#post-731407)
 * Pretty simple… 🙂
 * [http://www.bignose.ca/foo](http://www.bignose.ca/foo) and [http://www.bignose.ca/foo/](http://www.bignose.ca/foo/)
   both work as desired.
 * [http://www.bignose.ca/private](http://www.bignose.ca/private) and [http://www.bignose.ca/private/](http://www.bignose.ca/private/)
   do not work.
 * The only difference between foo and private, is that private contains a .htaccess
   file that looks like this:
 * require valid-user
    AuthName “MacDonald Family Only” AuthUserFile /usr/home/bignose/
   www-etc/macdonald.pwd AuthType basic
 * Jeff.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Confused with mod_rewirte](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/confused-with-mod_rewirte/)
 *  Thread Starter [bignoseca](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bignoseca/)
 * (@bignoseca)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/confused-with-mod_rewirte/#post-731369)
 * oh, also if i remove .htaccess from private it starts working. so i guess i’m
   confused why if the private .htaccess says nothing about redirection, does it
   go all funny?
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Confused with mod_rewirte](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/confused-with-mod_rewirte/)
 *  Thread Starter [bignoseca](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bignoseca/)
 * (@bignoseca)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/confused-with-mod_rewirte/#post-731368)
 * Yeah, except that doesn’t explain why “foo” works just fine, and adding a / to
   the end of private doesn’t help.

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