Rewrite issues... almost there, but not quite?

[torb]

A wee bit confused here. OK, _very_ confused! This is the first time I work with mod_rewrite. I've been at it for a couple of hours now with no luck.

 

In essence, i want to shorten the URL's to the member profiles of my forum - but I want the relative links in these profiles to link to the correct places within the board.

 

This is my .htaccess as I've got it so far:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/([^/]*)\.html$ /testboard/member.php?action=$1&member=$2 [L]

 

That supposedly turns the long url

http://www.mydomain.com/testboard/member.php?action=viewpro&member=torb

into the friendlier

http://www.mydomain.com/viewpro/torb.html

 

When browsing my forum, the link to my profile is still http://www.mydomain.com/testboard/member.php?action=viewpro&member=torb when I was hoping it would be http://www.mydomain.com/viewpro/torb.html. When I go to http://www.kult-rpg.com/viewpro/torb.html it displays my profile, only now all the relative links OUT of that page point to the wrong place, as do the relative images.

 

Can anybody please give me a hand here? Point out the obvious bit for me, please

 

Thanks,

-torb

[torb]

Any takers? I've looked up some old posts, and seen that it some forums it would be necessary to add something on the php side of things... is this true?

[hackerkts]

Sorry, I didn't get to know what you mean.

Do you mean those link still dynamic urls? You'll have to change it in php files.

[torb]

Do you mean those link still dynamic urls? You'll have to change it in php files.

I think that's what I mean, yes. Then mod_rewrite is probably not the best solution for me. Thanks for verifying, though