RewriteCond?! Can WP leave "invisible" directories alone

  • I Have two subversionproject which is linked to my domain which is accessible via ?mydomain.com/project1? and mydomain.com/project2 (these are not “pshycial” directories, I cant see them in my ftp-client)

    Now that I have installed WordPress, I can not access these pages, I come to the WordPress 404 page.

    So, my question is… In WordPress can I specify the directories mydomain.com/project1 and mydomain.com/project2 so wordpress should leave these directories alone?

    I figure it′s in the .htaccess file i should write something but what?

    I got some code from a guy but tat didnt work

    # BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/project1
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/project2

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

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  • Oh yeah,
    I’ve run into this a few times. You install WP, and suddenly some sites or pages don’t work, and at first, whoa, I have no idea? ??

    I think the syntax may be pretty server-sensitive. This is like what I used to get it to work. Note the slight difference at the end: 

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/project1.*$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/project2.*$

    And you would leave the other lines intact. If that doesn’t work, it’s above my pay grade, and a .htaccess guru may be needed. ??

    Dave

    Thread Starter andy-with-love

    (@andy-with-love)

    Dave,
    Gaaaah it doesn’t work!
    I change the .htaccess file and I change my permalinks settings to “Month and name”

    Heres what’s inside the .htaccess

    # BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/project1.*$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/project2.*$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/project3.*$

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

    Then I go back and check the .htaccess file again
    And only this remains:

    # BEGIN WordPress

# END WordPress

    Wierd as hell! what im a doing wrong?!

    Thread Starter andy-with-love

    (@andy-with-love)

    I solved that problem:
    I read somewhere that i should put my own rewrite rules outside of the #BEGIN and #END lines.
    that worked!

    but my main problem still remain ??

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