/wp-page/foo to /wp-page/?data=foo via .htaccess

  • I have wordpress installed in a directory called welcome, and /welcome/samples is a wp “page.” It has a php template waiting for a $_REQUEST[‘category’]

    When a user goes to /welcome/samples/fun, I want to have “fun” passed to the samples php template in the form welcome/samples/?category=fun

    But I want the URL to remain in its original form – it’s currently replacing the it with the ugly “?cat…etc” version

    # Outside the wordpress block so it won't be overwritten
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^samples/([^/]+)$ /welcome/samples?cat=$1 [R,L]

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /welcome/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /welcome/index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

    I tried Rewriting with simply samples?cat=$1 but I was getting a 404. I tried putting in the RewriteBase /welcome/ in the first block. and without the [R] flag it doesn’t work at all. I keep trying different permutations… and failing:(

    Perhaps I’m missing some basic concepts… thanks if you take the time to even read through this:)

    ciao

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