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Hi,

I've got so far with converting the basics of LemonStand's RewriteRules, but would appreciate any help or pointers from anyone with the remaining lines.

.htaccess rewrites:

#
# Do not allow executing any PHP scripts
#

RewriteRule ^(.*).php$ index.php [L]

#
# The following section automatically adds a trailing slash to all URLs
#

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,5}|/)$
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-REQUESTED-WITH} !^(XMLHttpRequest)$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !^HEAD$ 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !^POST$ 
RewriteRule (.*)([^/])$ %{REQUEST_URI}/ [R=301,L]

#
# Product files downloading URL
#

RewriteRule (^download_product_file/.*) index.php?q=/$1 [L,QSA]

#
# Administration Area file downloading URL
#

RewriteRule ls_backend/files/get/(.*) index.php?q=/backend_file_get/$1 [L]

#
# All other requests
#

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.(ico|js|jpg|jpeg|gif|css|png|swf|txt|xml|xls)$) [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(phproad/thirdpart/.*)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=/$1 [L,QSA]

What I've got so far:

UrlToolkit {
        ToolkitID = lemonstand

        # Disallow execution of other PHP scripts
        Match ^/(.*).php$ Rewrite /index.php

        # TODO Add a trailing slash to all URLs


        # Product files downloading URL
        Match (^/download_product_file/.*) Rewrite /index.php?q=$1

        # Administration Area file downloading URL
        Match ^/ls_backend/files/get/(.*) Rewrite /index.php?q=/backend_file_get/$1

        # TODO All other requests

}

I now have the following, which isn't complete or an exact match, but it seems to be at least partially working. To be further developed. :-)

UrlToolkit {
        ToolkitID = lemonstand

        Match ^/config/ Deny

        # Disallow execution of other PHP scripts
        Match ^/(.*).php$ Rewrite /index.php

        # TODO Add a trailing slash to all URLs


        # Product files downloading URL
        Match (^/download_product_file/.*) Rewrite /index.php?q=$1

        # Administration Area file downloading URL
        Match ^/ls_backend/files/get/(.*) Rewrite /index.php?q=/backend_file_get/$1

        # All other requests
        RequestURI isfile Exit
        Match ^/phproad/thirdpart/.* Exit
        Match ^/(.*)$ Rewrite /index.php?q=$1
}

I have another issue which I think isn't related to URL rewriting, which I'll post on separately.

RewriteRule ^(.*).php$ index.php [L]
- Match ^/.*\.php$ Rewrite /index.php

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
- RequestURI exists Return

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,5}|/)$
- Match ^/(\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,5})?$ Return

RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-REQUESTED-WITH} !^(XMLHttpRequest)$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !^HEAD$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !^POST$
RewriteRule (.*)([^/])$ %{REQUEST_URI}/ [R=301,L]
- No UrlToolkit equivalents

RewriteRule (^download_product_file/.*) index.php?q=/$1 [L,QSA]
- Match ^/(download_product_file/.*)\?(.*) Rewrite /index.php?q=/$1&$2
- Match ^/(download_product_file/.*) Rewrite /index.php?q=/$1

RewriteRule ls_backend/files/get/(.*) index.php?q=/backend_file_get/$1 [L]
- Match ls_backend/files/get/(.*) Rewrite /index.php?q=/backend_file_get/$1

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.(ico|js|jpg|jpeg|gif|css|png|swf|txt|xml|xls)$) [NC]
- Match \.(ico|js|jpg|jpeg|gif|css|png|swf|txt|xml|xls)$ Return

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(phproad/thirdpart/.*)
- Match phproad/thirdpart/.* Return

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=/$1 [L,QSA]
- Match ^/(.*)\?(.*)$ Rewrite /index.php?q=/$1&$2
- Match ^/(.*)$ Rewrite /index.php?q=/$1


No offence, but LemonStand has a serious design issue. No CMS / framework should ever require a weird and complex URL rewrite like this.

Thanks Hugo. Your rules work better (but not entirely) than mine for the actual pages, but don't allow for loading of the CSS file (and I can't see why).

Yes, this is very annoying and I'm thinking of giving up with Lemonstand or setting up another VPS for Apache. :-(

Do you have any experience with or recommendations for eCommerce applications? I'm currently on the lookout for a project, which is why I was trying LemonStand.

Magento seems very featureful but I used to find it maintenance heavy.

PrestaShop also seems featureful, but apparently the view layer is a mess and I don't want to have to fight it to do my own theme should that be necessary.

I have no experience with eCommerce applications. All I have done with eCommerce, I wrote myself

I now have Magento installed and working via Hiawatha.

The URL toolkit isn't complete yet, but I'll post it when it is and I've done more testing.