Redirect requests only if the file is not found?

Question

I\'m hoping there is a way to do this with mod_rewrite and Apache, but maybe there is another way to consider too.

On my site, I have directories set up for re-skinn

Answer 1

How about this?

# If requested resource exists as a file or directory go to it
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule (.*) - [L]

# Else rewrite requests for non-existent resources to /index.php
RewriteRule (.*) /index.php?q=$1 [L]