mod-rewrite remove folder name from url

Question

I am using OJS and I have installed it inside a folder called \"journals\". I have created some journals there (for example \"journal1\", \"journal2\", etc).

Now I a

Answer 1

When you put those rules inside the htaccess file in your /journals directory, it's causing a rewrite loop. $1 never starts with journals because you're inside the journals directory, thus the rule keeps getting applied.

You'll need to put something like this in your htaccess file in your site-root, the / directory:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/journals
RewriteRule ^index\.php(.*)$ /journals/index.php$1 [L]