Hi Luigi,

1) I think you misunderstood my #1 question. Yes, I do know that I need a \ to display the next character correctly, but the question was about the output URL which contains a \ that shouldn't be there.

2) You're right. What you have mentioned does work, but unfortunately, it will break my other rules. I have attached my rules that currently work, and I don't want to break them. So I was hoping I get a specific matching pattern that work only on the URLs i'm trying to change.

3) Lastly, what is a pattern i can use to match URLs that have 1 to 5 digit number followed by a '-' then followed by text.
Ex. /directory/london/food/restaurants-catering/4745-ali-baba-pita-wrap


Thanks,
Donald

Hi Luigi,

Thanks for your quick response.


For #3) Your solution works! Thanks!


For #1) I tried explaining it earlier (see screenshot here: prntscr.com/lbvf8h ) where this '/' (shown by the red arrow in screenshot) displays when I use the pattern:
{scheme}://{siteurl}/directory/${city}/${cat}/${subcat}/all\?cf43[0]=${city}

I do understand that the \ is used to escape the '?' but I am not understanding why I am getting a '\' in the finished URL before the '?' mark.

Give it a try yourself, go to: muslimlink.ca/directory/london/food/restaurants-catering/all and see how it converts to:
muslimlink.ca/directory/london/food/restaurants-catering/all/?cf43[0]=london.

This is the exact rule I'm using: prntscr.com/lbvjhg


For #2) Currently these are the rules set up in this exact order:

1) ^/directory/.*/all$ becomes {scheme}://{siteurl}/directory/${city}/${cat}/${subcat}/all\?cf43[0]=${city}
2) ^/directory/.*/visit$ becomes {scheme}://{siteurl}{pathrtrim /visit}{queryfull}
3) ^/directory/.*/all/page.*/ becomes {scheme}://{siteurl}/directory/${city}/${cat}/${subcat}/all/page${page}\?cf43[0]=${city}
4) ^/directory/.*/page.* becomes {scheme}://{siteurl}/directory/${city}/${cat}/${subcat}/all/page${page}\?cf43[0]=${city}
5) ^/directory/.*/[0-9]+- becomes {scheme}://{siteurl}/directory/${city}/${cat}/${subcat}/${buz}?city=${city}

The rule I want to add needs to change URL from (as an example):
/directory/london/babies-children/clothing-accessories/
/directory/london/babies-children/clothing-accessories
to become:
/directory/london/babies-children/clothing-accessories/all?cf43[0]=london

Your previous solution (which was "From URL: ^/directory/"), breaks some of the above (even when I order it at the bottom). I need to make sure it doesn't break any of the above, and also happens ONLY when the URL has a city, a category and a subcategory
(in previous example: city=london, category=babies-children, subcategory=clothing-accessories).

So basically the following urls should NOT be affected by this new rule:

• /directory
• /directory/london
• /directory/london#Food
• /directory/london/food/restaurants-catering/all
• /directory/london/food/restaurants-catering/all?cf43[0]=london
• /directory/london/food/restaurants-catering/all/page2
• /directory/london/food/restaurants-catering/all/page2?cf43[0]=london
• /directory/london/food/restaurants-catering/4745-ali-baba-pita-wrap
• /directory/london/food/restaurants-catering/4745-ali-baba-pita-wrap?city=london

It should ONLY affect the URLs:

• /directory/london/food/restaurants-catering/
• /directory/london/food/restaurants-catering

(NOTE: I'm using city="london", cat="food" and subcategory="restaurants-catering" as examples only. It should allow any city, cat or subcat).

I hope I am clear now.

Thank you!

Any updates? If you lack time, at least answer #2 for now as that is the blocker.

Thank you!!

Hope you're enjoying your holidays.

Please let me know if you plan to work on this, or should I just find another way around my issue?

Thanks,
Donald