On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:22:33 +0000, brian@??? said:
> RewriteRule ^([^/\.]+)?/?$ user.php?username=$1 [L,QSA]
Untested, but removing the first dot should do it:
RewriteRule ^([^/\]+)?/?$ user.php?username=$1 [L,QSA]
The documentation for mod_rewrite on the Apache site is pretty good, and
it has a comprehensive debug mode too.
hth,
Keith
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