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hi i am new to htaccess. i was trying to write a rewrite rule in the htaccess for utilizing special characters but was unsuccessful...... cud pl anyone help me out working out the same..... here's it i a trying to rewrite the following url http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/as http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ the code i added in htaccess was...... Options +FollowSymlinksRewriteEngine onRewriteRule ^\*(.+)$ index.php?$1 [nc] thanks for ur help in advance......