How to use htaccess to point to a different directory?

How can i use .htaccess to point to a directory different from the one on the url bar

• am stuck trying to use .htaccess to point to the template directory for users of my site. the directory where user is directed after login is mysite.com/lu/user1/ whereas the content i want to load is at mysite.com/lu/default/ what i want to achieve is load content from the default template directory so that i can modify the page when necessary and it will reflect on all user accounts pages. this whole thing is to say: when a user is in mysite.com/lu/user1/ let content from mysite.com/lu/default/ be served to the user without mysite.com/lu/default/ showing on the url bar. and if the user is at mysite.com/lu/user1/settings/ or mysite.com/lu/user1/settings/?rw=yyy&uui=uuu let the served directory be mysite.com/lu/default/settings/ or mysite.com/lu/default/settings/?rw=yyy&uui=uuu i also do not want the users to have direct access to the template directory e.g mysite.com/lu/default/ this code was posted to me but i dont know htaccess syntax RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(index|excluded1|excluded2)\.php [NC] RewriteRule ^((?!u/).+)$ u/$1 [L,NC] thanks for ur tym.

• Answer:

  You can use this .htaccess inside /lu/ directory: RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /lu/ # block direct access to /lu/default RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /lu/default [NC] RewriteRule ^ - [F] RewriteRule ^([A-Z0-9]{6})/?$ profile.php?cod=$1 [L,QSA] # route every user/* to default/* RewriteRule ^\w+/(.*)$ default/$1 [L,NC]