Can I just exclude a directory from rewrite?

I suppose I can move the gallery to a subdomain.

2009/5/16 Claude Bing

> K i will attempt to do this in a few minutes. I'll get back to you about
> the gallery
>
>
> 2009/5/16 Igor Sysoev
>
>> On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 07:04:43PM +0200, Claude Bing wrote:
>>
>> > Well I should clarify about the gallery. It's Gallery2, php-driven.
>>
>> How does typical URL look ?
>>
>> > Where is the } that I should fix?
>>
>> I have marked the by "+" and "-":
>>
>> + }
>>
>> error_page 404 /index.php;
>>
>> location ~ /\.ht {
>> deny all;
>> }
>> -}
>> }
>>
>> > 2009/5/16 Igor Sysoev
>> >
>> > > On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 06:09:41PM +0200, Claude Bing wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Ok, I followed a tutorial online and was trying to get rewrite
>> working on
>> > > my
>> > > > server. Well, everything works ok except for my Photo gallery which
>> is
>> > > > located in | /gallery |. I'll include my current config for
>> the
>> > > > domain (wfto.cc and wfto.cc/gallery)
>> > > > =======================>> > > > server {
>> > > > listen 80;
>> > > > server_name www.waterfortheoppressed.com
>> > > waterfortheoppressed.com;
>> > > >
>> > > > rewrite ^ http://wfto.cc permanent;
>> > > > }
>> > > >
>> > > > server {
>> > > > listen 80;
>> > > > server_name www.wfto.cc wfto.cc;
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > access_log /var/www/logs/wfto.cc.access.log;
>> > > >
>> > > > location = / {
>> > > > root /var/www/wfto.cc;
>> > > > index index.php index.html index.htm;
>> > > > }
>> > > > location / {
>> > > > root /var/www/wfto.cc;
>> > > > index index.php index.html;
>> > > >
>> > > > if (!-f $request_filename) {
>> > > > rewrite ^(.*)$ /index.php?q=$1 last;
>> > > > break;
>> > > > }
>> > > >
>> > > > if (!-d $request_filename) {
>> > > > rewrite ^(.*)$ /index.php?q=$1 last;
>> > > > break;
>> > > > }
>> > >
>> > > + }
>> > >
>> > > > error_page 404 /index.php;
>> > > >
>> > > > # serve static files directly
>> > > > location ~* ^.+.(jpg|jpeg|gif|css|png|js|ico)$ {
>> > > > access_log off;
>> > > > expires 30d;
>> > > > }
>> > > > # redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html
>> > > > #
>> > > > error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
>> > > > location = /50x.html {
>> > > > root /var/www/nginx-default;
>> > > > }
>> > > >
>> > > > # proxy the PHP scripts to Apache listening on 127.0.0.1:80
>> > > > #
>> > > > #location ~ \.php$ {
>> > > > #proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1;
>> > > > #}
>> > > >
>> > > > # pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on
>> > > 127.0.0.1:9000
>> > > > #
>> > > > location ~ \.php$ {
>> > > > fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
>> > > > fastcgi_index index.php;
>> > > > fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME
>> > > > /var/www/wfto.cc$fastcgi_script_name;
>> > > > include fastcgi_params;
>> > > > }
>> > > >
>> > > > # deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
>> > > > # concurs with nginx's one
>> > > > #
>> > > > location ~ /\.ht {
>> > > > deny all;
>> > > > }
>> > > > }
>> > >
>> > > - }
>> > >
>> > > > }
>> > > > =======================>> > >
>> > > First, you should fix '}',
>> > > Second, use try_files instead of "if"s.
>> > > And third, your gallery probably is served as static files by
>> > >
>> > > location ~* ^.+.(jpg|jpeg|gif|css|png|js|ico)$ {
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Igor Sysoev
>> > > http://sysoev.ru/en/
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > Yogi Berra
>> -
>> > "If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer."
>>
>> --
>>