I've spent hours trying to figure this out and will pay for someone to do it if that's what it's going to take.....

Your help would be immensely appreciated.

[code]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

<FilesMatch "\.(ico|pdf|flv|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|js|css|swf)$">
Header set Expires "Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:00:00 GMT"
</FilesMatch>


ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?page_type=static&page_name=not_found

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET\ .*/index\.(php|html?)\ HTTP
RewriteRule ^(.*)index\.(php|html?)$ $1 [R=301,L]


RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mydomain\.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mydomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]


###########CATALOG PAGE DISPATCH##############
RewriteRule ^.*/hash-(a[0-9]+)?(b[0-9]+)?(c[0-9]+)?(d[0-9]+)?(p[0-9]+)?(r[0-9]+)?(f[0-9]+)?\.html$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=catalog&type_id=$1&brand_id=$2&gender_id=$3&onsale=$4&price1=$5&price2=$6&page_id=$7 [L]

###########SEARCH QUERY#######################
RewriteRule ^hash-(f[0-9]+)(search-(.*)-query)?\.html$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=catalog&page_id=$1&search_query=$3 [L]

###########DONT REMEMBER WHAT THE HELL IS THIS FOR ###########
RewriteRule ^hash-(p[0-9]+)?(r[0-9]+)?(f[0-9]+)?\.html$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=catalog&price1=$1&price2=$2&page_id=$3 [L]

###SOME SEARCH STUFF####
RewriteRule ^search/?$ index.php?page=search

#ITEM INFO WITH COLOR SELECTED###
RewriteRule ^.*-stockid-([0-9]+)-colorid-([0-9]+)\.html$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=item_info&show_id=$1&colorid=$2 [L]

##ITEM INFO COLOR NOT SELECTED###
RewriteRule ^.*-stockid-([0-9]+)\.html$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=item_info&show_id=$1 [L]

#STATIC REWRITES RULES#####

#NEW PAGES
RewriteRule ^register/(.*)?$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=register_fast&checkout=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^cart/?$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=view_cart [L]
RewriteRule ^checkout/?$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=checkout [L]
#END

RewriteRule ^featured/?$ featured.php [L]
RewriteRule ^catalog/eyeglasses/.*/brandid([0-9]+)/?$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=catalog&brand_id=$1&type_id=1 [L]
RewriteRule ^catalog/sunglasses/.*/brandid([0-9]+)/?$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=catalog&brand_id=$1&type_id=2 [L]
RewriteRule ^catalog/eyeglasses/?$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=catalog&type_id=1 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^catalog/sunglasses/?$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=catalog&type_id=2 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^catalog/for-men/?$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=catalog&gender_id=2 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^catalog/for-women/?$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=catalog&gender_id=1 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^catalog/for-kids/?$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=catalog&gender_id=3 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^catalog/for-all/?$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=catalog&gender_id=4 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^catalog/brands/?$ index.php?browse=brands [L]
RewriteRule ^catalog/sale/?$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=catalog&onsale=1 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^my-orders/?$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=my_orders [L]
RewriteRule ^forgot-password/?$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=forgot [L]
RewriteRule ^contact-us/?$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=contact [L]
RewriteRule ^about/?$ index.php?page_type=static&page_name=about [L]
RewriteRule ^faq/?$ index.php?page_type=static&page_name=faq [L]
RewriteRule ^testimonials/?$ index.php?page_type=static&page_name=testimonials [L]
RewriteRule ^shipping/?$ index.php?page_type=static&page_name=shipping_info [L]
RewriteRule ^privacy_policy/?$ index.php?page_type=static&page_name=privacy [L]
RewriteRule ^terms_of_use/?$ index.php?page_type=static&page_name=terms [L]
RewriteRule ^return_policy/?$ index.php?page_type=static&page_name=return_policy [L]
RewriteRule ^brands/?$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=brands [L]
RewriteRule ^invoice/([0-9]+)?/?$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=invoice&order_id=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^packing-slip/([0-9]+)?/?$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=slip&order_id=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^.*/stockid/([0-9]+)/.*$ index.php?browse=catalog&show_id=$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^catalog/pageid([0-9]+)/?$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=catalog&page_id=$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^my-account/?$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=my_account [L]
RewriteRule ^change-billing/?$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=my_acc_bill [L]
RewriteRule ^change-shipping/?$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=my_acc_ship [L]
RewriteRule ^change-password/?$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=my_acc_pw [L]
RewriteRule ^paypal-checkout/?$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=paypal_pay [L]
RewriteRule ^catalog/.*/brandid([0-9]+)/?$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=catalog&brand_id=$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^catalog/?$ index.php?page_type=dinamic&page_name=catalog [L]


</IfModule>


<Files 403.shtml>
order allow,deny
allow from all
</Files>


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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/19/2010 07:55PM by theduke56789.

Hahah, that doesn't look all [i]that[/i] bad, just extremely time consuming. Are you still having trouble with this? A lot of it is just reiterating the beginning and end syntax in your nginx configuration.