# Dealing with images when custom routing to remove a /stub directory **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Tags:** v2\ **Created:** [March 18, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/dealing-with-images-when-custom-routing-to-remove-a-stub-directory/520 "2015-03-18T20:03:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![maxfenton](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/maxfenton/32/11996_2.png) [@maxfenton](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/maxfenton)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/dealing-with-images-when-custom-routing-to-remove-a-stub-directory/520/1 "2015-03-18T20:03:11Z")
Ok, so I was trying to find a way to do custom routes so some posts could subdirectories of /content/writing but not show /writing in the URLs. The [Kirby docs about routing](http://getkirby.com/docs/advanced/routing) explain part of this, but not exactly how to handle the images in those content directories. After a couple of hours, here’s what I came up with. **It seems to work** , but I’d love feedback and am also posting this in case it helps other people. #### The structure of the content looks something like this: – content – – writing – – – writing.txt – – – writing1.png – – – writing2.png – – – post1 – – – – post1-1.jpg – – – – post1-2.jpg – – – – post.txt – – – post2 – – – – post2-1.jpg – – – – post2-2.jpg – – – – post.txt – – some-other-page – – – page.txt – – – image.svg – – error – – – error.txt – – – error-image.gif #### Test URLs: - /error/image1.jpg - /writing - /writing/post2 - /writing/writing1.png - /post1 - /post1/post1-1.jpg - /post2 - /post2/post2-2.jpg - /some-other-page - /some-other-page/image.svg #### Routes in config.php ```auto /* --------------------------------------- Custom Routing to hide /writing from URLs, while keeping /content tidy note: Our assumed stub directory is /writing/ cf. http://getkirby.com/docs/advanced/routing#omitting-the-blog-folder-in-urls --------------------------------------- */ c::set('routes', array( array( 'pattern' => '(:any)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+(.jpg|.png|.gif|.svg))', 'action' => function($stub, $filename) { /** * See if the stub is a real content directory * If not, see if it is a sub-directory of our * removed directory: /writing */ $page = @page($stub); if (!$page) { $page = @page('writing/'.$stub); } /** * If the page exists and is a real page * (e.g. /error), it will have a url */ if( @$page->url() ) { /** * See if the file really exists in that content directory. */ $file = @$page->files()->find($filename); if ( !$file || $file == null ) { /** * Handle actual 404 missing images */ return false; // return go( 'error' ); } else { $fileURL = $file->url(); } } /** * Load the actual image or the error page if it doesn't exist. */ return go( $fileURL ? $fileURL : 'error' ); } ), array( 'pattern' => '([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)', // Page slug is alphanumeric with dashes 'action' => function($uid) { $page = page($uid); if(!$page) $page = page('writing/' . $uid); if(!$page) $page = site()->errorPage(); return site()->visit($page); } ), array( 'pattern' => 'writing/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)', 'action' => function($uid) { return go( $uid ); } ), )); ``` #### .htaccess _which (among other things) forces trailing slashes_ ```auto ################# REDIRECT LINKS (and Kirby) RewriteEngine on RewriteBase / ############# ### Redirects RewriteRule ^build-2013/?$ /writing-for-beginners/ [R=301,NC,L] RewriteRule ^services/?$ /what-i-do/ [R=301,NC,L] RewriteRule ^work/?$ /projects/ [R=301,NC,L] ############ ### Security # block text files in the content folder from being accessed directly RewriteRule ^content/(.*)\.(txt|md|mdown)$ error [R=301,L] # block all files in the site folder from being accessed directly RewriteRule ^site/(.*) error [R=301,L] # block all files in the kirby folder from being accessed directly RewriteRule ^kirby/(.*) error [R=301,L] ############# ### Real Files ## if this is an existing folder/file then leave RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f RewriteRule . - [L] ############# ### Cache-busting of JS and CSS versions RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^(.*)\.([0-9\-]+)\.(js|css)$ $1.$3 [L] ############# ### Trailing Slashes ## if no trailing slash then redirect to url with trailing slash RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+|/)$ RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1/ [L,R=301] ############# ### The Panel RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^panel/(.*) panel/index.php [L] #################### ### Kirby Site Pages RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*)/? index.php [L] ``` ---
**Author:** ![criuz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/criuz/32/312_2.png) [@criuz](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/criuz)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/dealing-with-images-when-custom-routing-to-remove-a-stub-directory/520/2 "2015-03-20T18:05:27Z")
Hey, I just stumbled upon your post. I’m having an issue I think you may have found a solution for. Maybe you could have a look at this? [http://forum.getkirby.com/t/omitting-parts-of-urls/539](http://forum.getkirby.com/t/omitting-parts-of-urls/539) ---
**Author:** ![distantnative](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/distantnative/32/11319_2.png) [@distantnative](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/distantnative)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/dealing-with-images-when-custom-routing-to-remove-a-stub-directory/520/3 "2025-02-06T17:17:33Z")