Users display page rewrite url?

[chuguruk]

Hi there,

Goal:

user profile visible as:

http://mysite.com/username

So far visible as:

http://mysite.com/user.show?user=username

404 template:

<?php $username=$input->get->user;?>
<? $hello = $users->get($username);
echo $hello->name;
echo $hello->id;?>

I have added this to .htacces

RewriteRule    ^[A-Za-z-]+/([A-Za-z0-9-]+)/?$   user.show?user=$1       [NC,L] 

But it doesn't work.

It would be much better to not use 404 template.. Any idea how to get this working?

edit:

I've added page and template "show" with the above code.

I have added this code to header.inc

<?/**
 * This hook modifies the default behavior of the Page::path function (and thereby Page::url)
 *
 * The primary purpose is to redefine blog posts to be accessed at a URL off the root level
 * rather than under /posts/ (where they actually live). 
 *
 */
wire()->addHookBefore('Page::path', function($event) {
  $page = $event->object;
  if($page->template == 'show') {
    $event->replace = true;
    $event->return = "/$page->name/";
  }
});?>

Seems like I'm missing something as it doesn't work for me.

And I can't access users path anyway as it's restricted, right?

[adrian]

Unless I am missing something obvious, it should just be a matter of enabling url segments on your home template, then using the value of the segment to get the page details for that user name.

https://processwire.com/docs/tutorials/how-to-use-url-segments/

[chuguruk]

Unless I am missing something obvious, it should just be a matter of enabling url segments on your home template, then using the value of the segment to get the page details for that user name.

https://processwire.com/docs/tutorials/how-to-use-url-segments/

I've tried segments but didn't know I have to turn it on in template..

Thanks!