Trying to get mod_rewrite rule to work

Question

I'm trying to get an htaccess rewrite rule working and not having any luck. I've gone through a couple tutorials and can get redirects working, but not rewrite (which is what I need).

Can someone please point me in the right direction?

I want users to enter this URL:

http://example.com/sample-article

Actual page content:

http://example.com/live-site/testing-2012/article-123/

My htaccess rule

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^/sample-article$ http://example.com/live-site/testing-2012/article-123/ [NC,L]

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Answer 1

Try to remove the leading / :

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^sample-article$ /live-site/testing-2012/article-123/ [NC,L]