URL Routing - Ignoring SubDirectories

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I've done some searching around and can't find nothing on this subject. And I don't know enough about Apache and htaccess to know if it's even possible through RewriteRule's.

Here's my situation. This is for SEO purposes.

I have some folders and pages that go too deep for comfort. Here's my example:

http://www.site.com/folder/games/rpg/final-fantasy/...

I want my pages to be set up like above when viewing the site map in the dashboard. Like so:

Home
>folder
>>games
>>>rpg
>>>>final-fantasy
>>>>dragon-quest
>>>racing
>>>>gta
>>>>grid
>folder2
>folder3

...you get the point.

But when you're on the page "final fantasy", this is what I would like the URL to be:

http://www.site.com/final-fantasy/...

and if you were on the page "rpg" i'd like it to be this:

http://www.site.com/rpg/

So basically what I'm trying to do is 'ignore' my sub folders and have the url's of all my pages start on the root. You might ask, why not just put them on the root? Well I need them set up in the site map correctly for things like auto navs, general cleanliness of site structure, and active page states(in nav menus, etc).

If anyone can help me out I'd really appreciate it. Lets not get into why I'm doing this. I know enough about SEO, and in this particular situation my URL's will be best suited if I can have each individual page appear as though it were on the route.

 
Mnkras replied on at Permalink Reply
Mnkras
alias's?
Ulf replied on at Permalink Reply
Unless I'm missing something, I don't think I can achieve this with alias's. Lets say I do this:

home
>folder
>>games
>>>rpg(alias)
>rpg

Now the 'rpg' alias will still have the urlhttp://www.site.com/folder/games/rpg/... and I'll have the issue of an autonav showing items on the first level having the page 'rpg' in them as well...

Or do I not fully understand how alias's work?
Ulf replied on at Permalink Reply
So anyone else got any ideas?