Pretty url problem or something else?

[SusanN]

Hello,

I am in the process of moving one of my clients into CMS MS and am experiencing a strange problem. 

Version:  CMS MS 1.2.3
CMS Site:  vir gin iafr eyermu th.com/cms  (please remove the spaces)
Original Site:  same as above minus /cms

The home page works just as expected.  However, I've now added a new page and I can't access it in the browser.  I can preview it in the page editing section, though. 

I've titled the new page "biography".  And the page alias is listed as "biography".  So, I tried vir gin iafr eyermu th.com/cms/biography and the only thing I get is an unstyled version of the original site's home page.  I know it's the original version by looking at the source code - the doctype is HTML and not XHTML.

My config.php file contains this:

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#------------
#URL Settings
#------------

#Show mod_rewrite URLs in the menu? You must enable 'use_hierarchy' for this to work for modules
$config['assume_mod_rewrite'] = true;

#Extension to use if you're using mod_rewrite for pretty URLs.
$config['page_extension'] = '/';

#If you don't use mod_rewrite, then would you like to use the built-in
#pretty url mechanism?  This will not work with IIS and the {metadata} tag
#should be in all of your templates before enabling.
$config['internal_pretty_urls'] = false;

#If you're using the internal pretty url mechanism or mod_rewrite, would you like to
#show urls in their hierarchy?  (ex. http://www.mysite.com/parent/parent/childpage)
$config['use_hierarchy'] = false;

#If using none of the above options, what should we be using for the query string
#variable?  (ex. http://www.mysite.com/index.php?page=somecontent)
$config['query_var'] = 'page';

My .htaccess contains this:

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Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /

# 301 Redirect all requests that don't contain a dot or trailing slash to
# include a trailing slash
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.
RewriteRule ^(.*) %{REQUEST_URI}/ [R=301,L]

# Rewrites urls in the form of /parent/child/
# but only rewrites if the requested URL is not a file or directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?page=$1 [QSA]

Both my config.php and .htaccess files reside in the /cms directory.


So, I have no idea why I can't view the biography page's content in the browser.  Do you see my mistake?

Thanks!

[Wiedmann]

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RewriteBase /

Both my config.php and .htaccess files reside in the /cms directory.

Don't use RewriteBase if the directory "cms" is a subdirectory of your DocumentRoot, or use "RewriteBase /cms"

[SusanN]

Thank you for your quick reply!!  It works now!