[SOLVED] Pretty URLs in CMSMS 1.6.5

[jocando]

Hello

I'm trying to follow the new instructions for getting pretty URLs:
http://wiki.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php/User_Handbook/Installation/Optional_Settings

I made changes to the config.php file as instructed.  And uploaded the sample .htaccess file which reads:
# To deny PHPs
                                                                             
 order deny,allow                                                                                                            
 deny from all                                                                                                              


All that happened was I got a 404 error message (Do not have permission to access this page).  I'm sorry, I know it's suddenly in the 'requirements' but I don't understand what I'm trying to do here. And I don't understand the instructions given for how to debug either.

Can anyone help? Is there no simple way to do this anymore?

Thanks
Jo

[Rolf]

Hi Jocando

The sample .htaccess file is placed in the /doc/ folder of the cmsms setup.
It's called htaccess.txt
Copy it into the root of the site and rename it to .htaccess

Grtz. Rolf

[jocando]

Yippee, it works!

I didn't see the text file - there was a very obvious .htaccess file so I thought that was it.  No wonder it didn't make sense!  Now I see the correct file I can see what it's doing.

Many thanks
Joanna

[Pierre M.]

Everybody can contribute to the wiki with his/her forum account to improve my "Make a .htaccess rewriting ruleset from the provided sample /doc/htaccess.txt" wording

Pierre M.

[jocando]

Many thanks.  I didn't know that. I will certainly try and help.
(As an ex English teacher, I should be able to!)

[applejack]

Pierre or anyone

Do you know or have a example ini i.e. IIS equivalent of .htaccess file as I am having to try and get this working on IIS6 as {REQUEST_URI} does not work on it. The sever is using IIRF v1.2.16 (Ionic's ISAPI Rewriting Filter).

[Pierre M.]

@applejack : sorry, but other issue => other thread. I don't know IIS. Search the forum with Google for IIS.
I'm closing this thread.

Pierre M.