Pretty URL's SOLVED

[electrifire]

Im struggling here with the pretty url's, in the config file I have this code:



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

#What type of URL rewriting should we be using for pretty URLs?  Valid options are:
#'none', 'internal', and 'mod_rewrite'.  'internal' will not work with IIS some CGI
#configurations. 'mod_rewrite' requires proper apache configuration, a valid
#.htaccess file and most likely {metadata} in your page templates.  For more
#information, see:
#http://wiki.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php ... ty_URL.27s
$config['url_rewriting'] = 'mod_rewrite';

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

#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'] = true;

#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';

And this have made my url's have the extension .php but the page does not exist, where have I gone wrong, each page now has the correct extension such as electrical.php but I get the error.

http://www.electrifire.co.uk/test

[Peciura]

IMO you have misconfigured "/.htaccess". simply because site is in subdirectory. You edit it  like this (i guess)

RewriteRule ^test/(.+)\.php$ index.php?page=$1 [QSA]

[replytomk3]

Even simpler,
RewriteBase /yourfolder

I just answered this question yesterday somewhere else.

[Dr.CSS]

I believe it is actually RewriteBase /yourfolder  w/o the / at the end...

From default htaccess file...

#Sub-dir e.g: /cmsms
RewriteBase /

[electrifire]

Dr.CSS I'm afraid your post went over my head:

I didn't actually edit the .htaccess file I just edited the config file, the site is in a sub domain currently until I get it up and running properly on cmsms.

So I need to edit .htaccess file with RewriteBase /test?

[Dr.CSS]

Yes...

[electrifire]

Ok it works as in the url is something like http://www.electrifire.co.uk/test/electrical.php

however I get this error form google when I click a link from the menu:

Oops! This link appears to be broken.

This is the contents of my .htaccess file:

SetEnv DEFAULT_PHP_VERSION 5

RewriteBase /test

Any other ideas?

[replytomk3]

Ok it works as in the url is something like http://www.electrifire.co.uk/test/electrical.php

No, it doesn't!

[electrifire]

hmmm please explain then as the fact the url has shortened and now has the .php extension made me think the mod rewrite was kind of working and the issue I had was the page is not actually at this new extension

[replytomk3]

Post your config.php URL section and complete .htaccess here again. Is this Linux hosting?

[electrifire]

Yes this is linux hosting and the sit is in a sub domain until I have everything up and running then I will replace my current site with cms.

This is the URL settings:

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

#What type of URL rewriting should we be using for pretty URLs?  Valid options are:
#'none', 'internal', and 'mod_rewrite'.  'internal' will not work with IIS some CGI
#configurations. 'mod_rewrite' requires proper apache configuration, a valid
#.htaccess file and most likely {metadata} in your page templates.  For more
#information, see:
#http://wiki.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php ... ty_URL.27s
$config['url_rewriting'] = 'mod_rewrite';

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

#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'] = true;

#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';



This is the contents of my .htaccess file:

SetEnv DEFAULT_PHP_VERSION 5

RewriteBase /test

[replytomk3]

LOL

your htaccess should be

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SetEnv DEFAULT_PHP_VERSION 5
ServerSignature Off



# Deny access to config.php
# This can be useful if php ever breaks or dies
# Use with caution, this may break other functions of CMSms that use a config.php
# file.  This may also break other programs you have running under your CMSms
# install that use config.php.  You may need to add another .htaccess file to those
# directories to specifically allow config.php.
<Files "config.php">
order allow,deny
deny from all
</Files>


<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
#
#Sub-dir e.g: /cmsms/
RewriteBase /test


# URL Filtering helps stop some hack attempts
#IF the URI contains a "http:"
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} http\: [OR]
#OR if the URI contains a "["
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} \[ [OR]
#OR if the URI contains a "]"
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} \] [OR]
#OR if the URI contains a "<__script__>"
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\<|%3C).*script.*(\>|%3E) [NC,OR]
#OR script trying to set a PHP GLOBALS variable via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR]
#OR any script trying to modify a _REQUEST variable via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) 
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [F,L] 
# END Filtering


# 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
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?page=$1 [QSA]
</IfModule>

optional settings for security below SetEnv DEFAULT_PHP_VERSION 5:

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Options +FollowSymLinks
Options -Indexes

[electrifire]

hmmm should that code be in there to start with or should I have added it manually?

Thanks for the tip

[replytomk3]

for mod_rewrite to work, you must have all of that in your .htaccess

you must add it manually

read documentation next time. It will save everyone's time. Most importantly, yours.

[maxxbu]

I have the same problem, and try all these things but it won't work. I get every time the "Not Found" Page.

CMSms is in the sub dir "cmsms"

.htaccess File

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# Attempt to override some php settings, these settings may be helpful on some hosts if your
# default configuration does not meet CMS's minimum requirements, and your host
# has given your account appropriate permissions
#php_value upload_max_filesize "10M"
#php_value session_save_path "tmp/cache"

#php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off
#php_flag register_globals Off
#php_flag session.use_trans_sid Off

# (this is important, so uncomment if your host permit)
#Options -Indexes
#ServerSignature Off
#
Options +FollowSymLinks
#
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
#
#Sub-dir e.g: /cmsms
RewriteBase /cmsms

#
# 301 Redirect all requests that don't contain a dot or trailing slash to
# include a trailing slash
# but ignore POST requests.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !POST$
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
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?page=$1 [QSA]
</IfModule>

config.php

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

$config['url_rewriting'] = 'mod_rewrite';
$config['page_extension'] = '';
$config['use_hierarchy'] = true;
$config['query_var'] = 'page';

I have also tried your file, but even with this configuration the "Not Found" page appears

other information
mod_rewrite is enabled
.htaccess and config.php is readable
CMSms Version 1.7

The PHP Version is 5.2.10, recommend ist 5.2.12 but I don't think there is the problem...