Friendly URLs 500 error

[Pierre M.]

Hello,

assuming
1°)home/www/(username)/ is your w3 root directory (you browse it with http://www.foobar.net/ )
2°)and your have unpacked CMSms in it and it has created home/www/(username)/cmsmadesimple/
3°)and you installed by browsing to http://www.foobar.net/cmsmadesimple/index.php
4°)and this has redirected you to http://www.foobar.net/cmsmadesimple/install/install.php
5°)and http://www.foobar.net/cmsmadesimple/ should be the base URL for your site

then
1°)the provided .htaccess works for installs in the root folder
2°)your config.php seems ok
3°)try to add this line in your .htaccess after RewriteEngine On :

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RewriteBase /cmsmadesimple

If
alternate 5°)your want http://www.foobar.net/mypage.html URLs (without /cmsmadesimple/)
then
put the .htaccess in the root w3 folder and please retry my hints redirecting to the cmsmadesimple folder :

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

Pierre M.

[tsw]

when one gets 500errors it is crucial to see the apache error log.

otherwise we are shooting with a shotgun...

[tam10]

Hello,

assuming
1°)home/www/(username)/ is your w3 root directory (you browse it with http://www.foobar.net/ )
2°)and your have unpacked CMSms in it and it has created home/www/(username)/cmsmadesimple/
3°)and you installed by browsing to http://www.foobar.net/cmsmadesimple/index.php
4°)and this has redirected you to http://www.foobar.net/cmsmadesimple/install/install.php
5°)and http://www.foobar.net/cmsmadesimple/ should be the base URL for your site

then
1°)the provided .htaccess works for installs in the root folder
2°)your config.php seems ok
3°)try to add this line in your .htaccess after RewriteEngine On :

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RewriteBase /cmsmadesimple

If
alternate 5°)your want http://www.foobar.net/mypage.html URLs (without /cmsmadesimple/)
then
put the .htaccess in the root w3 folder and please retry my hints redirecting to the cmsmadesimple folder :

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

Pierre M.

You're a genius! It works perfectly now! Thanks for all your help!

Tom

[Pierre M.]

Thank you Tom !-)

Please share this success : tell us if your case is "5" or "alternate 5" and which one is the solution (RewriteBase or which RewriteRule)

Pierre M.

[tam10]

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RewriteBase /cmsmadesimple

This one worked for me.

[DW]

I'm having the same problem 

I'm running Apache on a windows machine for local testing.

The CMSMS works fine without the friendly urls.

This is config file
#------------
#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'] = true;

#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 .htaccess
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /cmsmadesimple          (I tried this with / also, same result)

# 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]

the error log says the following for apache
[Thu Dec 06 22:41:05 2007] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/Program/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs/cmsmadesimple/niftyCorners.css, referer: http://localhost:8080/cmsmadesimple/index.php


I just get the Page not found Anything that I missed? do I have to activate something in the apacheserver maybe?

Regards,
[glow=red,2,300]DW[/glow]

[Pierre M.]

Hello DW,

thank you for reporting precisely.

I'm having the same problem 

I'm running Apache on a windows machine for local testing.

The CMSMS works fine without the friendly urls.

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

# 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]

This is not what is suggested by the official .htaccess.

$config['internal_pretty_urls'] = true;

Oops, some bug in the doc : you should enable EITHER mod_rewrite OR internal rewrite. I suggest

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$config['internal_pretty_urls'] = false;

to solve your issue.

Pierre M.

[DW]

Made some changes

.htaccess (Copied the example file in doc directory)
#php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off
#php_flag register_globals Off
#php_flag session.use_trans_sid Off

# Make sure you have Options FollowSymLinks
# and Allow on
RewriteEngine On

#Rewrites page.shtml as index.php?page
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?page=$1 [QSA]

config.php
#------------
#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'] = 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';

Also these setting is in apache config

LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so


    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
    Satisfy all


sitll get the same error 
what setting did I miss?

[DW]

I did find some more "AllowOverride" in apache config to set to All
and also changed default directory file from index.html to index.php and now it works.

Thanks all

[Pierre M.]

Hello again,

Cool you have solved your issue.

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

I think

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$config['page_extension'] = '.html';

delivers prettier URLs.
But this is my opinion and you may like it another way.
Have fun with CMSms

Pierre M.