[Solved] Only frontpage loads with Pretty URLS's activated

[webform]

I have a weird problem; I have installed CMSMS 1.6.3 on a live server and activated Pretty URL's, but only the frontpage loads! I can see the URL change in the address bar when i click on a menu link but no page besides the frontpage loads.

It's an old problem i have on many sites on many different serverers and host's and versions of CMSMS. Activating mod_rewrite in the Config file and uploading the default .htaccess file coming with the CMSMS package, but to no avail  :-\

Only a few times on some sites i have succeed, but i followed the "normal" procedure as described above, so i can't seem to find the clue to solve this!

Anyone has any idea what the problem could be?

[Pierre M.]

Hello,

pretty URLs work with CMSms on a lot of host/version combinations with standard instructions and samples. May be you should first run some non-CMSms rewriting tests and report them, then elaborate more on what you have tried so far with CMSms, following forums procedures (System Info etc).

Pierre M.

[webform]

I will try to figure out how to do some rewriting tests.

One "funny" thing i've discovered; I'm working on a duplicate of the live site, which is placed in the root folder, and the test site is placed in a sub folder. If i have RewriteBase / in the htaccess file, then it actually loads the correct page, but in the original live site! If i change to RewriteBase /subfolder then it dies again!

So it kinda gives me a clue that mod_rewrite works on the server, but there is something in the htaccess file that need to be changed or added - The question now is what?

I will try to contact the host and se if they have an idea!

[webform]

I've found out this content in the htaccess file seems to work instead of the default htaccess file:

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#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]

[matterhornpat]

Can you paste in what you are using for your .htaccess? Or let us know if the version webform provided solves your problem?

Just for good measure I have included a version in which I use, with some additional lines to deal with canonical issues:

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Options +FollowSymLinks 
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain\.com 
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
#
# Rewrites urls in the form of /parent/child/
# but only rewrites if the requested URL is not a file or directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d 
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?page=$1 [QSA]
#

[webform]

I was the one with the problem, not Pierre 

And yes the htaccess info i posted did solve the problem with this host!