Friendly URLs and 404 pages

What is wrong with this?

• RewriteBase /modx
• Change both htaccess name files
• Suffix for friendly URLs: .html
• Use friendly aliases: yes
• Use friendly alias path: yes
• Allow duplicate aliases: yes
• Automatically generate alias: no

I only get 404 pages

Try to set: Automatically generate alias - Yes.

You must write down alias manually in documents or just enter inside the document and then click Save - this rule for all exist documents.
For the new ones alias will be generated automatically.

Quote from: labasus at Jan 03, 2009, 12:24 PM

Try to set: Automatically generate alias - Yes.

You must write down alias manually in documents or just enter inside the document and then click Save - this rule for all exist documents.
For the new ones alias will be generated automatically.

So that means that I can set my own friendly urls alias?

Quote from: labasus at Jan 03, 2009, 12:24 PM

Try to set: Automatically generate alias - Yes.

You must write down alias manually in documents or just enter inside the document and then click Save - this rule for all exist documents.
For the new ones alias will be generated automatically.

Still doesn’t work. The url is there ( http://www.mysite.com/mysite/portfolio.html) but only returns 404 pages

Try with this wiki guide to resolve your problem - http://wiki.modxcms.com/index.php/Friendly_URLs_Guide

Also, there’s a video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlGiypZZTSw

Are you sure your .htaccess file is being parsed? Try typing some junk at the front of it, saving it, and then see if you get a server error http 500... if your pages still load normally, that means that the file isn’t even being parsed... I’ve made that mistake more than once. I spent hours trying to make friendly urls work only to discover that the .htaccess file was being ignored.