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Friendly Urls not working - getting 403 errors

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    tkonol Reply #1, 16 years, 8 months ago
    I recently moved modx out of a directory and into the site root. Everything seems to be working fine, except for friendly urls. When I enable them, I get 403 errors on every page but the home page. They used to work when modx was in the old directory. My .htaccess file has the base set as / and the lines needed for friendlyurls are uncommented. Is there a way to fix this problem?
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      einsteinsboi Reply #2, 16 years, 8 months ago
      Did you clear your cache out after the move?
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        tkonol Reply #3, 16 years, 8 months ago
        Yes I did
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          creativejay Reply #4, 16 years, 8 months ago
          Did you check the path settings under Tools -> Configuration -> Interfaces & Functions? While you’re in there (if that’s the problem), you might as well update the path under File Manager, too.

          Hope that helps!
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            BobRay Reply #5, 16 years, 8 months ago
            In .htaccess, is the subdirectory still listed in one of the rewrite rules?

            Do you have a <base href="[(site_url)]"></base> in the head section of your template?
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              tkonol Reply #6, 16 years, 8 months ago
              Yes i have [(site_url)] as my base. Here is my .htaccess:

              # For full documentation and other suggested options, please see  
# http://svn.modxcms.com/docs/display/MODx096/Friendly+URL+Solutions  
# including for unexpected logouts in multi-server/cloud environments  

#Options +FollowSymlinks  
RewriteEngine On  
RewriteBase /  

# Fix Apache internal dummy connections from breaking [(site_url)] cache  
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*internal\ dummy\ connection.*$ [NC]  
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]  

# Rewrite domain.com -> www.domain.com  -- used with SEO Strict URLs plugin
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} .
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.example\.com [NC]
#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

# Exclude /assets and /manager directories from rewrite rules  
RewriteRule ^(manager|assets) - [L]  

# For Friendly URLs  
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f  
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d  
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]  

# Reduce server overhead by enabling output compression if supported.  
#php_flag zlib.output_compression On  
#php_value zlib.output_compression_level 5

DirectoryIndex index.php