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Friendly urls and .htaccess

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    GP Reply #11, 19 years, 9 months ago
    You need a httpd.ini file. There is a module you need, but i cant remember the name. It was installed by default at the windows server i was using. I did it at this site: http://www.grietatsma.nl

    Some things you should know:
    - Only use the .html suffix
    - no prefix
    - no paths
    - no duplicates (d’oh!)

    The httpd.ini file looks like this:
    [ISAPI_Rewrite]

RewriteEngine On
Rewrite Rule ^/manager/.* - [L]
Rewrite Rule ^/assets/.* - [L]
RewriteRule /(.*).html /index.php?q=$1



    /edit
    One more thing. Somehow SEF urls on windows takes a couple of minutes to work. So after you upload the .ini file wait a couple of minutes.
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      seventhapex Reply #12, 19 years, 9 months ago
      I’m guessing this file will work very much like the .htaccess file right, do I just put the .ini file in the root of the install? Also if this replaces the .htacces files what can I do about the .htaccess in modx/manager?
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        GP Reply #13, 19 years, 9 months ago
        Well if your on a windows server and cant run .htaccess files you just have to put this one in your site root (same place as .htaccess). No files are need in the manager directory.
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          seventhapex Reply #14, 19 years, 9 months ago
          that’s good to know, thank you. I will undoubtable need to use this in the future, I just had my host move me to an apache web server, I like the environment better anyway.
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            seventhapex Reply #15, 19 years, 9 months ago
            if I can only use .html extensions how will I be able to import CSS from the DB?
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              kvervo Reply #16, 18 years, 3 months ago
              Problem with Friendly URLs

              Do not matter what I try I still get 404 error page. Even if I use SEO (Google) Friendly URLs or Friendly urls without mod_rewrite

              The mod_rewrite is enabled in Apache. And it seems to work, since I can do a redirect domain.com -> www.domain.com

              Options + FollowSymlinks 
RewriteEngine On 
RewriteBase / 
RewriteCond% (HTTP_HOST)! ^ Www \. Mydomain.spb \. Ru [nc] 
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.mydomain.spb.ru/ $ 1 [R = 301, L] 


# The Friendly URLs part 
RewriteCond% (REQUEST_FILENAME)!-F 
RewriteCond% (REQUEST_FILENAME)!-D 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php? Q = $ 1 [L, QSA]

              Where is and what may be the error huh
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                opengeek Reply #17, 18 years, 3 months ago
                Please do not double-post your questions. Someone will reply when they get a chance to review your inquiry and have some advice for you.
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