FURL's Without .htaccess and mod_rewright access?

I found a thread regarding the possibility’s of using FURL’s Without .htaccess and mod_rewright access.

I now cannot find it anyware and really need to know the possibility’s - i have a reseller account with Donhost and they don’t allow access to these settings, i now have about 30 of my clients on the servers and the thought of moving all the accounts over to a new host fills me with dread! (unless anyone knows of a reliable host who can offer unlimited bandwidth / transfer, UNIX, php + mySql, for the same or better price and a fast painless way to transfer everything over - oh and servers really need to be in Europe!)

IS THIS TRUE is there a way to do this by editing core files and not the ones that require root access...

thanks people
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I’m not aware of any way this is possible currently.

I wish i could find the original thread i read last night!

I think it was talked about but no remote work has been even started. You might search "rewrite" (not "rewright").

Um.. Assuming for a second that every other part of MODx works - you can upload files, create files etc, then what you could concievably have would be a system that saved out a customised version of index.php for every document. You would be limited to using the .php extension; ie contactus.php, directions.php etc.

Alternatively, something could be hacked to allow you to use index.php?q=this-is-vaguely-friendly rather than just the numbers.

But on the whole, changing your host is probably easier. Give yourself an overlap so you’re not doing all 30 in one day. Also, if you’re transferring any domain, I recommend changing the DNS on your own machine’s hosts file first so you can check that everything is OK before you change the nameservers on the domain.

I think what bassmonkey is referring to is urls based on pathinfo which do not require mod_rewrite. DotClear, a french blog system, uses them and Expression Engine does this too. It’s pseudo clean urls, but better than string parameters...

You can find some info on the WordPress website :

PATHINFO ("Almost Pretty")

PATHINFO permalinks look very much like mod_rewrite permalinks but for one exception: they have /index.php inserted before them. Like so: http://example.com/index.php/yyyy/mm/dd/post-name/ Otherwise, they are the same as the "pretty" mod_rewrite permalinks, and are similarly flexible. Anything that mod_rewrite permalinks can do, PATHINFO permalinks can do, with the help of that /index.php part.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks

PATHINFO - i think this was the thing i read! - i will investigate more!

aram... asASasAS means what exactly?


thanks for all the tips guys!

bassmonkey

You’re welcome

I think aram is a bot and this is spam... or else he had not enough sleep or too much alcohol, or both Else I am not geek enough maybe a new acronym I am not aware of

I deleted that post from aram. I suspect we’ll be banning that account soon enough.