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[Solved!] Using YAMS on IIS

  • Mark Hamstra Reply #1, 13 years, 9 months ago
    For a client with an existing website I’m stuck trying to get YAMS to work with ISAPI_Rewrite V2....

    This is the .htaccess YAMS tells me to use:
    # Friendly URLs
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

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

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

# Redirect from mydomain.com/rootname to mydomain.com/rootname/
RewriteRule ^nl$ nl/ [R=301,L]

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


    Does anyone have any idea how to translate that into a httpd.ini?


    This code:
    [ISAPI_Rewrite]
# 3600 = 1 hour
CacheClockRate 3600

RepeatLimit 32
# Block external access to the httpd.ini and httpd.parse.errors files
RewriteRule /httpd(?:\.ini|\.parse\.errors).* / [F,I,O]

# Block external access to the Helper ISAPI Extension
RewriteRule .*\.isrwhlp / [F,I,O]

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond Method GET|HEAD

RewriteRule /(?!(?:manager|assets)/)(.*)\.html(?:\?(.*))? /index.php?q=$1?2&$2: [I,L,U]


    Results in the attached screenshot.
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      bunk58 Reply #2, 13 years, 9 months ago
      Here’s a copy of what I believe is a MODx ISAPI_Rewrite V2 httpd.ini file.
      Might point you in the right direction smiley
      [ISAPI_Rewrite]

# 3600 = 1 hour
CacheClockRate 3600

RepeatLimit 32

# Block external access to the httpd.ini and httpd.parse.errors files
RewriteRule /httpd(?:\.ini|\.parse\.errors).* / [F,I,O]
# Block external access to the Helper ISAPI Extension
RewriteRule .*\.isrwhlp / [F,I,O]

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond Method GET|HEAD 
RewriteRule /(?!(?:manager|assets)/)(.*)\.html(?:\?(.*))? /index.php?q=$1?2&$2: [I,L,U]

      • Mark Hamstra Reply #3, 13 years, 9 months ago
        I was editing my post saying I tried that one right when you posted, lol.

        That code works perfect when the YAMS Plugin is disabled. When I enable the plugin, it sends out one 307 redirect (as specified in the config) and then a bunch of 301’s until Firefox cuts it off.
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          bunk58 Reply #4, 13 years, 9 months ago
          You’re missing the equivalent of these two parts :
          RewriteRule ^nl$ nl/ [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^nl/(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]

          I don’t know how to modify the hhpd.ini to get them in. sad
          • Mark Hamstra Reply #5, 13 years, 9 months ago
            Yeah... me neither lipsrsealed

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            • Mark Hamstra Reply #6, 13 years, 9 months ago
              Thanks to help on the Helicon Tech forum (creators of ISAPI Rewrite) I managed to get it running.

              This is the httpd.ini used on ISAPI Rewrite v2 for primary language on the root, and the second language at root/nl/:

              [ISAPI_Rewrite]

# Exclude /assets and /manager directories from rewrite rules
RewriteRule /(?:manager|assets).* $0 [I,L] 

# Redirect from mydomain.com/rootname to mydomain.com/rootname/
RewriteRule /nl http://www.piterwilkens.nl/nl/ [I,RP]

# The Friendly URLs part
RewriteRule /nl/(?!(?:img|style.css|assets|manager))(.*) /index.php\?q=$1 [I,L]
RewriteRule /(?!(?:img|style.css|assets|manager))(.*) /index.php\?q=$1 [I,L]
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                PaulSuckling Reply #7, 13 years, 9 months ago
                Brilliant! I guess I should build an autogenerated IIS config into the next version of YAMS now... Thanks for sharing.
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                  jusmeig Reply #8, 13 years, 3 months ago
                  Hi guys,

                  I have the very same problem with the loop.
                  Here is config, any help appreciated:

                  [ISAPI_Rewrite]

# Exclude /assets and /manager directories from rewrite rules
RewriteRule /(?:manager|assets).* $0 [I,L] 

# Redirect from mydomain.com/rootname to mydomain.com/rootname/
RewriteRule /ie /ie/ [I,RP]
RewriteRule /en /en/ [I,RP]

# The Friendly URLs part
RewriteRule /ie/(?!(?:img|style.css|assets|manager))(.*) /index.php\?q=$1 [I,L]
RewriteRule /en/(?!(?:img|style.css|assets|manager))(.*) /index.php\?q=$1 [I,L]
RewriteRule /(?!(?:img|style.css|assets|manager))(.*) /index.php\?q=$1 [I,L]


                  Just loops over and over....307.