Renaming htacess and friendly urls.

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boneysin Reply #1, 14 years, 4 months ago

i installed Revolution 2.2.2 .. the file in my root directory is ht.access ... i am a newbee .. plz excuse my english .. i am unable to rename the file ht.access to .htaccess .. th reason to change the name is to make the friendly urls .. whn i go to my file manager of my host .. the file seems to be non editable .. please help me.

This question has been answered by multiple community members. See the first response.

[ed. note: boneysin last edited this post 14 years, 4 months ago.]

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microcipcip Reply #2, 14 years, 4 months ago

Have you tried to change it in your local machine and then upload it online?

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AMDbuilder Reply #3, 14 years, 4 months ago

You should also be able to rename the file via ftp/sftp.

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boneysin Reply #4, 14 years, 4 months ago

i am unable to rename it from my local machine too .. i m on windows 7 and it asks for a file name ... did nt try from ftp/sftp ..wil do it in 2 hrs .. thanks a lot fr ur assistance amigos

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microcipcip Reply #5, 14 years, 4 months ago

Open the file with notepad and go to "file > save as", and use as a name: ".htaccess"

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BobRay Reply #6, 14 years, 4 months ago

Good tip, but I'd recommend Wordpad rather than Notepad. Some versions of Notepad can mess with the EOL markers.

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boneysin Reply #7, 14 years, 4 months ago

hi .. thanks a lot for the reply .. i am able to upload teh .htaccess file now ..

here is my file and the changes tht i did .. but still its not reflecting ..


RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

# Rewrite www.domain.com -> domain.com -- used with SEO Strict URLs plugin
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} .
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.mysite\.com [NC]
#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.mysite.com/$1 [R=301,L]
#
# or for the opposite domain.com -> www.domain.com use the following
# DO NOT USE BOTH
#
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} .
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.www.mysite\.com [NC]
#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.mysite.com/$1 [R=301,L]


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


# Make sure .htc files are served with the proper MIME type, which is critical
# for XP SP2. Un-comment if your host allows htaccess MIME type overrides.

#AddType text/x-component .htc

This is all the code i have in there .
I created a page and called it 'test1'. I gave the parent for the page as 1 (i.e. my home page)

When i view the page, it shows as : http://www.mysite.com/index.php?id=2
i want it to be listed as www.mysite.com/test1

Further, il be creating other pages by assigning them the parent as test and call them test1a test 1b and test1c

So the URL should be like : www.mysite.com/test1/testa

il be creating other sections too .. like the url wud be www.mysite.com/test2/test2a

and so on ..

please help .. i appriciate ur help mates .. thanks a lot..

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boneysin Reply #8, 14 years, 4 months ago

just an update .. i am able to go to the content of test1 bytyping : www.mysite.com/2

but i want it this way : www.mysite.com/test

how can i do that ?

thank you.

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microcipcip Reply #9, 14 years, 4 months ago

Did you select "Yes" in the settings for the Friendly URL?

1. Go to "System > System Settings"
2. On "Filter By Area...", select "Friendly URL"
3. Select value "Yes" for the following:
- automatic_alias
- friendly_urls
- global_duplicate_uri_check
- use_alias_path

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boneysin Reply #10, 14 years, 4 months ago

yeppers ..

thanks a ton microcipcip ..... thanks a lot man ..

th only problem now is tht i het a .html extension ..

the url is www.mysite.com/test1.html ..

can i jst make it as www.mysite.com/test1 ??

thanks a million mate ..

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