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    Hi all,
    I have modx Revo 2.2 and use the Articles Package to create news at my website. Without friendly URLs I can click the article and get to the articles page. With friendly URLs turned on and my .htaccess file I only can get access to the articles page when typing in an alias in the alias (permalink) textfield while creating/updating the article. Is there a way to leave the textfield blank (so the system uses the id of the article for example, or only the date)?

    The working URL looks like this: http://localhost/website/news/2013/04/01/alias/
    When I leave the alias field blank it looks like this: http://localhost/website/news/2013/04/01// (and this does not work)

    I only want that to be sure that everything still works if someone forgets to fill the textfield while creating a news.

    my .htaccess file
    # Options +FollowSymlinks 
    RewriteEngine On 
    RewriteBase /website
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f 
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d 
    
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]





    Do you need additional information?

    Thanks in advance!

    Dylan

    This question has been answered by frogabog. See the first response.

    • discuss.answer
      In the FURLS system settings, is automatic alias turned on? Leaving it blank when it's turned on should fill it in automatically.

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        Big thanks! That's it, now it works well.