problem vith Furls - .htaccess causes internal server error

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linew Reply #1, 18 years, 8 months ago

Hi all,

I am new to MODx and trying to get friendly urls to work, but when I add the .htaccess to my webfolder it causes a 500 internal server error.

linux
Apache 2.0.52
php 4.3.9
mySql 5.0.27
MODx 0.9.6.1p2

My .htaccess is the standard one - looks like this:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /modx

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

Everything else in there is commented out.

MODx is in a subfolder named modx.

In the manager->tools->conf->friendly urls:
use friendly urls: yes
prefix: (blank)
suffix: .html
use friendly alias: yes
alias path: no
duplicate aliases: no
generate alias: no

What can be wrong here? huh

Really a great CMS if only I could get the SEO-part to work...without it I might as well switch back to joomla. Had a sleepless night trying to figure this out.

Thanks in advance.

Line

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sottwell Reply #2, 18 years, 8 months ago

Does your root / already have a .htaccess file in it?

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linew Reply #3, 18 years, 8 months ago

Hi Sottwell

no it doesn’t.

Line

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bunk58 Reply #4, 18 years, 8 months ago

Where are you putting the .htaccess file, in the root folder or modx folder?
If in the root folder I think it should read

RewriteBase /modx

Or in the modx folder

RewriteBase /

EDIT please ignore

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linew Reply #5, 18 years, 8 months ago

Hi Bunk58

I don’t think that is correct. It says in the htaccess:

# Make sure RewriteBase points to the directory where you installed MODx.
# E.g., "/modx" if your installation is in a "modx" subdirectory.

So I think I did it right. But I will give it a try.

Line

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dev_cw Reply #6, 18 years, 8 months ago

Does your host support mod rewrite?

Your mod_rewrite is probably not working and/or .htaccess overrides is not enabled.
Have your host confirm that you can in fact use .htaccess overrides, and that mod_rewrite is enabled.

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linew Reply #7, 18 years, 8 months ago

Hi Bunk58: I’ve tried every possible combination of ’/’ and ’/modx’ putting the htaccess in the /modx folder and the root : Same Internal error. Without the htaccess everything works fine.

Hi dev_cw: My host do support mod_rewrites and htaccess override.. So I really don’t where to look for the solution.

Thanks

Line

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linew Reply #8, 18 years, 8 months ago

Thank you all for your suggestions

I installed a local modx using xampp, and it didn’t work, so I checked my httpd.conf to see if dev_cw was right afterall, and he/she was! Great - thanks laugh

mod_rewrite wasn’t enabled afterall, so now I think maybe it’s the same with my host.

Again thanks -

Line