changing file extention in modX web address

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dev_cw Reply #11, 18 years, 6 months ago

changing RewriteBase /Site5 to RewriteBase /ie should work.

You need to rename the directory from Site5 to ie as well, the folder name needs to be the same as the base path.

The steps would be to :
1) clear the cache and logout,
2) rename the folder to ie,
3) edit the htaccess file
4) access the site at the new directory: domain.com/ie

This should do it.

In the error you describe the path is modx/index.php, shouldn’t it be ie/index.php?

BTW - that is a nice looking site laugh

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ddools Reply #12, 18 years, 6 months ago

hey,
Thanks very much for all your help so far,
&cheers for the complement about the site, i am quite happy with it myself(regardless of what the boss thinks)...

but sadly im afraid i am still not quite gettig the hang of this .htaccess stuff, i think i followed everything correctly, got the ’base’ working fine its just everything else..

oh yeah its the 404 error i keep on getting
does this code look wrongto anyone?

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /ie



# Rewrite www.domain.com -> domain.com -- used with SEO Strict URLs plugin

#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} .
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.MYSITE\.com/Site5 [NC]
#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.MYSITE.com/ie/$1 [R=301,L]

Cheers thanks very much,,, its the last thing i have to do, have a bad feeling its going to haunt me

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ddools Reply #13, 18 years, 6 months ago

update:... i got it working alright in the end, the code was

#Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
#RewriteBase /ie



#Rewrite www.domain.com -> domain.com -- used with SEO Strict URLs plugin
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} .
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^customerminds.com/Site5 [NC]
#RewriteRule (.*) http://customerminds.com/ie/$1 [R=301,L,NC]
#
# or for the opposite domain.com -> www.domain.com use the following
# >>> DO NOT USE BOTH THE ABOVE AND BELOW <<<
#
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} .
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.customerminds\.com/ie [NC]
#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.customerminds.com/ie/$1 [R=301,L]



# Rewrite secure requests properly to prevent SSL cert warnings, e.g. prevent 
# https://www.domain.com when your cert only allows https://secure.domain.com
#RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443
#RewriteRule (.*) https://example-domain-please-change.com.com/$1 [R=301,L]



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

happy days, unfortunately the folder structure i was left with is a mess from before

there is an old modX website installed at the root Dir but inside of this there is another Dir with an old website in it and now ANOTHER folder again with my website in it, just a great big mess