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    Hi can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong that FURLs are not working?

    This example uses mydomain in place of my actual url....

    I have a positive SSL through Bluehost.




    # MODX supports Friendly URLs via this .htaccess file. You must serve web
    # pages via Apache with mod_rewrite to use this functionality, and you must
    # change the file name from ht.access to .htaccess.
    #
    # Make sure RewriteBase points to the directory where you installed MODX.
    # E.g., "/modx" if your installation is in a "modx" subdirectory.
    #
    # You may choose to make your URLs non-case-sensitive by adding a NC directive
    # to your rule: RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA,NC]
    
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    
    
    
    # Rewrite www.domain.com -> domain.com -- used with SEO Strict URLs plugin
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} .
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^mydomain\.com [NC]
    RewriteRule (.*) http://mydomain.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\.mydomain\.com [NC]
    #RewriteRule (.*) http://www.mydomain.com/$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://mydomain.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
    
    
    
    # If your server is not already configured as such, the following directive
    # should be uncommented in order to set PHP's register_globals option to OFF.
    # This closes a major security hole that is abused by most XSS (cross-site
    # scripting) attacks. For more information: http://php.net/register_globals
    #
    # To verify that this option has been set to OFF, open the Manager and choose
    # Reports -> System Info and then click the phpinfo() link. Do a Find on Page
    # for "register_globals". The Local Value should be OFF. If the Master Value
    # is OFF then you do not need this directive here.
    #
    # IF REGISTER_GLOBALS DIRECTIVE CAUSES 500 INTERNAL SERVER ERRORS :
    #
    # Your server does not allow PHP directives to be set via .htaccess. In that
    # case you must make this change in your php.ini file instead. If you are
    # using a commercial web host, contact the administrators for assistance in
    # doing this. Not all servers allow local php.ini files, and they should
    # include all PHP configurations (not just this one), or you will effectively
    # reset everything to PHP defaults. Consult www.php.net for more detailed
    # information about setting PHP directives.
    
    #php_flag register_globals Off
    
    
    
    # For servers that support output compression, you should pick up a bit of
    # speed by un-commenting the following lines.
    
    #php_flag zlib.output_compression On
    #php_value zlib.output_compression_level 5
    
    
    
    # The following directives stop screen flicker in IE on CSS rollovers. If
    # needed, un-comment the following rules. When they're in place, you may have
    # to do a force-refresh in order to see changes in your designs.
    
    #ExpiresActive On
    #ExpiresByType image/gif A2592000
    #ExpiresByType image/jpeg A2592000
    #ExpiresByType image/png A2592000
    #BrowserMatch "MSIE" brokenvary=1
    #BrowserMatch "Mozilla/4.[0-9]{2}" brokenvary=1
    #BrowserMatch "Opera" !brokenvary
    #SetEnvIf brokenvary 1 force-no-vary



    =========================================================================================


    FURL Lowercase Aliases
    friendly_alias_lowercase_only
    Yes


    FURL Alias Maximum Length
    friendly_alias_max_length
    0


    FURL Alias Real-Time
    friendly_alias_realtime
    No


    FURL Alias Character Restriction Method
    friendly_alias_restrict_chars
    pattern


    FURL Alias Character Restriction Pattern
    friendly_alias_restrict_chars_pattern
    /[\0\x0B\t\n\r\f\a&=+%#<>"~:`@\?\[\]\{\}\|\^'\\]/


    FURL Alias Strip Element Tags
    friendly_alias_strip_element_tags
    Yes


    FURL Alias Transliteration
    friendly_alias_translit
    none


    FURL Alias Transliteration Service Class
    friendly_alias_translit_class
    translit.modTransliterate


    FURL Alias Transliteration Service Class Path
    friendly_alias_translit_class_path
    {core_path}components/


    FURL Alias Trim Characters
    friendly_alias_trim_chars
    /.-_


    FURL Alias Word Delimiter
    friendly_alias_word_delimiter
    -


    FURL Alias Word Delimiters
    friendly_alias_word_delimiters
    -_


    Use Friendly URLs
    friendly_urls
    Yes
    2017-01-25, 9:26 am

    Use Strict Friendly URLs
    friendly_urls_strict
    No

    This question has been answered by sa90y7sa. See the first response.

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      Did you rename the ht.access file to .htaccess?

      Is the whole site https, or just selected pages?
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        Hi,

        Yes. First thing I did when I started setting up the site was to rename both ht.accesss to .htaccess. The whole site is secure as well.
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          Looking at the documentation from Bluehost it looks as if they are using slightly different syntax in their .htacces files.

          https://my.bluehost.com/cgi/help/htaccess_redirect

          In this tutorial they make mention of special requirements if using url rewriting in Joomla. Whether something similar might be required with MODX I am not sure. Perhaps others following this thread could comment on this?
          https://my.bluehost.com/cgi/help/htaccess

          Redirecting (URL Rewriting) with Joomla
          To enable URL Rewriting in Joomla you will need to copy and paste the following code into your .htaccess file.
             # For security reasons, Option followsymlinks cannot be overridden.
                  #Options +FollowSymLinks
                  Options +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
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            I'll read through it. I had no issues with my previous site (offline now) though.
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              Anyone else have any ideas? I've exhausted every avenue at this point.



              Like a section in the system settings I'm missing? [ed. note: sa90y7sa last edited this post 7 years, 3 months ago.]
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                Your System Settings look the same as mine, so I doubt if that's the problem.

                Are you on an Nginx server or a Windows server by any chance?

                My suspicion is that it has to do with the SSL setup, though if it works with SSL off, that's less likely.

                Do you have this tag in the head section of all templates (be sure to include the exclamation point):

                <base href="[[!++site_url]]" />
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                  Quote from: BobRay at Feb 02, 2017, 08:23 PM
                  Your System Settings look the same as mine, so I doubt if that's the problem.

                  Are you on an Nginx server or a Windows server by any chance?

                  My suspicion is that it has to do with the SSL setup, though if it works with SSL off, that's less likely.

                  Do you have this tag in the head section of all templates (be sure to include the exclamation point):

                  <base href="[[!++site_url]]">

                  Thanks. Yes, I do.


                  and...

                  Apache 2.2.31
                  PHP 5.4.43
                  MySQL 5.6.32
                  Perl 5.10.1


                  This is my core .htaccess if it matters...

                  # deny access to _all_ files in the core, including changelog.txt and error.log
                  # original borrowed from owncloud
                  
                  # line below if for Apache 2.4
                  <ifModule mod_authz_core.c>
                      Require all denied
                  </ifModule>
                  
                  # line below if for Apache 2.2
                  <ifModule !mod_authz_core.c>
                      deny from all
                      Satisfy All
                  </ifModule>
                  
                  # section for Apache 2.2 and 2.4
                  IndexIgnore *
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                    Is there anything relevant in the MODX error log or the server error log?

                    Have you tried temporarily renaming the core .htaccess file?
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                      Quote from: BobRay at Feb 03, 2017, 10:27 PM
                      Is there anything relevant in the MODX error log or the server error log?

                      Have you tried temporarily renaming the core .htaccess file?


                      No luck after renaming. The error has nothing of note in it.


                      Is there any harm in just making everything a container? Container don't have the trailing suffix on them?