1. That’s because the main index (home) page is set to be your "not found" page in your site’s configuration. You can modify the usual MODx "404" behavior with a plugin using the OnPageNotFound event (or whatever that event is called in the version you’re using).

2. Since all resources are accessed from the main MODx index.php file, as far as I know there’s no way to do that. You can, however, configure FURLs to use paths based on the resource tree structure, for example you could have mysite.com/news/august/big-august-sale.html

RewriteRule ^/(?!(?:manager|assets)/)(.*)\.php(?:\?(.*))?$ /index.php?q=$1?2&$2: [NC,L,U]

• If I enter into my address bar mysite.com/blah/blah/blah/blah.php even if that path and page doesn’t exist within ModX, it shows the contents of my index page ... but keeps that in the address bar. Is there any way I can prevent this? Even if it doesn’t show a 404 error, if it just automatically redirects the page to /index.php and shows that in the address bar - can this be done?
• Is there any way ModX can support the use of entering a path to get to a certain address? e.g. let’s say I enter mysite.com/faq, this would automatically redirect to mysite.com/faq/index.php - in the same way a web server would automatically assume this if you entered a subdirectory of a site?

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCompatibility2 On
RepeatLimit 32
RewriteBase 

#  Block external access to the httpd.ini and httpd.parse.errors files
RewriteRule ^/httpd(?:\.ini|\.parse\.errors).*$ / [NC,F,O]
#  Block external access to the Helper ISAPI Extension
RewriteRule ^.*\.isrwhlp$ / [NC,F,O]

RewriteRule ^/(?!(?:manager|assets)/)(.*)\.php(?:\?(.*))?$ /index.php?q=$1?2&$2: [NC,L,U]

• I have existing pages in the root of my site which I need to continue to work whilst I migrate my site into ModX. e.g. mysite.com/faq.php - the URL remains correct in the address bar of my browser but it shows the contents of my ModX start page (/index.php). I need to edit my .htaccess to account for this. Even if I put in exceptions for each page name manually, it’s fine for now
• If I enter into my address bar mysite.com/blah/blah/blah/blah.php even if that path and page doesn’t exist within ModX, it shows the contents of my index page ... but keeps that in the address bar. Is there any way I can prevent this? Even if it doesn’t show a 404 error, if it just automatically redirects the page to /index.php and shows that in the address bar - can this be done?
• Finally is there any way ModX can support the use of entering a path to get to a certain address? e.g. let’s say I enter mysite.com/faq, this would automatically redirect to mysite.com/faq/index.php - in the same way a web server would automatically assume this if you entered a subdirectory of a site?

Hi Mark,

Were you able to get FURLs working with Revolution?

I have a solution currently working with Evolution, but this doesn’t seem to with with Revolution.

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