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Stupid SEF Question
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I am working on a site (not my first) but for some reason I am drawing a blank on how I've solved this problem in the past. The site is
www.2kgcontractors.com
(Joomla site not visible). I left the old site up and started building the new site under
www.2kgcontractors.com/site
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I turned the mod_rewrite on in the global settings. I renamed htaccess.txt to .htaccess. But the links aren't working. Then I remembered the live_site in the configuration file. So I set that to reference that the joomla folders weren't under root. Nothing.
When I turn the rewrite off I notice the url when clicking on the links adds "/index.php/" and then the pages work. What did I do and how do I solve it? Thanks!
Billy
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- 8trackmedia
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- why isn't this one getting a reply? I followed the steps to make sef links and it is not working for me either...sounds simple and I have actually done it before...but not this time? could a md pm me so that I can give access for someone to look at it? thx
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- Andy Miller
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This is just a straight up joomla configuration thing. There are only 2 steps:
1) rename htaccess.txt to .htaccess (you may need to edit this file, but often it works as is)
2) enable SEF AND mod_rewrite options in the global config.
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- Henning
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not a stupid question imho
Perhaps this link also helps ...
www.ostraining.com/blog/joomla/bugshooti...ngine-friendly-urls/
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Andy Miller wrote:
This is just a straight up joomla configuration thing. There are only 2 steps:
1) rename htaccess.txt to .htaccess (you may need to edit this file, but often it works as is)
2) enable SEF AND mod_rewrite options in the global config.
I did those steps and did them again....not working.
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- 8trackmedia
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- can either one of you pm me for my admin rights to have a look...not working?
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- Henning
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This is really a Joomla thing and not template-related.
Not sure what we could do more than pointing to the official docs?
That would be the exact steps we would go through too.
If this does not work it can easily be a corrupt install – nothing we can really debug.
We don't even know if you are using Joomla 1.7 or 1.5 or if installed it in a subdirectory.
I suggest to go for a local install and check if that works.
If that does work and it doesnt work on your webspace I suggest to contact your host.
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- 8trackmedia
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Thx Henning. Everything else works on my site...I have no other hosting issues--I really dont think that is the issue....I am using 1.5 Joomla...Honestly, I would really like someone to have a look....if it isn't you than perhaps we should both look elsewhere - no offense intended...thx for your comments
Cdavis - can you pm me for me to give you the admin rights? I am not even sure what your comment means? (I don't have default menu items anymore) - Last Edit: 13 years 6 months ago by 8trackmedia.
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My links will show properly when I set it up....but I get this error message -- my content wont show with the settings turned on....but it WILL if the settings are turned off...
"Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Apache Server at Mysite.com Port 80"
Sorry -- just frustrated with this--seems so simple.
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