SEF issues with Apache 1.3.27

danews · 25.04.2004, 17:13

I have MamboV4.5-Stable-1.0.7 with SEF enabled in configuration.php..

$mosConfig_sef = '1';

this is what I have in my .htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^content(.*) index.php
RewriteRule ^component/(.*) index.php
DirectoryIndex index.php

The main page loads, but if you click pretty much anything on the page it gives you 404 errors..

Not Found
The requested URL /content/view/1/2/ was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Not Found
The requested URL /content/view/4/2/ was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Not Found
The requested URL /component/option,com_weblinks/Itemid,4/ was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Did I miss a step? Thanks

SvenErik · 25.04.2004, 17:28

Is your Apache server using the mod_rewrite module?

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_rewrite.html. If not, then SEF won't work...

danews · 25.04.2004, 17:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by SvenErik

Is your Apache server using the mod_rewrite module?

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_rewrite.html. If not, then SEF won't work...

Yes, I have this in the conf..

LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

AddModule mod_rewrite.c

Do I need any specific RewriteEngine or AllowOverride directives set? I tried AllowOverride All but that just gave me 404 error when trying to access the main page..

Raydian · 25.04.2004, 19:25

try adding any of the options you may not have in your <Directory> directive

Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks

I believe you will need the FollowSymLinks to get SEFs to work.

... and this DirectoryIndex index.php would be better if it was in your conf file.

danews · 25.04.2004, 19:29

Hmm.. strange.. still nothing

I set this in the httpd.conf

<Directory "/home/danews/public_html">
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
DirectoryIndex index.php
</Directory>

the articles still dont link and go to 404 page.. any other ideas?

Raydian · 25.04.2004, 19:48

This may be a silly question, but are you restarting your server with each change?

Also, it looks like the .htaccess file is not being found by your server. SEFs should be working with what I see so far.

Raydian · 25.04.2004, 19:56

If you are running Apache on Windows, you will need to put a / forward slash in front of each index.php:

Current...
RewriteRule ^content(.*) index.php
RewriteRule ^component/(.*) index.php

Change to...
RewriteRule ^content(.*) /index.php
RewriteRule ^component/(.*) /index.php

You didn't mention which OS your on.

danews · 25.04.2004, 19:58

Ok its working now.. I think you were right.. it might not have been reading the .htaccess.. so now i have this as my directives..

<Directory "/home/danews/public_html">
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
DirectoryIndex index.php
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

Thanks for the help :> cheers

Raydian · 25.04.2004, 20:06

Good deals!