XF 2.2 404 Error - Friendly URLS

[mle]

Hi,

First question:

i want to use friendly URLs on my board (www.shisha-spirit.com).

• Apache is activated through plesk (nginx proxy mode activated)
• mod_rewrite is activated
• Index page route through is: /forums/ (xenforo basic options admin panel

htaccess content:

# Mod_security can interfere with uploading of content such as attachments. If you
# cannot attach files, remove the "#" from the lines below.
#<IfModule mod_security.c>
# SecFilterEngine Off
# SecFilterScanPOST Off
#</IfModule>

ErrorDocument 401 default
ErrorDocument 403 default
ErrorDocument 404 default
ErrorDocument 405 default
ErrorDocument 406 default
ErrorDocument 500 default
ErrorDocument 501 default
ErrorDocument 503 default

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On

# If you are having problems with the rewrite rules, remove the "#" from the
# line that begins "RewriteBase" below. You will also have to change the path
# of the rewrite to reflect the path to your XenForo installation.
RewriteBase /forums

# This line may be needed to workaround HTTP Basic auth issues when using PHP as a CGI.
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^(data/|js/|styles/|install/|favicon\.ico|crossdomain\.xml|robots\.txt) - [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]
</IfModule>

i am really confused. Could someone help me ?

Secound question:

I dont want to use /forums/ instead just TLD/threads/ TLD/members etc. Shall i delete /forums/ adding in index page route and htaccess?

Thank you very much

 

[TPerry]

You need to comment out the ReWriteBase /forums as if you are installed in the root as the /forums is a route and does not need to be addressed in your .htaccess as it is actually a route.
Now, if you have it installed in an actual sub-directory called forums then you will need it... but then you will see /yourforum.com/forums/forums in the browser address bar.

 

[mle]

You need to comment out the ReWriteBase /forums as if you are installed in the root as the /forums is a route and does not need to be addressed in your .htaccess as it is actually a route.
Now, if you have it installed in an actual sub-directory called forums then you will need it... but then you will see /yourforum.com/forums/forums in the browser address bar.

Shall i edit the Index page route in the admin panel also ?

 

[mle]

You need to comment out the ReWriteBase /forums as if you are installed in the root as the /forums is a route and does not need to be addressed in your .htaccess as it is actually a route.
Now, if you have it installed in an actual sub-directory called forums then you will need it... but then you will see /yourforum.com/forums/forums in the browser address bar.

Unfortunately after this change, i still get a 404 Error. E.g. https://www.shisha-spirit.com/forums/main-forum.2/

I restarted the apache also after this change.

 

[TPerry]

Shall i edit the Index page route in the admin panel also ?

your not going to get around the /forums/ or similar.. it's simply a fact of the way XF works. You can rename it, but you will always have (unless you obtain a bespoke add-on) yoursite.com/somethinghere/node.x
If you've gone and tweaked the routes or similar you should not have issues... as the routes are handled by XF itself.

 

[mle]

Followed your instructions. But still it doesnt work.

 

[Lee]

If you turn off friendly URL's does it work again?

 

[mle]

Yes then it works without any problems.

 

[TPerry]

You do have the file named as .htaccess, correct? The period is important.

 

[mle]

Yes without .txt extension

 

[Paul B]

If the .htaccess file is in place and it doesn't work then the server is not configured to support FURLs.

Contact your host and they should be able to resolve it.

 

[mle]

Thank you very much. It was resolved after i reboot the server. Strange thing.