XF 2.2 Error 404 when "Use Full Friendly URLs" enabled (XF in subdirectory of Wordpress)

[webmasterxl]

Hi,

I have installed my Xenforo forum in a sub-directory of a Wordpress installation. I don't know if it has something to do with the following problem: After enabling "Use Full Friendly URLs" in Basic Options of the Xenforo forum, a 404 error is produced whenever I click an a Thread/Post/Category a.s.o. within the Xenforo forum. When doing so, the standard 404 page of my Wordpress site is shown.

Any idea how to solve this, such that I am able to use friendly URLs for my Xenforo forum?

Thanks in advance

webmasterxl

 

[Old Nick]

See here for some infos about that : https://xenforo.com/community/threads/error-when-enabling-friendly-urls.203948/

 

[Mr Lucky]

I think you need to use the .htaccess file in your installation files. To activate you change the gimbals from the default htaccess.txt to .htacess

 

[webmasterxl]

I think you need to use the .htaccess file in your installation files. To activate you change the gimbals from the default htaccess.txt to .htacess

Would this be the htaccess file in the Wordpress installation or that of the Xenforo installation in the subdirectory?

 

[Mr Lucky]

If you already have a .htaccess, then copy the contents of htaccess.txt into it

 

[Mr Lucky]

Would this be the htaccess file in the Wordpress installation or that of the Xenforo installation in the subdirectory?

In that case I think you could just have it in subdirectory, but the htaccess does apply to lower directories so may be simpler to copy the text into the Wordpress one in the root.

 

[Mr Lucky]

I think Either:

1 rename the xenforo one to .htaccess

or

2 copy the contents into the wp one in the root.

 

[Mr Lucky]

Just checked mine and I have done method 1, ie changed name of the one in xenforo subfolder. Works nicely

 

[webmasterxl]

I already have the .htaccess file in my XF subdirectory. This is what it reads:

# 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 /xenforo

# 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>

Do you think that it might help the remove the # in "#RewriteBase /xenforo" and insert my subdirectory instead of "xenforo" ?

 

[webmasterxl]

Ok, this worked:

1. Deleted "#" from "#RewriteBase /xenforo" in the .htaccess of XF in the subdirectory such that it reads "RewriteBase /xenforo"
2. Inserted the name of my subdirectory (here: community) in "RewriteBase /xenforo" such that it reads: "RewriteBase /community"

That's it.

Special thanks to Mr Lucky !!

 

[Mr Lucky]

Yes, sorry I had forgotten there is that message about uncommenting (removing #) the lines as specified. In my case it worked without uncommenting.

So a bit of trial and error but good that it's all working now.