XF 1.1 Friendly URL's not working

iTuN3r · Dec 29, 2011

I am trying to fix a board for a buddy . Forum is located at site/forum . I enabled friendly URL's but i keep on getting this error while trying to open a particular forums.

Not Found

The requested URL /index.php was not found on this server.

I am getting same problem while clicking on Usernames , can't get to profile page.

This is the .htaccess file .

# 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 500 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 enable WebDAV editing with 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>

Jake Bunce · Dec 29, 2011

index.php not found. Weird.

Can you post a URL to the forum?

iTuN3r · Dec 29, 2011

PM sent jake !

Jake Bunce · Dec 30, 2011

Fixed. Your .htaccess file was in the web root while your forum was in /forum. It needed to be in the /forum directory.

iTuN3r · Dec 30, 2011

Thanks Jake ! I didn't paid attention there since i am only limited upto forum works.

Paul B · Dec 30, 2011

Jake Bunce said:
Fixed. Your .htaccess file was in the web root while your forum was in /forum. It needed to be in the /forum directory.

Pretty much what I said in the PM yesterday afternoon.

Brogan said:
If it's just friendly URLs not working then that suggests the .htaccess file is missing

Jallekobber · Jan 14, 2012

I have the same problem. I'm not much of a pro into this software and im making my way around but where do i get that mod_rewrite thing and how do i install it -_-

Jake Bunce · Jan 14, 2012

Jallekobber said:
I have the same problem. I'm not much of a pro into this software and im making my way around but where do i get that mod_rewrite thing and how do i install it -_-

The XF zip file has a file called "htaccess.txt". You need to upload that file to your web server and then rename it to ".htaccess". That will enable the rewrite rules and allow you to use friendly URLs.

Jallekobber · Jan 14, 2012

Jake Bunce said:
The XF zip file has a file called "htaccess.txt". You need to upload that file to your web server and then rename it to ".htaccess". That will enable the rewrite rules and allow you to use friendly URLs.

I have two .htacces one with .txt and one with .htaccs
and nothing else on it what should i do then?

Paul B · Jan 14, 2012

Copy the contents of htaccess.txt to the .htaccess file.
The .htaccess file should already be populated though.

A default .htaccess file in 1.1 looks like this:

Code:

#    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 500 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 enable WebDAV editing with 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) - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]
</IfModule>

Jallekobber · Jan 14, 2012

Th

Brogan said:

Copy the contents of htaccess.txt to the .htaccess file.
The .htaccess file should already be populated though.

A default .htaccess file in 1.1 looks like this:

Code:

#    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 500 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 enable WebDAV editing with 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) - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]
</IfModule>

Thank you it works now

Syed Jahangir ALi Bukhari · Mar 21, 2012

Jake Bunce said:
The XF zip file has a file called "htaccess.txt". You need to upload that file to your web server and then rename it to ".htaccess". That will enable the rewrite rules and allow you to use friendly URLs.

when i did this it says 404 not found

Jake Bunce · Mar 21, 2012

Syed Jahangir ALi Bukhari said:
when i did this it says 404 not found

It appears to be working. I just checked your forum.

A 404 error when enabling friendly URLs usually means the .htaccess file is not in place. Make sure the ".htaccess" file exists inside of your XF directory.

Syed Jahangir ALi Bukhari · Mar 21, 2012

Jake Bunce said:
It appears to be working. I just checked your forum.

A 404 error when enabling friendly URLs usually means the .htaccess file is not in place. Make sure the ".htaccess" file exists inside of your XF directory.

my installation is in the publichtml and the file is there in the root

Jake Bunce · Mar 21, 2012

Syed Jahangir ALi Bukhari said:
my installation is in the publichtml and the file is there in the root

What page gives the 404 error? Can you post the URL?

Syed Jahangir ALi Bukhari · Mar 26, 2012

Jake Bunce said:
What page gives the 404 error? Can you post the URL?

I just fix it and watching I ll let you know if it happen again

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