XF 1.4 Friendly URL's

[Crush]

Attempting to implement Friendly URL's on a Windows box. Whenever they're enabled, I get a blank screen after clicking on a forum, Resource or any other link.

Some questions:

Do I have the web.config file in the right place? C:\inetpub2\mysite\

Are the contents of web.config and .htaccess correct?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
    <system.webServer>
        <rewrite>
            <rules>
                <rule name="Imported Rule 1" stopProcessing="true">
                    <match url="^.*$" />
                    <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAny">
                        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" ignoreCase="false" />
                        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" ignoreCase="false" />
                    </conditions>
                    <action type="None" />
                </rule>
                <rule name="Imported Rule 2" stopProcessing="true">
                    <match url="^(data|js|styles|install)" />
                    <action type="None" />
                </rule>
                <rule name="Imported Rule 3" stopProcessing="true">
                    <match url="^.*$" />
                    <action type="Rewrite" url="index.php" />
                </rule>
            </rules>
        </rewrite>
        <httpErrors existingResponse="PassThrough" />
    </system.webServer>
</configuration>

#    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 /forums

    #    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>

 

[Mike]

.htaccess doesn't matter if you're using IIS, which I assume based on your path.

It's worth checking the IIS error log to see if anything shows up; otherwise, try enabling detailed errors (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rakkimk/arc...ile-browsed-from-for-the-client-browsers.aspx). A blank page when adding web.config would imply IIS is triggering an issue with the request so we just need to get more info to debug.

 

[Crush]

Enabled Detailed Errors and still get a blank page

 

[Mike]

Is anything in the IIS error log?

 

[Crush]

No, not that I can see

 

[Mike]

Is it possible to see the error happening? Looking at the request details and trying some other requests may help give some more information.

 

[Crush]

It's strange, when enabled the links to profiles just don't work

The forums and Resources links all generate the blank page

Any idea what I could look for in the IIS logs? It is generating a large amount of errors, which makes it difficult to find anything related to the current problem

 

[Mike]

I'm not sure what will specifically be in the logs, if anything.

I would like to see the error happening. An alternative would be to submit server access details via a ticket so that I can apply the change only for a short time while attempting to debug.

 

[Crush]

I'll take this to a ticket then, thanks for your help Mike