XF 1.1 .htaccess conflicts between XF and WP

[Ryan McAdams]

I recently just moved to a new server... for some reason wordpress and xenforo are not playing nicely which baffles me, it's been working for a long time.

I've got the main site up at www.domain.com and the forums at www.domain.com/forums

Each software package (wordpress and xf) has their own .htaccess.

Wordpress .htaccess is:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

XF .htaccess is:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
        RewriteEngine On
 
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
        RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
        RewriteRule ^(data|js|styles|install) - [NC,L]
        RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]
</IfModule>

The issue:

When I enable the .htaccess for wordpress, the main site works great.... but the xenforo links 404... if I disable the wordpress .htaccess the forums work fine.

This exact config worked on my old server but I'm running the exact same software versions, AllowOveride and mod_rewrite are both enabled.

Any thoughts?

 

[Digital Doctor]

u Might want to ask at Xenscripts.com

 

[Ryan McAdams]

u Might want to ask at Xenscripts.com

Why would I ask there? This has nothing to do with Xenscripts or it's products, this is an .htaccess conflict.

 

[Digital Doctor]

That's where the XF + WP crowd is.
Lots of brain power there.
Ideally someone will help you here

 

[Insy]

Maybe this link could help you: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-wp-to-ignore-directory ?

 

[Jake Bunce]

Try adding this to your WP .htaccess file:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On

# IGNORE FORUMS DIRECTORY
RewriteRule ^forums - [L]

RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

 

[Ryan McAdams]

That didnt work either Jake... this really has me confused.

 

[Jake Bunce]

Then try adding this to your XF .htaccess file:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
        RewriteEngine On
 
        RewriteBase /forums

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