Hello I am newb at a lot of web publishing stuff and I am having a problem re-writing my .htaccess file for a mixed forum SEO mod. I also have Joomla installed but I am not using it currently. Every time I try to enable the rewrite it just 404's all of the pages. Here is the file: # You may need to un-comment the following lines # Options +FollowSymlinks # To make sure that rewritten dir or file (/|.html) will not load dir.php in case it exist # Options -MultiViews # REMEBER YOU ONLY NEED TO STARD MOD REWRITE ONCE RewriteEngine On # REWRITE BASE RewriteBase /forum/ # HERE IS A GOOD PLACE TO ADD THE WWW PREFIXE REDIRECTION ##################################################### # PHPBB SEO REWRITE RULES - MIXED ##################################################### # AUTHOR : dcz [url]www.phpbb-seo.com[/url] # STARTED : 01/2006 ################################# # FORUMS PAGES ############### # FORUM INDEX REWRITERULE WOULD STAND HERE IF USED. "forum" REQUIRES TO BE SET AS FORUM INDEX # RewriteRule ^forum\.html$ index.php [QSA,L,NC] # FORUM RewriteRule ^[a-z0-9_-]*-f([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ viewforum.php?f=$1&start=$3 [QSA,L,NC] # TOPIC WITH VIRTUAL FOLDER RewriteRule ^[a-z0-9_-]*-f([0-9]+)/topic([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ viewtopic.php?f=$1&t=$2&start=$4 [QSA,L,NC] # GLOBAL ANNOUNCES WITH VIRTUAL FOLDER RewriteRule ^announces/topic([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ viewtopic.php?t=$1&start=$3 [QSA,L,NC] # TOPIC WITHOUT FORUM ID & DELIM RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_-]*)/?topic([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ viewtopic.php?forum_uri=$1&t=$2&start=$4 [QSA,L,NC] # PROFILES SIMPLE RewriteRule ^member([0-9]+)\.html$ memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=$1 [QSA,L,NC] # USER MESSAGES SIMPLE RewriteRule ^member([0-9]+)-(topics|posts)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ search.php?author_id=$1&sr=$2&start=$4 [QSA,L,NC] # GROUPS SIMPLE RewriteRule ^group([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ memberlist.php?mode=group&g=$1&start=$3 [QSA,L,NC] # POST RewriteRule ^post([0-9]+)\.html$ viewtopic.php?p=$1 [QSA,L,NC] # ACTIVE TOPICS RewriteRule ^active-topics(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ search.php?search_id=active_topics&start=$2&sr=topics [QSA,L,NC] # UNANSWERED TOPICS RewriteRule ^unanswered(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ search.php?search_id=unanswered&start=$2&sr=topics [QSA,L,NC] # NEW POSTS RewriteRule ^newposts(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ search.php?search_id=newposts&start=$2&sr=topics [QSA,L,NC] # THE TEAM RewriteRule ^the-team\.html$ memberlist.php?mode=leaders [QSA,L,NC] # HERE IS A GOOD PLACE TO ADD OTHER PHPBB RELATED REWRITERULES #END PHPBB SEO ## ## # @version $Id: htaccess.txt 10492 2008-07-02 06:38:28Z ircmaxell $ # @package Joomla # @copyright Copyright (C) 2005 - 2008 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved. # @license [url]http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html[/url] GNU/GPL # Joomla! is Free Software ## ##################################################### # READ THIS COMPLETELY IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE THIS FILE # # The line just below this section: 'Options +FollowSymLinks' may cause problems # with some server configurations. It is required for use of mod_rewrite, but may already # be set by your server administrator in a way that dissallows changing it in # your .htaccess file. If using it causes your server to error out, comment it out (add # to # beginning of line), reload your site in your browser and test your sef url's. If they work, # it has been set by your server administrator and you do not need it set here. # ##################################################### ## Can be commented out if causes errors, see notes above. Options +FollowSymLinks # # mod_rewrite in use # RewriteEngine On ########## Begin - Rewrite rules to block out some common exploits ## If you experience problems on your site block out the operations listed below ## This attempts to block the most common type of exploit `attempts` to Joomla! # # Block out any script trying to set a mosConfig value through the URL RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} mosConfig_[a-zA-Z_]{1,21}(=|\%3D) [OR] # Block out any script trying to base64_encode crap to send via URL RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode.*\(.*\) [OR] # Block out any script that includes a <script> tag in URL RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\<|%3C).*script.*(\>|%3E) [NC,OR] # Block out any script trying to set a PHP GLOBALS variable via URL RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR] # Block out any script trying to modify a _REQUEST variable via URL RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) # Send all blocked request to homepage with 403 Forbidden error! RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [F,L] # ########## End - Rewrite rules to block out some common exploits # Uncomment following line if your webserver's URL # is not directly related to physical file paths. # Update Your Joomla! Directory (just / for root) # RewriteBase / ########## Begin - Joomla! core SEF Section # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index.php RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/|\.php|\.html|\.htm|\.feed|\.pdf|\.raw|/[^.]*)$ [NC] RewriteRule (.*) index.php RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization},L] # ########## End - Joomla! core SEF Section ## PHPBB SEO # FORUM WITHOUT ID & DELIM # THESE FOUR LINES MUST BE LOCATED AT THE END OF YOUR HTACCESS TO WORK PROPERLY RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_-]+)(-([0-9]+))\.html$ viewforum.php?forum_uri=$1&start=$3 [QSA,L,NC] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_-]+)\.html$ viewforum.php?forum_uri=$1 [QSA,L,NC] # END PHPBB PAGES ##################################################### Code (markup):
I dont think,its the default htaccess file,which comes in Joomla new installtion.. Did you edit it ??
Towards the top I added the PHPBB3 SEO stuff and added more of the PHPBB stuff at the bottom. I am not worried about Joomla right now as I am working on the forums first
If you are working on the forum,then dont install the Joomla on the same folder.. U need to keep them on different directories,in order to function them properly lol
Fixed! It mostly had to do with rewrite enabled on Joomla AND PHPBB3 options, causing errors. Thank you for your help! I wouldn't of looked at the joomla stuff if I didnt see you post about joomla!
great! Hope,it helped.. And you will have to work on both the htaccess files separately,as both are different platforms