Hello everyone I am tierd of fixing SEF urls in Joomla.. anyone installed joomla here?? i installed joomla from Cpanel once and then someone told me to uninstall as SEF urls doesnt work if i install From CPanel.. so i manually insallted Joomla i turned on SEF urls from global configuration.. here's my .htaccess file code ## # @version $Id: htaccess.txt 4085 2006-06-21 16:03:54Z stingrey $ # @package Joomla # @copyright Copyright (C) 2005 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved. # @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html 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. # # Only use one of the two SEF sections that follow. Lines that can be uncommented # (and thus used) have only one #. Lines with two #'s should not be uncommented # In the section that you don't use, all lines should start with # # # For Standard SEF, use the standard SEF section. You can comment out # all of the RewriteCond lines and reduce your server's load if you # don't have directories in your root named 'component' or 'content' # # If you are using a 3rd Party SEF or the Core SEF solution # uncomment all of the lines in the '3rd Party or Core SEF' section # ##################################################### ##### SOLVING PROBLEMS WITH COMPONENT URL's that don't work ##### # SPECIAL NOTE FOR SMF USERS WHEN SMF IS INTEGRATED AND BRIDGED # OR ANY SITUATION WHERE A COMPONENT's URL's AREN't WORKING # # In both the 'Standard SEF', and '3rd Party or Core SEF' sections the line: # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/component/option,com) [NC,OR] ##optional - see notes## # May need to be uncommented. If you are running your Joomla/Mambo from # a subdirectory the name of the subdirectory will need to be inserted into this # line. For example, if your Joomla/Mambo is in a subdirectory called '/test/', # change this: # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/component/option,com) [NC,OR] ##optional - see notes## # to this: # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/test/component/option,com) [NC,OR] ##optional - see notes## # ##################################################### ## Can be commented out if causes errors, see notes above. # Options FollowSymLinks # # mod_rewrite in use #RewriteEngine On # Uncomment following line if your webserver's URL # is not directly related to physical file paths. # Update Your Joomla/MamboDirectory (just / for root) #RewriteBase / ########## Begin - Joomla! core SEF Section ############# Use this section if using ONLY Joomla! core SEF ## ALL (RewriteCond) lines in this section are only required if you actually ## have directories named 'content' or 'component' on your server ## If you do not have directories with these names, comment them out. # #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/component/option,com) [NC,OR] ##optional - see notes## #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/|\.htm|\.php|\.html|/[^.]*)$ [NC] #RewriteRule ^(content/|component/) index.php # ########## End - Joomla! core SEF Section ########## Begin - 3rd Party SEF Section ############# Use this section if you are using a 3rd party (Non Joomla! core) SEF extension - e.g. OpenSEF, 404_SEF, 404SEFx, SEF Advance, etc # #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/component/option,com) [NC,OR] ##optional - see notes## #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/|\.htm|\.php|\.html|/[^.]*)$ [NC] #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d #RewriteRule (.*) index.php # ########## End - 3rd Party SEF Section PLEASE help me to fix this pleasee.. here's my URL www.thegujarat.org
So... have you actually tried uncommenting either of the two sections as per the instructions in the file? If so, what were the problems exactly?
When i turned on SEF from global configuration it asked me to change htaccess.txt to .htaccess but there was no htaccess.txt file in my root folder there was already .htaccess and this was the .htaccess file which i pasted is Mambo easier than Joomla? i think i may go for that can anyone please help me to fix this?
Mate. Seriously... I'll ask again: The file tells you what you need to do. There's two alternatives. Unless you tell us whether you'ved tried them or not, we don't know where to start helping you!
Hello TwistmyArm "So... have you actually tried uncommenting either of the two sections as per the instructions in the file? " What two sections?? i am sorry i didnt got you..
No mambo is similar, Try this You have commented all the file ## # @version $Id: htaccess.txt 4085 2006-06-21 16:03:54Z stingrey $ # @package Joomla # @copyright Copyright (C) 2005 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved. # @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html 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. # # Only use one of the two SEF sections that follow. Lines that can be uncommented # (and thus used) have only one #. Lines with two #'s should not be uncommented # In the section that you don't use, all lines should start with # # # For Standard SEF, use the standard SEF section. You can comment out # all of the RewriteCond lines and reduce your server's load if you # don't have directories in your root named 'component' or 'content' # # If you are using a 3rd Party SEF or the Core SEF solution # uncomment all of the lines in the '3rd Party or Core SEF' section # ##################################################### ##### SOLVING PROBLEMS WITH COMPONENT URL's that don't work ##### # SPECIAL NOTE FOR SMF USERS WHEN SMF IS INTEGRATED AND BRIDGED # OR ANY SITUATION WHERE A COMPONENT's URL's AREN't WORKING # # In both the 'Standard SEF', and '3rd Party or Core SEF' sections the line: # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/component/option,com) [NC,OR] ##optional - see notes## # May need to be uncommented. If you are running your Joomla/Mambo from # a subdirectory the name of the subdirectory will need to be inserted into this # line. For example, if your Joomla/Mambo is in a subdirectory called '/test/', # change this: # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/component/option,com) [NC,OR] ##optional - see notes## # to this: # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/test/component/option,com) [NC,OR] ##optional - see notes## # ##################################################### ## Can be commented out if causes errors, see notes above. Options FollowSymLinks # # mod_rewrite in use RewriteEngine On # Uncomment following line if your webserver's URL # is not directly related to physical file paths. # Update Your Joomla/MamboDirectory (just / for root) # RewriteBase / ########## Begin - Joomla! core SEF Section ############# Use this section if using ONLY Joomla! core SEF ## ALL (RewriteCond) lines in this section are only required if you actually ## have directories named 'content' or 'component' on your server ## If you do not have directories with these names, comment them out. # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/component/option,com) [NC,OR] ##optional - see notes## RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/|\.htm|\.php|\.html|/[^.]*)$ [NC] RewriteRule ^(content/|component/) index.php # ########## End - Joomla! core SEF Section ########## Begin - 3rd Party SEF Section ############# Use this section if you are using a 3rd party (Non Joomla! core) SEF extension - e.g. OpenSEF, 404_SEF, 404SEFx, SEF Advance, etc # #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/component/option,com) [NC,OR] ##optional - see notes## #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/|\.htm|\.php|\.html|/[^.]*)$ [NC] #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d #RewriteRule (.*) index.php # ########## End - 3rd Party SEF Section
I'm not sure if you totally understood their answer. (If you did I apologize). Under where it says "3rd Party SEF section make it look like this.. Notice no #'s before each of these lines RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/component/option,com) [NC,OR] optional - see notes## RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/|\.htm|\.php|\.html|/[^.]*)$ [NC] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule (.*) index.php Then, Make sure there ARE #'s before these same lines in the section which says "cor SEF section" Depending on your server, this can be VERY hard. You also need to put a # before the line that says "Options FollowSymLinks " 3rd.... If your Joomla is in a directory other than the root i.e. if it is in a directory called Joomla look for the line that says # RewriteBase / Take away the # and then change the line to RewriteBase/Joomla or whatever directory you installed it in. If this answer doesn't help you, I hope it helps someone in the future
factchecker is correct: it's most likely the fact that you need to comment out the "Options FollowSymLinks" line. But please, ESPECIALLY when it comes to things like this, "it didn't work" doesn't help. Is it that the site still works, but the SEF stuff isn't, or that the entire server is now just returning errors?