uwwandrew

Trying to get SEF friendly urls with Joomla. When I change option in global config I get the right urls but with not found errors all over the place. Forums say it is a mod_rewrite issue but Surpass insists mod_rewrite it on... I put the following code in my htaccess file to test:

RewriteEngine On
Options +FollowSymLinks
Redirect /test.html http://www.google.com

and then when I go to http://www.broughtonstreet.com/test/html I get the error (instead of the redirect)

Not Found

The requested URL /test.html was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.


where do I look next?

DewKnight

Have you pointed support to that htaccess file? Was there anything else in the file?

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uwwandrew

I did not show it to them...not that I didn't want to it just somehow did not seem like their job.

# 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 Standard SEF Section
## 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 Standard SEF Section


########## Begin 3rd Party or Core SEF Section
#
#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 or Core SEF Section

########## 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 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

TinkyWinky

Same problem here, did you solve your problem?

cowboy

Should be:

for any test.html file in any subsequent directory with or without any GET string, or,

to limit to domain/test.html or domain/test.htm only; caps or lowercase.

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tibberous

On my Joomla site (trenttompkins.com) I use the sh404SEF component which you can get at extensions.Siliana.net. Technically, it lets you use SE friendly links without mod_rewrite, but I always turn mod_rewrite on, and don't have any problems with the setup.

TinkyWinky

SEF options also worked on my Joomla but it didn't work on my SMF forum. Until tonight! I don't know what is changed but I'm happy now