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I think i found the error.. in zoint seo option is: Rewrite URLs when i chose the third one i can't open my forum.. but when i chose the second without mode_rewrite it works so i want to know how can i mak this to work for the .htaccess file I upload on root the file that Ramsesx gives to me(post #87).. So does anybody know what can I do

Thank u to everbody

[MusicMan]

Originally Posted by L'ingegnere

I think i found the error.. in zoint seo option is: Rewrite URLs when i chose the third one i can't open my forum.. but when i chose the second without mode_rewrite it works so i want to know how can i mak this to work for the .htaccess file I upload on root the file that Ramsesx gives to me(post #87).. So does anybody know what can I do

Thank u to everbody

Read the ReadMe file included in the zip and it will tell you what to add to your htaccess in order to use the mod_rewrite option.

[rogersnm]

Anybody know about custom rewrite rules with and without mod_rewrite? Maybe it will be in the documentation when he writes it...

Originally Posted by MusicMan

Read the ReadMe file included in the zip and it will tell you what to add to your htaccess in order to use the mod_rewrite option.

I create an .htaccess with code:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on



RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(f|all)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ forumdisplay.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(t|p)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ showthread.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(index\.php|\.css) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(archive|sitemap)/(.*)$ $1/index.php/$2 [QSA,L]

but it doesn't work Where is the mistake

Thak u for your answer

[rogersnm]

looks fine to me. Did you pick mod_rewrite?

[SportsZone]

Awesome! I just edited the .htaccess file to enable the URL mod_rewrite, and the the forum/thread URL's are looking a lot better!

Thanks guys

Originally Posted by rogersnm

looks fine to me. Did you pick mod_rewrite?

No.. i dont know where is the mistake

Originally Posted by SportsZone

Awesome! I just edited the .htaccess file to enable the URL mod_rewrite, and the the forum/thread URL's are looking a lot better!

Thanks guys

Can u post here your code of .htaccess please

[SportsZone]

Originally Posted by L'ingegnere

Can u post here your code of .htaccess please

Sure. This code was made by MusicMan (thanks Glenn!) and you need to simply changed the URL on the 4th line to your sites address. I have no idea about .htaccess so I have no idea if anything else should go in this file!!

[code]
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(f|all)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ forumdisplay.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(t|p)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ showthread.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(index\.php|\.css) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(archive|sitemap)/(.*)$ $1/index.php/$2 [QSA,L]

[MusicMan]

Originally Posted by L'ingegnere

No.. i dont know where is the mistake

That is your mistake. You're supposed to pick mod_rewrite if you've edited your htaccess to enable mod_rewrite.

It doesn't work again.. I dont know bhooo