mod_rewrite and htaccess

[bjacobs]

I am trying to get my site to where SEFs work and Joomla says mod_rewrite has to be on.

If this is not on, what can I do to work around this problem?

Sorry if this is cryptic.

[AndrewT]

mod_rewrite is available on all servers.

[bjacobs]

Thanks Andrew for the information.

[ThePhantom]

Joomla and Mod_ReWrite for SEO

Folks

I've been having the same problem. Anyway, somewhere on the Internet I found something that said to check if mod_rewrite was working on your server, upload the following .htaccess and see what happens. If it goes to Google it's OK otherwise it's not.

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

Anyway, I don't go to Google. I just get a file doesn't exist error.

That said, in this thread, Andrew mentions mod_rewrite is enabled on all the servers so I'm at a loss to explain where I'm going wrong. I'm on server 13. Does anyone know if it's enabled still?

Thanks

Michelle

[AndrewT]

mod_rewrite is available on all servers. If you would like us to look into this, please submit a trouble ticket and let us know which domain you are trying this on.

[Buddha]

Redirect /google.html http://www.google.com

Redirect directive is part of mod_alias not mod_rewrite.

[ThePhantom]

Buddha

Ahhh... this makes sense logically therefore the test I did wasn't appropriate. Andrew's saying mod_rewrite is available therefore something else must be causing the problem. I shall investigate further!

Thanks guys.

Michelle

[Dr. Jones]

Folks

I've been having the same problem. Anyway, somewhere on the Internet I found something that said to check if mod_rewrite was working on your server, upload the following .htaccess and see what happens. If it goes to Google it's OK otherwise it's not.

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

Anyway, I don't go to Google. I just get a file doesn't exist error.

That said, in this thread, Andrew mentions mod_rewrite is enabled on all the servers so I'm at a loss to explain where I'm going wrong. I'm on server 13. Does anyone know if it's enabled still?

Thanks

Michelle

If you wanted to use mod_rewrite, the proper .htaccess would look something like this:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule google.html$ http://www.google.com

hope that helps