I'm having some real problems getting my SEO URLs to work.
I have ensured the apache module mod-rewrite is installed.
I have re-named the .htaccess.txt to .htaccess.
My opencart installation is not stored in a sub-directory but is installed in /httpdocs
When I enable the SEO URL the URLS change but whenever I try accessing a page or product I get "The page you requested cannot be found!" I'm not sure why this is happening as my About Us page seems to function correctly with the new SEO URL. I have hundreds of products on the site so re-adding them is not really an option. I assume there is an error in my .htacess file but I don't know what it is.
Its a problem which is really bugging me, I am tempted to buy a extension but I'm worried that I will run into the same problems as I assume it requires similar things to be activated to work?
I have posted the contens of my .htaccess file to see if the problem is obvious.
Any help would be appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Sam
# 1.To use URL Alias you need to be running apache with mod_rewrite enabled.
# 2. In your opencart directory rename htaccess.txt to .htaccess.
# For any support issues please visit: http://www.opencart.com
Options +FollowSymlinks
# Prevent Directoy listing
Options -Indexes
# Prevent Direct Access to files
<FilesMatch "\.(tpl|ini|log)">
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</FilesMatch>
# SEO URL Settings
RewriteEngine On
# If your opencart installation does not run on the main web folder make sure you folder it does run in ie. / becomes /shop/
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule sitemap.xml /index.php?route=feed/google_sitemap
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^?]*) index.php?_route_=$1 [L,QSA]
### Additional Settings that may need to be enabled for some servers
### Uncomment the commands by removing the # sign in front of it.
### If you get an "Internal Server Error 500" after enabling any of the following settings, restore the # as this means your host doesn't allow that.
# 1. If your cart only allows you to add one item at a time, it is possible register_globals is on. This may work to disable it:
# php_flag register_globals off
# 2. If your cart has magic quotes enabled, This may work to disable it:
# php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off
# 3. Set max upload file size. Most hosts will limit this and not allow it to be overridden but you can try
# php_value upload_max_filesize 999M
# 4. set max post size. uncomment this line if you have a lot of product options or are getting errors where forms are not saving all fields
# php_value post_max_size 999M
# 5. set max time script can take. uncomment this line if you have a lot of product options or are getting errors where forms are not saving all fields
# php_value max_execution_time 200
# 6. set max time for input to be recieved. Uncomment this line if you have a lot of product options or are getting errors where forms are not saving all fields
# php_value max_input_time 200