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Hi, I want to test out the SEO URL's function, so I've checked it in the store settings, but when I go to change the .htaccess.txt file to .htaccess , as instructed in many places on the web, I see there are two .htaccess files in the root directory - .htaccess.txt and .htaccess

So if I change .htaccess.txt to .htaccess I'll have two files with the same name - might that not cause a problem?

Is there a solution for this please?

the.htaccess.txt file is not used on the website. Only a .htaccess file is used on the webserver.

the txt extension is just to give you an example how you .htaccess file can be filled

Hi Daik01, thanks for your reply but I don't quite understand what you mean. I've read in a number of different places (for example here: http://www.webhostinghub.com/help/learn ... pencart-15 and here http://forum.opencart.com/viewtopic.php?t=17121) that to enable SEO friendly URLs activate the setting in admin then rename the file called .htaccess.txt to .htaccess, i.e. remove the .txt - but as I say there is already a file called .htaccess in opencart, in addition to the one called .htaccess.txt - so if I rename it there will be two files of the same name in the directory.

By default, there is only a .htaccess.txt file. Open them both and compare them and get rid of one or the other and make sure it's named .htaccess. You'll probably have to put a # before the optionsFollowSymLinks line in that file.

DL

Hello,

I have a similar problem & was wondering what would be the best approach to take.
I have 6 htaccess files listed with something in each one.

Would need to see what's inside of each leni.

DL

.htaccess.txt (/public_html/vqmod has the following;

# Prevent Directoy listing
Options -Indexes

.htaccess.txt (/public_html) has the following;

# 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 [L]
RewriteRule ^googlebase.xml$ index.php?route=feed/google_base [L]
RewriteRule ^download/(.*) /index.php?route=error/not_found [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !.*\.(ico|gif|jpg|jpeg|png|js|css)
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

# 7. disable open_basedir limitations
# php_admin_value open_basedir none[

Those 2 files are fine to use. The one in public_html is the one that will allow you to use SEO urls, 301 redirects, etc. You'll need to rename that from .htaccess.txt to .htaccess

DL

cwswebdesign,
Wouldn't that leave me with two files named the same & located in the same place? Or would that be ok?

I thought you said one was in the vqmod folder and the other in public_html, right?

DL

This is a screenshot of how they presently look;

I don't think you let me know the contents of .htaccess in public_html but you did let me know what .htaccess.txt has in it.

In the end, you only want the .htaccess in public_html and the .htaccess.txt will be gone. I don't want to tell you to delete the current .htaccess until we see what's in that file. The other files can stay as is.

DL

I have pm'd you the contents of the file.
Perhaps it might be best just to copy the contents of the public .htaccess.txt & paste it at the end of the public .htaccess file? Then delete the .htaccess.txt ?

lenl wrote:I have pm'd you the contents of the file.
Perhaps it might be best just to copy the contents of the public .htaccess.txt & paste it at the end of the public .htaccess file? Then delete the .htaccess.txt ?

I just replied to your PM.

DL