SEO URL links not working .htaccess problem?
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:57 pm
Hi guys,
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
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