Problems with new install

[kidder +]

We have installed our 3rd 68 site in a sub folder so we are not total newbs. Created packages and test ads however this is what we get

http://www.oursite.com/dogs/listings..._for_sale.html (files are installed in the dogs folder main URL is wordpress)

rather than http://www.oursite.com/dogs/hounds/r..._for_sale.html

Our categories have become /listings/1/ ????? This is not what we have called them when they were created?

Any ideas?

thanks.

[seymourjames +]

Have you updated the .htaccess file in the subfolder where your install exists for the search engine friendly urls? Have you got rewrite base in your .htaccess like this

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

[kidder +]

This is the htaccess file we are trying to use?

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On

#index
RewriteRule ^index\.html$ index.php [NC,QSA]

#search
RewriteRule ^search\.html$ search.php [NC,QSA]

#categories
RewriteRule ^categories\.html$ category.php [NC,QSA]
RewriteRule ^categories/([0-9a-zA-Z_-]+)\.html$ category.php?cat=$1 [NC,QSA]
RewriteRule ^categories/([0-9a-zA-Z_-]+)/page/([0-9]+)\.html$ category.php?cat=$1&page=$2 [NC,QSA]

#cat sorting
RewriteRule ^categories/([0-9a-zA-Z_-]+)/sort/([0-9a-zA-Z_-]+)/order/(desc|asc)\.html$ category.php?cat=$1&sortfield=$2&sortorder=$3 [NC,QSA]
RewriteRule ^categories/([0-9a-zA-Z_-]+)/sort/([0-9a-zA-Z_-]+)/order/(desc|asc)/page/([0-9]+)\.html$ category.php?cat=$1&sortfield=$2&sortorder=$3&page =$4 [NC,QSA]

#contactus
RewriteRule ^contactus\.html$ contactus.php [NC,QSA]

#view listing
RewriteRule ^listing/([0-9]+)/([0-9a-zA-Z_-]+)\.html$ viewlisting.php?view=$1 [NC,QSA]

#view member
RewriteRule ^member/([0-9]+)\.html$ viewmember.php?member=$1 [NC,QSA]

#pages
RewriteRule ^page/([0-9]+)\.html$ pages.php?page=$1 [NC,QSA]
RewriteRule ^page/([0-9a-zA-Z_-]+)\.html$ pages.php?pg=$1 [NC,QSA]

#top lisitngs
RewriteRule ^listings/(featured|new|top)\.html$ toplistings.php?pg=$1 [NC,QSA]
RewriteRule ^listings/(featured|new|top)/([0-9]+)\.html$ toplistings.php?pg=$1&page=$2 [NC,QSA]

#user
RewriteRule ^userindex\.html$ userindex.php [NC,QSA]
RewriteRule ^userjoin\.html$ userjoin.php [NC,QSA]
RewriteRule ^usercheckout\.html$ usercheckout.php [NC,QSA]
RewriteRule ^userbrowselistings\.html$ userbrowselistings.php [NC,QSA]
RewriteRule ^useraccountmodify\.html$ useraccountmodify.php [NC,QSA]
RewriteRule ^logout\.html$ logout.php [NC,QSA]

</IfModule>

[seymourjames +]

version of module and version of 68C system? Your .htacesss looks correct but something reminds me there was a bug fix some time ago on the module's hooks file. I can't remember for sure.

[kidder +]

thanks! its the latest version. I only downloaded it a couple of days ago. There is no .htaccess in the root for the blog, I thought that might have been an issue. Now the problem is that whenever we upload the .htaccess we get a 404 error page from the blog...

[seymourjames +]

Did you try the rewrite base statement that I put before. I really can't see any other issue. worth asking your hosting provider as they have better tools.

[Mike-N-Tosh +]

I make no claims to being an ".htaccess" file guru by any means, but it seems to me the answer may be quite simply that you need to add the classifieds directory to each line in the file. The file should be in the root directory of the domain still.

Example:
RewriteRule ^index\.html$ index.php [NC,QSA]

Change to this:
RewriteRule ^index\.html$ dogs/index.php [NC,QSA]

[seymourjames +]

I think it is because he does not have an up to date version of the SEO module. I run a .htaccess like that in a subdomain and it is fine. The .htaccess is local to that subdomain (i.e. in it).

[Blair +]

Please move your .htaccess file from your webroot to your 68C installation folder.

From Apache.org:
".htaccess files (or "distributed configuration files") provide a way to make configuration changes on a per-directory basis. A file, containing one or more configuration directives, is placed in a particular document directory, and the directives apply to that directory, and all subdirectories thereof."

[seymourjames +]

I think it turned out Blair to be the need for an u pto date SEO module the last I heard which runs with the latest 68C version.