SEO mod installation question

[fendter +]

I watch the tutorial on istalling the seo mod. It is asking for the 1.htaccess file to be uploaded to the root and and renamed .htaccess.

I'm running V.4.04 dev and a file by the name of .htaccess already exists in the root folder.

How do I go about this? Overwrite the existing .htaccess file? The existing .htaccess file has a date of 05/28/08.

Thanks

I tried running the SEO mod without uploading the .htaccess file and I go error messages.

Any help is appreciated

[seymourjames +]

Basically, do a backup of your .htaccess file just in case (ftp get and put it somewhere else on your local machine for safe keeping). Do likewise with the 1.htacces file - keep a copy of it safe somewhere else until all is well. Then rename 1.htaccess to .htaccess and upload it to replace the existing one. Things should then start to work.

[bowers01 +]

Hi,
Something else might be using that .htaccess file. If i was you i would download the file on the server and post what it is inside it. Or you can even just join the two together.
Nick

[fendter +]

Thank you for the responses. I will try it later on tonight.

What is the .htaccess file for? I just don't want to overwrite it and then find out two weeks later that the file controlled some sort of function that a quick QA test might overlook.

[Mike-N-Tosh +]

.htaccess files are a configuration file that is specific to a directory/folder when using the apache web server.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/configuring.html
Scroll down to the bottom of this page.

-Mike