Links Shortened, But Get "404 Error" When Clicked

bugsTHoR · Worker Joined: Apr 05, 2006 Posts: 172

hi
did the edits mentioned above on sticky, still no dice.
re-downloaded , still nada .
changed:-

gtz-pagetap
SL .htaces to root/.htacess
and the overight on /from montego`s site ok

any ideas if you need the link or admin rights let me know .
its a test sight so ...when its working i can just swap over the files.

montego · Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:28 am

Well, I need to know what is or is not working as there are two pieces to this:

1) Are the links not getting shortened, or

2) Are the links shortened, but when you click on them, you get a 404 error, or

3) Something else?

By the way, if you truelly used root/.htacess that will not work. It needs to be:

root/.htaccess

There are two "c" in there.

bugsTHoR · Worker Joined: Apr 05, 2006 Posts: 172

sry about my typo, root/.htaccess

i get " not found" 404. in address it is :-

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uploaded it 3 times and checked folders /files by ...folders / files on ftp to make sure its all there.

montego · Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:43 am

bugsTHoR, I have added to the Sticky this post here:

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Your host may not have mod_rewrite turned on.

bugsTHoR · Worker Joined: Apr 05, 2006 Posts: 172

mod-rewrite on
disabl_functions no value
using phpinfo is that the problem ?

montego · Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 9:12 am

We need to take each of these one at a time because I am not convinced with your brief replies, that we haven't miscommunicated.

Quote:

mod-rewrite on

I will take it by this that you mean you have the following line (uncommented) above all the other rewrite lines:

RewriteEngine On

Quote:

disabl_functions no value

I do not understand what you mean by "no value". The steps there from Raven should make it clear whether your host has mod_rewrite turned on or not (this is a host level configuration thing).

Did you try this?

Raven wrote:

Place this in .htaccess and see if you get the Forbidden screen

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [F]

If you do, then mod_rewrite is working Smile

Just going to your site will cause the forbidden message to be displayed. If you do NOT get the forbidden, then you have to ask your host to activate the mod_rewrite module in Apache.

bugsTHoR · Worker Joined: Apr 05, 2006 Posts: 172

sry about that brief stuff, i will try to waffle more from now on. Razz

my host had .htaccess turned off , with a note about affecting web site performance, going to try it in 3 hours when it finaly kicks in.

did ravens and a few of the other Edits still nada. so it must be above thing thats stoping it. just to note my host updated the phpmyadmin and apache files on the servers recently.

just a quick Q , if its turned off , sentinel does /does`nt work ? with .htaccess
even though the file is three
.let you know if it fixes it.

bugsTHoR · Worker Joined: Apr 05, 2006 Posts: 172

ok now that i turned on the use of .htaccess it working a treat

thx for the help (montego) guys in the topics / posts . worship

montego · Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 10:04 pm

Glad to hear its working. See? We actually do what we're talking about sometimes... Wink