What is needed to use MOD-REWRITE

[pappysniper]

HI everyone

I've got a site built from a cms which uses pageID's etc, you have the facility to use mod-rewrite to change the url's to html extensions. When I turn it on I get page not found on this server or you don't have permission.

when I question this with the people who built the cms apparently you are supposed to just turn it on and away you go.

 

I was wondering if any could explain the correct way to use this facility.

 

thanks for any help

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[megan]

HI

 

go int0 your server folder\drive\usr\local\apache2\conf

 

and open the httpd.conf file in a TEXT editor

 

scroll down a little to the area where you see the list of modules to load

 

make sure that the line loading mod_rewrite is NOT commented out

 

LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

 

Not

 

#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

 

then go to udrive\www\ and open the .htaccess file in a TEXT editor

 

add the following lines and save

 

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On

 

your mod_rewrite should now work

 

hth ~megan

[pappysniper]

Thanks for the reply, I'll give it a try