Textpattern CMS

#1 2007-01-07 05:09:50

lemonhead

Member

Registered: 2006-08-04

Posts: 32

htaccess file in the root and textpattern folder

I needed to make changes to my htaccess file (see below) in the root folder of my web site. I also noticed that there is an htaccess file in the textpattern folder. Do I need for the htaccess file in the textpattern folder to be the same as the htaccess file in my root folder.

Lastly please provide a link that explains what a rewritebase does ? I had to remove mine from the htaccess file so the pre-check worked. I have no idea why I needed to remove it other than another 1and1 (web hosting provider) person said to do this.

Thanks !

htaccess file contents:
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RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d RewriteRule ^(.+) – [PT,L]

RewriteRule ^(.*) /index.php </IfModule>

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#2 2007-01-07 06:01:52

Mary

Sock Enthusiast

Registered: 2004-06-27

Posts: 6,236

Re: htaccess file in the root and textpattern folder

You can only have one .htaccess per folder at a time, so you would combine the rules of both into one file. You only need the rules in the one that comes with Textpattern if you want to have clean urls; if that doesn’t matter to you, you can simply delete it.

If it does matter: if you would post the contents of your original .htaccess file, we can show you the proper way to combine them (sometimes it matters, sometimes it doesn’t).

Your post sounds a little muddled, so I want to clarify: Textpattern only comes with one .htaccess file, it should be in the same folder as:

• index.php
• HISTORY.txt
• README.txt
• files (folder)
• images (folder)
• textpattern (folder)

and by default it should contain:

#DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
#Options +FollowSymLinks
#RewriteBase /relative/web/path/

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
 RewriteRule ^(.+) - [PT,L]

 RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php
</IfModule>

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