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#1 2008-03-23 15:04:55

jano

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Registered: 2008-01-09

Posts: 23

SOLVED: Forum installation and TXP sections conflict

Hi,

I’ve to install a forum that will be accessible via this URL:

FORUM

• http://mysite.com/forum
• Its index.php will be right into the /forum subfolder.

Currently a TXP installation lives at the document root, using the /section/title permanent link mode:

TXP

• http://mysite.com
• Its index.php will be in the document root.

Then, if I try to access the forum with the above URL http://mysite.com/forum, TXP will try unsuccesfuly to locate the forum section, thus throwing a 404 error.

That means that I should edit the .htaccess so that requests for http://mysite.com/forum aren’t handled by TXP.

Does anyone have a working example of the required rule that need to be modified?

Thanks.

Last edited by jano (2008-03-23 18:05:52)

#2 2008-03-23 15:13:42

jstubbs

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Re: SOLVED: Forum installation and TXP sections conflict

I’ve managed what you are trying before with a default punBB install at /forum. Did not change anything at all. Which forum software are you trying?

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#3 2008-03-23 15:36:54

jano

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Registered: 2008-01-09

Posts: 23

Re: SOLVED: Forum installation and TXP sections conflict

jstubbs wrote:

I’ve managed what you are trying before with a default punBB install at /forum. Did not change anything at all. Which forum software are you trying?

It was suggested to use SMF but I don’t think it is what best fits the project. I was looking for a lean and relatively simple forum like PunBB (I don’t like it search functionality though, I almost always use Google to search the TXP forums “site:forum.textpattern.com search_expression”). So I’m currently doing some research…

http://www.opensourcecms.com/
http://www.forummatrix.org/

I should clarify that I have not installed the forum yet. It is quite likely that I’ll end installing PunBB after your experience.

Thanks Jonathan.

Last edited by jano (2008-03-23 15:38:28)

#4 2008-03-23 15:59:08

ruud

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Registered: 2006-06-04

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Re: SOLVED: Forum installation and TXP sections conflict

I should clarify that I have not installed the forum yet.

That explains why TXP handles the non-existing /forum location and throws a 404 error.

#5 2008-03-23 16:34:48

jano

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Registered: 2008-01-09

Posts: 23

Re: SOLVED: Forum installation and TXP sections conflict

ruud wrote:

That explains why TXP handles the non-existing /forum location and throws a 404 error.

It’s quite embarrassing… I should have done more tests before posting, it doesn’t exist any conflict at all! As ruud says TXP doesn’t hijack existing folders.

Thank you Ruud and Jonathan.

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Last edited by jano (2008-03-23 18:04:48)