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I just migrated a Joomla site from live to localhost. Have the front end up and can access the backend without problem.

Front end wise none of the menu items work.

I have renamed the live site variable to point to http://localhost/domain. I also disabled SSL via config and disabled .htaccess files.

Permissions have been added for tmp and cache directories where required. Wondering what else I could be missing. Any ideas would be appreciated.

Wondering if this could be db or file related, relevant details below

public $live_site = 'http://localhost/Clients/domain';
public $log_path = 'F:\\ClientDevEnvs\\htdocs\\Clients\\domain\\logs';
public $tmp_path = 'F:\\ClientDevEnvs\\htdocs\\Clients\\domain\\tmp';
Have also edited httpd.conf file to enable and enabled htaccess mod_rewrite.
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  • Did you checked cache,tmp folders are there at frontend ? – Sudhir Sapkal Apr 27 '18 at 9:48
  • Hi John, sure did. Initially I had to create the tmp and cache folders as these were missing but this was one of the first things I was doing as I couldn't login without them. – Nick Apr 27 '18 at 15:46
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    Please add the htacces file to your question and what happen if you click on a menu item (redirect / error). – Dennis Heiden May 3 '18 at 15:21
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It's usually best to leave the $live_site parameter empty. In addition to removing/renaming your .htaccess file (which you already did), make sure your configuration.php file has the following settings:

public $live_site = '';
public $sef_rewrite = '0';

The second line will disable URL rewriting. You can also change this setting under "Configuration" from the Joomla back end.

On a side note, if you use Akeeba Backup and Kickstart to backup and restore your site, the tool usually takes care of updating all required settings.

Hope this helps.

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  • Hi John, thanks for your advice on this. Sadly I had tried this before earlier yesterday and not had any joy. I have actually come across this issue in the past and used this method to resolve. Ideally keeping sef urls active would be better but at the moment I just want to get the front end working lol – Nick Apr 27 '18 at 8:15
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    Check the RewriteBase entry in the htaccess file. – Dennis Heiden May 3 '18 at 15:19

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