Questions tagged [.htaccess-configuration]
.htaccess is a configuration file for use on web servers running the Apache Web Server software.
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How to remove the 'index.php' from URL's?
I was wondering if it is possible to remove the 'index.php' that is shown in every URL.
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Use Joomla redirect component to fix broken URLs
Can anyone help with using J3 redirect component to fix this kind of broken links:
https://www.portal-gestao.com/whatever/whatever/9999-title-of-the-page
To:
https://www.portal-gestao.com/item/9999-...
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How do I allow direct access to my custom .php file in a Joomla Module to be consumed from AJAX?
This is my first time ever in PHP and my first time ever with Joomla. I come from a heavy non-Web C# / .Net background.
I have written a custom Joomla module that interacts with a third party ...
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500 Internal Server Error after renaming htaccess.txt to .htaccess
I'm getting 500 errors showing on my site after renaming htaccess.txt to .htaccess
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How can I redirect old domain to a new domain?
I am newbie on Joomla. I have bought a new domain for my site that I want to use and have my site running on two different server under the 2 domain accordingly.
I need to redirect the old domain and ...
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Change http to https in source code when using SSL
I recently enabled Force_SSL on one of my Joomla sites (by enabling "Force SSL" in Global Configuration), but I run into problems with blocked content (non-SSL content) from both Google fonts and ...
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Multilingual Joomla site with multiple domains
I have Joomla site with native language system and my site looks like this:
www.mydomain.pl
www.mydomain.pl/en/
www.mydomain.pl/de/
www.mydomain.pl/se/
www.mydomain.pl/dk/
I have domain www.mydomain....
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Administrator page 404 not found
I can't access administrator's page; it returns 404 error not found. Although when I rename .htaccess to htaccess.txt, admin page works, but the whole site returns 404 error not found. When I rename ...
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What is the best way to switch an existing Joomla site from http to https (SEO)
What is the best way to switch an existing Joomla site from http to https (SSL), technically and also from an SEO approach.
1st, i had a rule in my htaccess but it was not perfect :
RewriteCond %{...
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Site keeps browsing itself all the time
I run the server where this Joomla! site is hosted, so I have root access to it. There is something in the configuration, or somewhere in its code, that keeps browsing the site itself. If I run
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Stopping a redirect in .htaccess
This is a real novice question regarding .htaccess files. I have read up on it but I really have no clue.
We have a site called originalsite.com.au that is redirecting to www.examplesite.org.au (see ...
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"Perfect" .htaccess for Joomla 2.5
I would like to know what should I implement in my htaccess file for making my website faster and secure.
What do you recommend me?
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Offering different content to different clients
In an Intranet I have two groups of clients, each well known by their IP address. I want to present Joomla module A for clients from both groups, module B only for the clients of group 1 and module C ...
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Joomla and PHP versions
I work on a number of Joomla sites for clients, across multiple (differing) hosting environments. This can be a pain when troubleshooting as some of the hosts are running old versions of PHP (5.2) and ...
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Joomla remove index.php - redirect to homepage .htaccess
Following is my .htaccess, SEF and Use rewriting enable in global config. But i can still access my home page with two urls; for instance: www.example.com and www.example.com/index.php.
Am I doing ...
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Redirect URLs using Redirect component or htaccess
In Joomla 3.4 want to redirect this page:
https://www.portal-gestao.com/component/k2/1422-como-i...%C3%A9tica-na-sua-empresa.html
To this:
https://www.portal-gestao.com/item/1422-como-i...%C3%...
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Using Extension Manager to Install Packages from a Password Protected Directory
This question is for J3.3+
I'd like to set up my extensions in a password protected directory on one web site.
This will act as repository for customized extensions to be used by several other ...
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I'm using sh404SEF on HostGator. What should I do with my .htaccess?
I'm new to sh404SEF, but I understand it is widely used. I host with HostGator.
I'm using sh404SEF primarily to generate search engine friendly URL's.
sh404SEF advertises that I can do this without ...
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sitemap.xml rewrite rule no longer working
We use a base build template for most of our site builds, and until a few months ago we have not had a problem re-writing the sitemap url to sitemap.xml. The rule we use is:
RewriteRule ^sitemap.xml$...
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htaccess 404 Redirect Not Working
I recently redesigned a site and there are loads of 404 pages, so to simplify things I want to add a redirect to my htaccess, redirecting any 404 pages to the home page.
I though it was as simple as ...
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Impossible to set my joomla site timezone to Pacific/Tahiti (hosted in UTC)
I have exactely the same issue like in this post.
For a Joomla site online booking (Joomla + Yootheme + Vik Appointment) I need Pacific/Tahiti default timezone and I still have UTC despite all my ...
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K2 URLs not working after migration to Joomla 3
I've just migrated to Joomla 3 and my K2 URLs are returning 404's.
Before the migration this was an example of a correct URL: [url=https://www.portal-gestao.com/item/7687-o-que-significa-mass-...
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Joomla random lack of access permission
When my user tries to edit an article in frontend, he gets "403 - you don't have permission to access(#some id of article)" and when he goes back in browser and tries again usually he can get access - ...
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Spammy Referral Traffic on Joomla site
Yesterday I was looking into my Google Analytics and found some spammy refferal sites, which I want to block. Can someone please help in this regard?
Following are Spam sites:
ILoveVitaly.Com
Priceg....
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How can I make a directory accessible without putting it on a menu?
I want users to be able to download a file from my Joomla website, but I don't want the URL posted anywhere on my site. How can I make a file downloadable without adding any links to it from my site?
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Remove index php add language code in the url
I built international site and it adds language code to the end of the urls: www.site.com/index.php/en/ I enabled SEF urls and url rewriting in global configuration, I tried many .htaccess snippets to ...
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Joomla 3.x and .htaccess
I have a working Joomla 3.2 website and would like to direct all non www traffic to my www address.
I have tried to add the code below to my .htaccess file, which I presumed was working however it ...
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How do I add an expires by type header for site.webmanifest?
I have a site.webmanifest file that was added when I created favicons for a website.
A check on webpagetest.org said:
FAILED (No max-age or expires): https://[my-site]/site.webmanifest
Having done ...
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Search component pointing to wrong SEF URLs in Joomla 3
My search component is pointing to the wrong URLs. When the user clicks on them, they're redirected to the home page.
For example, the search returns:
http://cursos.portal-gestao.com/9-excel/...
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Leverage browser caching
Following htaccess code is available at siteground for Leverage browser caching. My question is that I want to set images expiration time for 1 week and css and scripts expiration time for 2 days. ...
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How to remove index.php from url in multilanguage site
I have searching for removing index.php from urls. I did what many web sites say. But I still get 404 error. I think that error would not be showed if I did not use multilanguage web site. I am using ...
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htaccess mysteries: Can Joomla site run without .htaccess?
I was trying to understand .htaccess file. I learned some directives and added them on my htaccess.txt file but things weren't going as I expected. To test whether I put the contents on right file, I ...
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Multilingual site and domains
I have a multilingual joomla site setup and would like to use a different domain for each language.
So instead of "englishsite.com/en/" and "englishsite.com/fr/",
I would get "englishsite.com/" and "...
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Why is Joomla redirecting from example.com to example.com/example.com?
I was advised to post here from Stack Overflow
We need help. We're running an ad campaign and realized that a lot of paid traffic was landing on a 404 not found page.
The issue is caused by auto-...
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Joomla 4 website's backend not working after renaming htaccess.txt to .htaccess
I got a issue after renaming htaccess.txt to .htaccess in the public_html folder of my Joomla 4 website (https://www.freepetsitters.com). I renamed it in order to get rid of "index.php" in ...
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Making /joomla subdirectory the website root AND forcing HTTPS
Setting up a Joomla site on Apache 2.4 on a Synology Disk Station. Joomla is unavoidably installed in a subdirectory of the web root (/web/joomla) and unfortunately do not have access to the Apache ...
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Joomla redirect with HTTP Status Code (redirect component vs .htaccess)
First of all, this is not the same question as can be found here: (Redirect URLs using Redirect component or .htaccess).
What I want to know is what HTTP Status Code (for e.g. 301, 302, 303, etc...) ...
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Random 403 Errors
I have a joomla site installed in a subdomain and have moved it to another folder within the same subdomain. However, I am getting random 403 errors (not able to reproduce yet) and I seem to see it if ...
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Joomla 2.5 SEF and JRequest
(Migrated this question from Stack Overflow)
I am working on a client's website which is based on the Joomla 2.5 framework. With SEF turned off (the in built Joomla version) the URL is this
http://(...
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Very slow HTTP response times possibly due to SEF rules in htaccess
Im running Joomla 3.X and can't seem to pinpoint why I'm getting such high HTTP response times.
I think I narrowed it down to the SEF rules in my .htaccess
I ran some tests and thought to post my ...
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Homepage of multilingual site not working anymore after removing index.php (404); all other sites working
So I removed the "index.php" - part from the URL in Joomla in the following way:
Change the htaccess.txt - file name to .htaccess via FTP
Set the URL-rewrite Option in the Joomla Configuration ...
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Rename htaccess on Windows
I'm developing a website using xampp on my Windows computer. But when I try to rename the file htaccess.txt to .htaccess in order to enable rewrite rules in Joomla, I get an error message:
How can I ...
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Shows blank page when creating new article or new category
I have a problem in joomla backend. When I try to create click or create anything like new
article or category, it shows blank page and nothing appears, no errors shows. Since I am a
beginner of ...
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My site downloads index.php instead of serving it if I use .htaccess
If I use Admin Tools to create a .htaccess file the site downloads the index.php file instead of serving it. What setting causes this, why does it occur, can it be fixed, and what are the ...
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Joomla security - fingerprinting attacks with htaccess
I've been playing with my htaccess file to better secure Joomla but I'm stuck at this example (reference):
## Referrer filtering for common media files. Replace with your own domain name.
## This ...
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Joomla 404 always redirects to homepage
I'm having issues getting the proper 404 page (templates/MY_TEMPLATE/error.php) to work.
I've spent hours reading through and trying every example or fix listed on Stack Exchange and other sites with ...
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Can't exclude subfolder from rewrite rules in Joomla
My website is made with Joomla. I've got a subfolder which contains plain html/css pages. I don't want Joomla to rewrite URLs inside this subfolder.
Now, I have the page in this path:
http://www....
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Multiple Slashes in URL
I'm having a bit of a strange problem on a couple of Joomla sites and I'm not really sure where to start with figuring out what the problem is.
When I crawl the site with Screaming frog, I am getting ...
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Using SEF URLs breaks all templates
I changed both Search Engine Friendly URLs to Yes and Use URL Rewriting to Yes in Global Configuration and renamed the .htaccess.txt to .htaccess .
But, now none of my templates work anymore.
I have ...
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Access Errors After Changing Addon Domain Directory Root to Joomla! Folder
First: I would consider myself an advanced beginner in terms of administration. I know enough to be dangerous to myself and my projects :)
I have an addon website hosted at HostGator. The HostGator ...
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