[How to] Check if mod_rewrite is working for my site

Originally Posted by marco1

Are you upload .htaccess in your forum root ? (/forum) Make sure you are upload it

If a .htaccess is in /forums, and has the following entries, things are going to break.

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /forum
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.mydomain\.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.mydomain.com/forum/$1 [L,R=301]

Originally Posted by Ace Shattock

If a .htaccess is in /forums, and has the following entries, things are going to break.

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /forum
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.mydomain\.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.mydomain.com/forum/$1 [L,R=301]

In his rewrite cond URL is mydomain.com so I think the really htaccess rewrite cond is mydomain.com so I'm comment them because I think they are the problem

Originally Posted by marco1

In his rewrite cond URL is mydomain.com so I think the really htaccess rewrite cond is mydomain.com so I'm comment them because I think they are the problem

and i can solve the problem if i removed those lines u are showing me ?
i sorry but im not that good with English and a error is fast bye me


oke i deleted the old htaccess
added a blanco with only the text
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule testpage\.html Google [R]
this works so its enabled the rewrite works

but if use the orginal htaccess again
its giving me a error 404

my forum is located at www.bullterrierforum/bullforums
do i have to change the code i higlited in red ?
this is the code i use now in my forum

Code:

# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning)
# to disable mod_rewrite functions.
# Please note: you still need to disable the hack in
# the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites.
RewriteEngine On

# Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be
# enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate)
# Please note: when enabled, you must include the path
# to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums/)
RewriteBase /bullforums/

#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain\.com
#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/forums/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

The line with the red does not matter unless you remove the # infront. The # stands for a comment, so your server does not parse that.