Redirect Loop - Can't access pages...

I can't access these pages on my forum http://BlankMyBlank.com:

http://blankmyblank.com/groups/
http://blankmyblank.com/tags/
[Maybe more...]


Error:

Redirect Loop

Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.


Any ideas on what is causing this?


Thanks,

-3lite

What are your .htaccess file contents ?

Also, in your vbseo-cp,
what URL formats have you set up for social group pages and tag pages ?

Sounds like you have an error in your htacess file.

Things to check:
-Be sure that your vb options matches your htaccess for www or non-www. If they are mis-matched it will cirlce around
-make sure you have the vbseo htacces file in place in your forum root. Also, if you upgraded from an older vbseo release, make sure you also updated to the new htacces file.
- check your group and tag re-write rules. If you're not using a pre-set, consider using one for testing purposes (back up your xml settings first).

.htaccess file:

Code:

RewriteEngine On
AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .php
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.blankmyblank\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://BlankMyBlank.com/$1 [L,R=301]


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

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron)
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]

Maybe what I have bold is causing it? [I'm not accessing the site with www.]

URL format: 001 - Hierarchic .html type URLs with content relevant forums and threads (Default Settings)


Thanks!

-3lite

Please try:

Code:

AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .php
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php

RewriteEngine On

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


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

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron)
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]

I tried entering that into .htaccess and I get the same error.


Thanks,

-3lite

Make sure you dont have an empty rewrite setting and update your .htaccess with the following

Code:

AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .php
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php
# 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 /

#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]

Okay that didn't work...

But I did take a peek at my config file and found something like this:

Code:

$vbseo_url_formats = array('VBSEO_FORUM_TITLE_BIT' => '([a-z\._\-ŠŽšžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿµA-Z\d-]+)',
'VBSEO_URL_FORUM' => '([a-z\._\-ŠŽšžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿµA-Z\d-]+)/',
'VBSEO_URL_FORUM_PAGENUM' => '([a-z\._\-ŠŽšžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿµA-Z\d-]+)/index(\d+)\.html',
'VBSEO_URL_THREAD' => '([a-z\._\-ŠŽšžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿµA-Z\d-]+)/(\d+)-([a-z\._\-ŠŽšžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿµA-Z\d-]+)\.html',
'VBSEO_URL_THREAD_PAGENUM' => '([a-z\._\-ŠŽšžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿµA-Z\d-]+)/(\d+)-([a-z\._\-ŠŽšžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿµA-Z\d-]+)-(\d+)\.html',
'VBSEO_URL_THREAD_LASTPOST' => '([a-z\._\-ŠŽšžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿµA-Z\d-]+)/(\d+)-([a-z\._\-ŠŽšžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿµA-Z\d-]+)-last-post\.html',
'VBSEO_URL_THREAD_NEWPOST' => '([a-z\._\-ŠŽšžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿµA-Z\d-]+)/(\d+)-([a-z\._\-ŠŽšžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿµA-Z\d-]+)-new-post\.html',
'VBSEO_URL_THREAD_GOTOPOST' => '([a-z\._\-ŠŽšžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿµA-Z\d-]+)/(\d+)-([a-z\._\-ŠŽšžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿµA-Z\d-]+)-post(\d+)\.html',
'VBSEO_URL_THREAD_GOTOPOST_PAGENUM' => '([a-z\._\-ŠŽšžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿµA-Z\d-]+)/(\d+)-([a-z\._\-ŠŽšžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿµA-Z\d-]+)-post(\d+)-(\d+)\.html',
'VBSEO_URL_THREAD_PREV' => '([a-z\._\-ŠŽšžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿµA-Z\d-]+)/(\d+)-([a-z\._\-ŠŽšžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿµA-Z\d-]+)-prev-thread\.html',
'VBSEO_URL_THREAD_NEXT' => '([a-z\._\-ŠŽšžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿµA-Z\d-]+)/(\d+)-([a-z\._\-ŠŽšžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿµA-Z\d-]+)-next-thread\.html',
'VBSEO_URL_POLL' => '([a-z\._\-ŠŽšžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿµA-Z\d-]+)/poll-(\d+)-([a-z\._\-ŠŽšžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿµA-Z\d-]+)\.html',
'VBSEO_URL_FORUM_ANNOUNCEMENT' => '([a-z\._\-ŠŽšžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿµA-Z\d-]+)/announcement-([a-z\._\-ŠŽšžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿµA-Z\d-]+)\.html',
'VBSEO_URL_FORUM_ANNOUNCEMENT_ALL' => '([a-z\._\-ŠŽšžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿµA-Z\d-]+)/announcements\.html',

I'm going to reupload and redo the config.

I guess that should be there?


What part of my config file will help figure this thing out?


Thanks,

-3lite

Try to add this in .htaccess:
Options -MultiViews

Still no luck, same error.


Thanks,

-3lite

Looks like you have forums URL defined in vB admincp as:

Code:

http://BlankMyBlank.com

make sure that it's set to:

Code:

http://blankmyblank.com

It worked!

Thanks a lot! I didn't think that one day those capital letters would come back to bite me!




Thank you,

- 3lite

You are welcome!