Arcane URL Link Rules
(Ruminations • )
The goofy hoops you have to jump through in order to train site URLs to behave the way you’d like them to.
I’ve been working for three hours to try to enable “clean” URLs in Textpattern, which may be a lost cause since it appears I can’t use rewrite rules on my host’s server.
→ B.Dunn, Mar 09, 2005, 12 58 pm
1.What version of Textpattern are you using? It look like it might be RC1, from the code I get from clicking on your about link. But the permlink url schemes make me think you’re either using RC3, or Zem’s zem_rewrite plugin.
If you’re using RC3 or zem_rewrite, you have to make absolutely sure you’re using mod_rewrite. On Apache Webserver at least. If you’re running this thing on IIS, I’m not sure how to get either of them working. On IIS, ?=messy url’s are the only option that I know of. I could be, and often am, wrong, however.
— Todd Mar 9, 01:02 pm #
If you’re using RC3 or zem_rewrite, you have to make absolutely sure you’re using mod_rewrite. On Apache Webserver at least. If you’re running this thing on IIS, I’m not sure how to get either of them working. On IIS, ?=messy url’s are the only option that I know of. I could be, and often am, wrong, however.
— Todd Mar 9, 01:02 pm #
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2.Hey, thanks for the help, Todd! It’s RC3, and I was also trying to use zem-rewrite.
It looks like my server (it’s apache) doesn’t have mod_rewrite. I’m trying to check with the host right now, but any rewrite rules I try to put in place appear to do nothing.
— Bob Mar 9, 01:04 pm #
It looks like my server (it’s apache) doesn’t have mod_rewrite. I’m trying to check with the host right now, but any rewrite rules I try to put in place appear to do nothing.
— Bob Mar 9, 01:04 pm #
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