Still can't use .htaccess after upgtrade...

**mickknutson** · May 15, 2009

I notice that you are NOT using vbSEO here on your site. is there ANYONE using vbSEO as well as VaultWiki WITH .htaccess enabled? I really would like to get this working on my site and am fairly frustrated with the blank screen and infinite redirects.

Here is my .htaccess:

Code:

ErrorDocument 404 http://www.blincmagazine.com/404.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 /forum/

##############################
# Vault Wiki rewrite settings:
RewriteRule ^wiki.php(.*)$ showwiki.php$1 [QSA]


# Simple URLs....
RewriteRule ^showwiki.php?title=(.*)$ wiki/$1 [L,R=301]



# Default Namespace...
# If you are using Simple URLs, use this rule:
#RewriteRule ^wiki/Wiki:(.*)$ wiki/$1 [L,R=301]

# If you are NOT using Simple URLs, use this rule:
#RewriteRule ^showwiki.php?title=Wiki:(.*)$ showwiki.php?title=$1 [L,R=301]



# Simple URLs, revisited...
#RewriteRule ^wiki/(.*)?$ showwiki.php?pretty=1 [QSA]



##############################


#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain\.com
#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/forum/$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|wiki)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]


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

Help would be greatly appreciated.

**mickknutson** · May 15, 2009

I did figure out my 404 error page though....

So, here is the NOT simplified URL for my WIKI:

http://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/wiki.php?title=Base+Wiki+Book:Index

Now, here is the simplified version as I copied the link generated by Vault WIKI:
http://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/wiki.php?title=Base+Wiki+Book:Index

Here is the URL in the location bar that the 404 ErrorDocument Page says was requested, that can NOT be found:

http://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/wiki/Base+Wiki+Book:Index

Again, I changed the .htaccess a bit to get this:

Code:

ErrorDocument 404 http://www.blincmagazine.com/404.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 /forum/

##############################
# Vault Wiki rewrite settings:
RewriteRule ^wiki.php(.*)$ showwiki.php$1 [QSA]


# Simple URLs....
RewriteRule ^showwiki.php?title=(.*)$ wiki/$1 [L,R=301]



# Default Namespace...
# If you are using Simple URLs, use this rule:
RewriteRule ^wiki/Wiki:(.*)$ wiki/$1 [L,R=301]

# If you are NOT using Simple URLs, use this rule:
#RewriteRule ^showwiki.php?title=Wiki:(.*)$ showwiki.php?title=$1 [L,R=301]



# Simple URLs, revisited...
#RewriteRule ^wiki/(.*)?$ showwiki.php?pretty=1 [QSA]



##############################


#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain\.com
#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/forum/$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|wiki)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]


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

**pegasus** · May 15, 2009

Code:

#RewriteRule ^wiki/(.*)?$ showwiki.php?pretty=1 [QSA]

This is the most important part and it is commented out.

**mickknutson** · May 15, 2009

I thought I had tried that.... So, here is my NEW .htaccess:

Code:

ErrorDocument 404 http://www.blincmagazine.com/404.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 /forum/

##############################
# Vault Wiki rewrite settings:
RewriteRule ^wiki.php(.*)$ showwiki.php$1 [QSA]


# Simple URLs....
RewriteRule ^showwiki.php?title=(.*)$ wiki/$1 [L,R=301]



# Default Namespace...
# If you are using Simple URLs, use this rule:
RewriteRule ^wiki/Wiki:(.*)$ wiki/$1 [L,R=301]

# If you are NOT using Simple URLs, use this rule:
#RewriteRule ^showwiki.php?title=Wiki:(.*)$ showwiki.php?title=$1 [L,R=301]



# Simple URLs, revisited...
RewriteRule ^wiki/(.*)?$ showwiki.php?pretty=1 [QSA]



##############################


#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain\.com
#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/forum/$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|wiki)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]


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

Now, strange thing is, when I go to http://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/wiki/ I get the Special Page and nothing appears like the wiki (list) did before...

But, I can then navigate to the Special page, then to my Book's Index page fine:

http://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/w...iki+Book:Index

I can also get to the articles, so it appears that the only issue now is the Wiki (Default) List Page.

**pegasus** · May 15, 2009

/wiki/ is supposed to be a special page with a search box. The fact that vbSEO uses the forum name for the URL causes another problem here, because the forum is going to forward to the wiki instead. The only workaround I can see is to rename the actual forum via the Forum Manager so that it doesn't match the wiki's path.

The namespace can still be "Wiki". The filename can still be "wiki". But perhaps you need to name the forum "Base Wiki".