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Author Topic: i need help with .htaccess  (Read 1158 times)
xtint
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« on: November 02, 2009, 06:44:08 AM »
I have tried writing a .htaccess to direct to a specific joomla installation for my website but i keep getting 500 internal error.what could be the problem.below is my code

RewriteEngine On
Options +FollowSymlinks

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} name of my website $
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !subdirectory/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ subdirectory/$1

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MrPhil
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« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2009, 07:12:16 AM »
Do you not get the 500 error if you comment out (#) the three Rewrite... lines?  If true, that isolates the problem to those lines. You'll have to show more clearly what your code looks like, so we can see if you have an error in it. I.e., name of my website $ is useless, while ^mydomain\.com would be helpful.

Code:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?mydomain\.com
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^subdir/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ subdir/$1 [L]

Is it definitely the .htaccess file that's causing the problem, or are you being successfully redirected and the problem is a bad PHP file?
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xtint
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« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2009, 07:35:43 AM »
I think it the .htaccess with the problem since it does not redirect at all.The code am using is below

RewriteEngine On
Options +FollowSymlinks

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} domainname $
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !subdirectory/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ subdirectory/$1
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« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2009, 03:32:51 PM »
Your first RewriteCond is bad. Change to

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RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domainname
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^subdirectory/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ subdirectory/$1
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« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2009, 06:55:31 AM »
I have followed all the instructions the previous members gave me but i still can't get the .htaccess working.it still throws me a 500 internal server error.what should i do next
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« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2009, 07:23:48 AM »
Do you have any other redirection code in your .htaccess file that might be "fighting" with the code snipit that MrPhil gave you?
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darkwolf
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« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2009, 03:42:19 AM »
A good test to try:

1. Remove the redirect code.
2. See if the joomla install is accessible via domainname.com/joomlainstallfolder/

If you still get the error, then the issue is not the redirect code.
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