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SEF Url's

Post by janeb0112 » Wed Jan 02, 2013 5:54 pm

I am working on someones site and it is Joomla 1.5.22. The site was partially created before I got to it and the SEF urls was not turned on and apache override was off. I changed the htaccess.txt to .htaccess and turned on SEF urls and Apache. The homepage works fine, but the interior lose format and there is no template. There has to be a fix for this, right? HeLp!? Please.

The host DOES use a LINUX server.

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Re: SEF Url's

Post by janeb0112 » Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:15 pm

http://www.watchcom.co.uk/template/our-history

somehow "template" is added into the url. what in the world. it is in all urls.
even when i go to the url with template omitted, still getting 404. i cannot for the life of me figuire out what the guy ahead of me did to get template into the url???!!

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Re: SEF Url's

Post by sajan_r_shakya » Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:41 pm

I guess here template may be category. Have you install any SEF component to the system?
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Re: SEF Url's

Post by janeb0112 » Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:48 pm

i do not see any sef plugins or componants. i did change the sections and categories because they had used "demo" ones instead of creating new ones that coorrolated to the topic. it's such a nightmare trying to clean up someone elses mess. I don't see "template" in the list of categories though.

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Re: SEF Url's

Post by janeb0112 » Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:54 pm

here is a screenshot
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Re: SEF Url's

Post by sajan_r_shakya » Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:55 pm

Why.htaccess is 0 bytes?
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Re: SEF Url's

Post by janeb0112 » Wed Jan 02, 2013 8:00 pm

i tried to change htacces.txt, but it made the Admin a 500 internal error.

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Re: SEF Url's

Post by janeb0112 » Wed Jan 02, 2013 8:01 pm

so maybe that is the problem. How do I fix it?

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Re: SEF Url's

Post by janeb0112 » Wed Jan 02, 2013 8:02 pm

lol. i have never had a problem renaming the file before. i am at a loss : (

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Re: SEF Url's

Post by janeb0112 » Wed Jan 02, 2013 8:09 pm

Oh. ok. i got the file to change now and have made some progress....
http://www.watchcom.co.uk/ looks normal...
but now internal pages are like this
http://www.watchcom.co.uk/template/our-approach
and do not work at all with template removed from url

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Re: SEF Url's

Post by janeb0112 » Wed Jan 02, 2013 8:45 pm

i think i got it. they just have it so messed up. they named the "alias" template on all these pages!!

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Re: SEF Url's

Post by sajan_r_shakya » Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:08 pm

Please PM me access. I will check ..
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Re: SEF Url's

Post by janeb0112 » Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:12 pm

i got it! i figuired it out. i just did it again and it worked. thanks for your help. problem solved!!

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Re: SEF Url's

Post by janeb0112 » Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:13 pm

no more template in urls!!

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Re: SEF Url's

Post by sajan_r_shakya » Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:20 pm

Great :pop
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