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Hope some one can guide me with the following error:

ERROR 404 - Not Found!
The following error occurred:

The requested URL was not found on this server.
Please check the URL or contact the webmaster.

This is the error I get when I select from the top menu or side menu on a recently migrated website Joomla 1.5 to our server on php 5.3. I figure it has to do with broken links, but I don't know how to start addressing the link issue.

Hello mate,

Well check the links it gives and see what is the wrong part in it, its a way to start finding a solution towards your problem.

~Artemis

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Artemis thanks for your quick reply. I have checked the links and it seems fine. Is there something I should be looking for... that I might be overlooking?

Nalds

Hm.. have you enabled SEF URLs before you make the migration? If yes is your .htaccess configuration correct? If you still have the problem please include a website link on your next post.

~Artemis

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Check the value for $live_site in your configuration.php?

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Thanks for your contribution Azmo, what should the value be? I have var $live_site = '';

Nalds

Sorry Artemis, I don't know where to enable SEF URLs. I didn't create the backup myself and so I just went ahead and installed the site backup to our server. Encountered a bunch of errors due to php 5.3 compatibility but tackeled them one at a time. Now the link is my challenge.

null is correct... you should give the site url if you want someone to have a look now...

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Oh i see, well your site var should be , if your site is installed inside the public_html folder. May i have a link to your website?

~Artemis

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Yeah, it is bbs.ict.gov.bz. I am not sure if it is live, but I believe so.

Nalds

good catch... var is the 1.5 language... i missed it!

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Artemis, should my configuration.php file be public for all of those elements assigned?

Nalds

Well yes, but can you please post your configuration.php file here? Of course first remove all the sensitive data like passwords etc.

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This is what the configuration.php file looks like

<?php
class JConfig {
var $offline = '0';
var $editor = Edited out;
var $list_limit = '20';
var $helpurl = 'http://help.joomla.org';
var $debug = '0';
var $debug_lang = '0';
var $sef = '1';
var $sef_rewrite = '0';
var $sef_suffix = '0';
var $feed_limit = '10';
var $secret = edited out;
var $gzip = '0';
var $error_reporting = '-1';
var $xmlrpc_server = '0';
var $log_path = '/logs';
var $tmp_path = '/tmp';
var $live_site = '';
var $force_ssl = '0';
var $offset = '0';
var $caching = '0';
var $cachetime = '15';
var $cache_handler = Edited out;
var $memcache_settings = array();
var $ftp_enable = '0';
var $ftp_host = Edited out;
var $ftp_port = Edited out;
var $ftp_user = '';
var $ftp_pass = '';
var $ftp_root = '';
var $dbtype = Edited out;
var $host = Edited out;
//var $user = Edited out;
var $user = Edited out;
var $db = Edited out;
var $dbprefix = Edited out;
var $mailer = 'mail';
var $mailfrom = Edited out;
var $fromname = 'BBS';
var $sendmail = Edited out;
var $smtpauth = '0';
var $smtpuser = '';
var $smtppass = '';
var $smtphost = Edited out;
var $MetaAuthor = '1';
var $MetaTitle = '1';
var $lifetime = '240';
var $session_handler = 'database';
//var $password = Edited out;

Artemis, changing var to public did not help.

Any other suggestions...

Nalds

What version of joomla are you using? If it was set to var then it is Joomla 1.5 and you should not be following this advice!

How have you upgraded your site?

Have you even upgraded your site?

Please run the Forum Post Assistant to provide the information to help us resolve the issue.

Dear, Humvee sorry I was sick last week and was unable to follow up with you. Ok, the site is a 1.5.x version and I have tried to upgrade to a 1.5.12 at least, however I get errors and am unable to upgrade. The problem seems to have started when we did the migration from a hosting agent server to our server. Our sever is running on php 3.5 and I read it is not compatible with Joomla 1.5-1.7??I don't know for sure. I will follow the forum post assistant and see what happens.

The problem has been solved and I thought it is good to share it. Very simply go to the global configuration panel from your joomla administration panel and change the SEO Settings where it says Search Engine Friendly and set it to no. Apparently this setting is not supported when using php 5.3 or so it seems. Hope this is helpful to someone. Thanks everyone for helping.