Many Joomla! Community members are using ther local Windows based PC's to test and develop Joomla! sites on and one of the most frustrating items about Apache on Windows is that Winodws cannot support many of the Apache functions that can be used on Linux/Unix based production sites.
Joomla! SEF Capability on Windows/Apache 1 ) Ensure that you have the Apache Rewrite Module (
mod_rewrite.so ) installed/available in the Apache "
modules/ " directory.
2 ) Enable Apache "
mod_rewrite " in httpd.conf by removing the "
# " ( hash sign ) from the following line in httpd.conf
Quote:
# Remove the "#" if it exists from the following line in the modules section
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
3 ) Restart Apache to check that the ReWrite Module is loading correctly and not crashing Apache
apache -k restart 4 ) Again, modify the following lines in your
httpd.conf to support Windows File Naming conventions
Quote:
# AccessFileName: The name of the file to look for in each directory
# for additional configuration directives. See also the AllowOverride
# directive.
#
#AccessFileName .htaccess
# Allows for Joomla! SEF functionality on Windows (Notice, No dot)
AccessFileName htaccess
#
# The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being viewed by Web clients.
#
#
# Allows for Joomla! SEF functionality on Windows (Notice, No dot)
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
Satisfy All
3 ) Restart Apache to check that the FileMatch Rule is not in error and not crashing Apache
apache -k restart 6 ) Rename htaccess.txt to "
htaccess "
(notice, no "dot", unlike the *nix equivalent) 7 ) Modify
$mosConfig_sef = 0 to now be a
1 (turning on SEF) 8 ) Access you local WebSite and check your SEF is working.
