Migration to new webspace: Menu broken!

[hoehme]

Hi,
I have moved my Joomla installation to a new webspace, migrated the files with Akeeba Kickstart and updated the database successfully - I think. The main landing page also works fine on the the webspace:

https://hoehmelab.izbi.uni-leipzig.de/

However, when I use menu items, these links lead to error pages. For example, clicking on "PEOPLE", the system correctly opens:

https://hoehmelab.izbi.uni-leipzig.de/people

... but this page does not work anymore. However, it did work before the migration.

What did I do wrong?

[Per Yngve Berg]

Try to disable SEF Rewrite.

Do you have a .htaccess file to use with Rewrite?

Please use and post the FPA. See red frame above.

[hoehme]

When disabling SEF Rewrite, the menu now works! However, instead of the old, more readable address:

https://hoehmelab.izbi.uni-leipzig.de/people

we see:

https://hoehmelab.izbi.uni-leipzig.de/i ... eople.html

in the address bar of the browser. How can the old version be restored?

I use the following "htaccess.txt":

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##
# @package    Joomla
# @copyright  Copyright (C) 2005 - 2019 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved.
# @license    GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt
##

##
# READ THIS COMPLETELY IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE THIS FILE!
#
# The line 'Options +FollowSymLinks' may cause problems with some server configurations.
# It is required for the use of mod_rewrite, but it may have already been set by your
# server administrator in a way that disallows changing it in this .htaccess file.
# If using it causes your site to produce an error, comment it out (add # to the
# beginning of the line), reload your site in your browser and test your sef urls. If
# they work, then it has been set by your server administrator and you do not need to
# set it here.
##

## No directory listings
<IfModule autoindex>
  IndexIgnore *
</IfModule>

## Suppress mime type detection in browsers for unknown types
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header always set X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff"
</IfModule>

## Can be commented out if causes errors, see notes above.
Options +FollowSymlinks
Options -Indexes

## Mod_rewrite in use.

RewriteEngine On

## Begin - Rewrite rules to block out some common exploits.
# If you experience problems on your site then comment out the operations listed
# below by adding a # to the beginning of the line.
# This attempts to block the most common type of exploit `attempts` on Joomla!
#
# Block any script trying to base64_encode data within the URL.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode[^(]*\([^)]*\) [OR]
# Block any script that includes a <script> tag in URL.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3C)([^s]*s)+cript.*(>|%3E) [NC,OR]
# Block any script trying to set a PHP GLOBALS variable via URL.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR]
# Block any script trying to modify a _REQUEST variable via URL.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2})
# Return 403 Forbidden header and show the content of the root home page
RewriteRule .* index.php [F]
#
## End - Rewrite rules to block out some common exploits.

## Begin - Custom redirects
#
# If you need to redirect some pages, or set a canonical non-www to
# www redirect (or vice versa), place that code here. Ensure those
# redirects use the correct RewriteRule syntax and the [R=301,L] flags.
#
## End - Custom redirects

##
# Uncomment the following line if your webserver's URL
# is not directly related to physical file paths.
# Update Your Joomla! Directory (just / for root).
##

# RewriteBase /

## Begin - Joomla! core SEF Section.
#
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
#
# If the requested path and file is not /index.php and the request
# has not already been internally rewritten to the index.php script
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index\.php
# and the requested path and file doesn't directly match a physical file
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
# and the requested path and file doesn't directly match a physical folder
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# internally rewrite the request to the index.php script
RewriteRule .* index.php [L]
#
## End - Joomla! core SEF Section.

[Per Yngve Berg]

You must rename htaccess.txt to .htaccess for rewrite to work. Note the leading dot.

[hoehme]

Thanks for the hint, but I renamed the file to ".htaccess" and the behaviour did not change.

[Per Yngve Berg]

What type of web server?

We need to see the FPA

[Webdongle]

https://docs.joomla.org/Enabling_Search ... (SEF)_URLs