.htaccess file - what should it have in it?

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Hi guys

 

I'm trying to understand the .htaccess file and what it should contain.

 

There appears to be an .htaccess file in the "prestashop" folder and a few other folders such as:

 

prestashop/admin/import

prestashop/admin/export

prestashop/admin/backups

 

 

Currently the "prestashop/.htaccess file is empty (does not contain anything) and the others have the following:

 

Order deny,allow
Deny from all

 

Can somebody please tell me what they should contain if its different from what I already have?

 

 

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Ok, here's the latest update.

 

I have been doing some more testing trying to figure out what is happening.

 

After reading various posts etc, I decided to delete the .htaccess in the root and also the .htaccess in the "prestashop" folder with the understanding that Prestashop would recreate it once I started the back office.

 

Well, it does not seem to happen that wahy.

 

After deleting the .htaccess files, I started the BO and was presented with the Login form, so far so good.

 

I entered my login details and pressed Enter and received the following screen as per the attached screen shot.

 

After a few more tries, I managed to get into the BO.

 

I then went into "preferences/seo&urls" and "saved" and "generated" everything.

 

So far so good.

 

When I start the shop from the BO, it also displays the same error message a the top of the screen.

 

Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I just discovered that Prestashop was in "debug" mode...that's why the messages were being displayed...

 

Are these message a concern????