[SOLVED] Installing .htaccess

[andymontgomery]

Can someone please tell me what should be in an .htaccess file. I wish to use friendly URLs. I'm running my site on a Linux host and have just completed my installation. So, do I just open notepad...save the file as .htaccess and ftp it to my root directory?

I initially logged into the back of the shop and switched on friendly urls but noticed a lot of broken images and links from the home page. Did a lot of searching around for a solution but there are fragmented pieces of the contents of the file on various posts.

Any help much appreciated.

Andy

[heronfisher]

There are several things that developers, site owners and webmasters can do by using .htaccess file. Let’s look at some of them:

* Prevent directory browsing
* Redirect visitors from one page or directory to another
* Password protection for directories
* Change the default index page of a directory
* Prevent hot-linking of images from your website

Since .htaccess file allows us to make changes on a per-directory basis, the following are valid places to put the .htaccess file in:
/.htaccess [placing in root folder of the site]
/content/.htaccess [placing in content folder]
/content/html/images/.htaccess [in the images folder]

[andymontgomery]

thanks for your reply but it doesn't really answer my question - what should be in the file?

[andymontgomery]

Ah! Just found it...For anybody who hasn't - Inside Prestashop - Tools / Generators - you'll see the generator for .htaccess.

[howard]

Ah! Just found it...For anybody who hasn't - Inside Prestashop - Tools / Generators - you'll see the generator for .htaccess.

i haven't got the file generators in tools :question:

[rocky]

What version of PrestaShop are you using?

[howard]

hi Rocky it's 1_1_0_4 at the moment and I am hoping to upgrade to 2_5 as i have lost my BO stats for visits and visitors and visitors on line

[rocky]

That's why you don't have the Tools > Generators option. It was added in PrestaShop v1.2.5. In PrestaShop v1.1, you have to rename htaccess.txt to .htaccess and manually change the paths.

[mowax]

Hi Rocky,

I am using prestashop 1.1, and am having difficulties with this. I have changed htaccess.txt to .htaccess, but then I don't know what to do. I managed to do this a while ago but this time it is proving more difficult. Could you tell me how you manually change the paths, as you mentioned?

Thanks!

[rocky]

Take this line of the .htaccess file as an example:

RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /product.php?id_product=$1$3 [L,E]

By default, it expects PrestaShop to be installed in the root directory. If, for example, you have installed PrestaShop in the shop directory, you will need to change it to:

RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /shop/product.php?id_product=$1$3 [L,E]

[mowax]

Hi, I haven't intentionally installed prestashop in a subdomain, so I don't think thats the problem. It is currently on a temporary url while I set up prestashop on a new hosting package: http://69.89.31.232/~duratexc/

Should I wait until I've pointed the nameservers to the new hosting company before doing this?

My .htaccess file is below, in case anyone can spot something wrong with it:

# URL rewriting module activation
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /


# URL rewriting rules
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ product.php?id_product=$2$4 [L,E]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ product.php?id_product=$1$3 [L,E]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ category.php?id_category=$1 [QSA,L,E]
RewriteRule ^content/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ cms.php?id_cms=$1 [QSA,L,E]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)__([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ supplier.php?id_supplier=$1$3 [QSA,L,E]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)_([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ manufacturer.php?id_manufacturer=$1$3 [QSA,L,E]

# Catch 404 errors
ErrorDocument 404 /404.php



I also tried adding the following code that my hosting company gave me, but it had no effect:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]


All I get are 404 not found errors, I am at a loss here. Please help!

[rocky]

Until you've got your domain name set up, you will need to change your "PS directory" on the Preferences tab to /~duratexc/ then change your .htaccess file to:

# URL rewriting module activation
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /


# URL rewriting rules
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /~duratexc/product.php?id_product=$2$4 [L,E]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /~duratexc/product.php?id_product=$1$3 [L,E]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /~duratexc/category.php?id_category=$1 [QSA,L,E]
RewriteRule ^content/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /~duratexc/cms.php?id_cms=$1 [QSA,L,E]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)__([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /~duratexc/supplier.php?id_supplier=$1$3 [QSA,L,E]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)_([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /~duratexc/manufacturer.php?id_manufacturer=$1$3 [QSA,L,E]

# Catch 404 errors
ErrorDocument 404 /404.php

Once you've got your domain name working, you will need to change the "PS directory" to / then remove /~duratexc from the above code, leaving just a /

[mowax]

That was the ticket! Works perfectly, thanks so much Rocky. I'm your latest facebook fan