SEO PRO and 404 error [solved]

[vago]

Hi. I've installed Elxis with the IOSR (licensed) but it seems to not be recognizing the smart SEO links with SEO Pro or with SEO standard.

My domain is http://www.travelhotel.info

The problem is that the homepage loads fine but when you try to click on destinations, the loacation is not found. For example:

http://travelhotel.info/reservations/morocco/

I've checked with my hosting company and the mod_rewrite is on also I've tried to update the htaccess as recommended in several other threads...this is how mine looks now:

Code: [Select]

##
# Elxis 2009.2 htaccess file
# Copyright (C) 2006-2010 Elxis.org. All rights reserved.
# License: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU/GPL
# Elxis CMS is a Free Software
##

## Uncomment the following line, if it produces erors, comment it again
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks

#
  mod_rewrite in use
#

RewriteEngine On

# The following line tells the web server where your Elxis installation is located in relation
# to the web server root directory. By default this is set to the www root folder ( RewriteBase / ).
# If you have installed Elxis in a sub-folder then set this path properly.
# For example if your elxis site is accessible via this URL http://www.mysite.com/elxis/
# You should set: RewriteBase /elxis/

RewriteBase /

# Uncomment the line bellow if you use static cache in order to deny direct access to cached files.
#RewriteRule ^cache/static/(.*)$ - [F]

#
# Language Handling
# You may remove the languages that you dont need or add other languages not listed here
# For the proper language names and the iso 639 code languages consider includes/Core/locale.php file
# If you wish to use chinese you should add:
# chinese_traditional : zh-Hant,
# chinese_simplified : zh-Hans
#

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !mylang=[arabic|armenian|bosnian|creole|croatian|danish|dutch|english|french|german|greek|hebrew|indonesian|italian|japanese|latvian|lithuanian|persian|polish|romanian|russian|serbian|spanish|srpski|turkish|vietnamese]{2,}

RewriteRule ^([ar]{2})/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=arabic [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([hy]{2})/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=armenian [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([bs]{2})/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=bosnian [QSA,L]
#RewriteRule ^([pt\-BR]{5})/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=brazilian [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([ht]{2})/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=creole [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([hr]{2})/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=croatian [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([da]{2})/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=danish [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([nl]{2})/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=dutch [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([en]{2})/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=english [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([fr]{2})/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=french [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([de]{2})/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=german [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([el]{2})/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=greek [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([he]{2})/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=hebrew [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([id]{2})/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=indonesian [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([it]{2})/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=italian [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([ja]{2})/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=japanese [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([lv]{2})/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=latvian [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([lt]{2})/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=lithuanian [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([fa]{2})/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=persian [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([pl]{2})/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=polish [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([ro]{2})/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=romanian [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([ru]{2})/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=russian [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(sr)/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=serbian [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([es]{2})/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=spanish [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(rs)/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=srpski [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([tr]{2})/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=turkish [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([vi]{2})/(.*)$ /index.php?mylang=vietnamese [QSA,L]

#
# Exclude Files and directories
#

RewriteRule ^(administrator/|bridges/|cache/|components/|editor/|help/|images/|includes/|language/|mambots/|media/|modules/|templates/|tmpr/) - [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php

#
## Security rules. Comment them if they cause problems to your site
#

# Block out any script trying to set a mosConfig value through the URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} mosConfig_[a-zA-Z_]{1,21}(=|\%3D) [OR]
# Block out any script trying to base64_encode crap to send via URL
# This rule is commented because it may cause some Elxis features to not work!
# RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode.*\(.*\) [OR]
# Block out any script that includes a <script> tag in URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\<|%3C).*script.*(\>|%3E) [NC,OR]
# Block out any script trying to set a PHP GLOBALS variable via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR]
# Block out any script trying to modify a _REQUEST variable via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2})
# Send all blocked request to homepage with 403 Forbidden error!
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [F,L]

Can anyone tell me how to fix this (in the simplest terms possible please). ?

Thank you.

[vago]

This is the error that comes up:

Not Found

The requested URL /reservations/morocco/ was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

[CREATIVE Options]

Do you have rename the htaccess.txt to .htaccess ?

[datahell]

Do you have rename the htaccess.txt to .htaccess ?

I guess he didn't rename it...

[vago]

I did rename it.

[datahell]

It is obvious that either there is no .htaccess file or your server misses a rewrite ability (for the second contact your hosting provider).

[vago]

Okay.

My file was renamed htaccess when I try to name it .htaccess it tells me the file already exists. Does the dot (.) have to be there for it to work? How do I get the (.) to show up?

[vago]

for some reason there was a hidden .htaccess file so I wasn't able to change the name of the correct file. when I deleted the hidden file and renamed the htaccess.txt to .htaccess (with the dot) everything began working. Thanks for your help!

[datahell]

Some ftp servers are set to hide "dot files" such as .htaccess and .htpasswd