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I've got the mod_rewrite flag set to true in config.php

$_CONF['url_rewrite'] = true; // false = off, true = on
, but when I look at URL's for static pages they do not appear to be rewritten. I 'think' that I've got apache set up with mod_rewrite loading (httpd.conf has LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so uncommented). Is there something else to getting this working? Apologies in advance if this is really an apache question - I haven't worked with mod_rewrite yet and figured "it's time"!

BTW this is apache2 on Win XP if that makes a difference.

Thanks,

Joel

Geeklog's rewriting has nothing to do with mod_rewrite, it's all done internally.

Currently, only the links to the full article (i.e. article.php) and links to static pages are rewritten.

bye, Dirk

If I have already created the static pages will the URL's get rewritten, or is this only for pages created after setting it to true? (I'm guessing the latter...)

Thanks,

Joel

Yes, it will apply to all existing static pages (only for links that are created dynamically, of course, like those in the menu or in search results).

The old (non-rewritten) URLs still work, so it's not a problem if you have some of those hard-coded somewhere (or pointing to your site from other sites, e.g. Google).

bye, Dirk

Oh now I get it. Thanks. I've reset the URL's in lib_custom and header.thtml and all is working with rewritten URL's.

Have you ever used the apache-level mod_rewrite? My understanding (theoretical since I haven't set this up from scratch yet) is that with the right setup it could dynamically remap the URL's of everything - is that your understanding?

If you think this is what it might do I'll take a look to see if I can figure it out (can't guarantee quickly but I will investigate it).

Thanks,

Joel