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I had a working site using GL version 1.3.11. I had an index.php page which included a list of links to articles on static pages. I was using url_rewrite successfully for these. I outgrew my host and have just moved to a new host. I successfully migrated everything to the new host except that now when I click on any of the links to the static pages, I get the following message:

"Access to this page is denied. Either the page has been moved/removed or you do not have sufficient permissions."

I have searched extensively on this website and others to find a solution. Somewhere I read that there are issues with PHP 5 and that I should upgrade to the latest version, so I upgraded to version 1.4.0sr5-1 a few days ago. This did not solve anything. I've tried everything I can find here. I've even disabled the url_rewrite by changing it from true to false, but that doesn't help. It doesn't even seem to actually disable url_rewrite. The address still looks the same. If I type the address manually with ...index.php?page=... then the story is displayed fine. I'm totally confused and frustrated. Even if I can turn off url_rewrite successfully, then how do I get rid of the access denied problem. I would really like to use url_rewrite just as before.

By the way, my host is still using Linux, the same as the last one. It is not IIS.

Any sugesstions?

Thanks,
Richard

If you disabled url_rewriting but still have "rewritten" URLs embedded in your stories (or wherever), then those won't work any more - you will have to change them to the non-rewritten syntax.

When url_rewriting is on, both forms of URLs will work. When it's off, only the ?page=... form will work.

bye, Dirk

Ok. Now I can see why I was having problems getting the links to work when I turned off the url_rewrite. I changed a few to the ?page=... format in the block where they were located and they work fine.

Now, how do I get the url_rewrite to work again. I tried giving a static page a new title and ID and changing the link in the block to match, but I just get the same old message:

"Access to this page is denied. Either the page has been moved/removed or you do not have sufficient permissions."

I tried creating a new static page and placing a link to that in the block, but I got the same result. And yes, I did re-enable to url_rewrite by changing false to true.

So, how do I get url_rewrite to work again without causing access to be denied? Is this some kind of issue with the server?

Thanks,
Richard

That error message is somewhat confusing, I have to admit. It's displayed every time the static pages plugin didn't get a valid page id. And if url_rewrite isn't working, that would be the case here.

Yes, this can be a server issue. I forgot that we even have an FAQ entry on the issue: Why aren't rewriten links working (url_rewrite)? (item #3).

bye, Dirk