Hi there,

First of all, thanks for creating this fantastic version of phpBB. It is amazing!

I have installed it and it seems to be working beautifully, but only if I generate an .htaccess file for the subfolder that phpBB is installed in.

This might be a problem for me as I want to use GYM sitemaps and RSS.

In my root, I have Joomla installed which already uses an htaccess file (below). I copied and pasted the three different versions generated and added them to this file, but the urls in phpbb did not work - they all went 404.

Only when I made a new .htaccess file in the subfolder for phpbb did they work.

Can you advise if perhaps there is something in the Joomla .htaccess preventing the generated code from working if it is placed in the same file? here is what I was trying to post in the root

Thanks.

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##
# @version $Id: htaccess.txt 10492 2008-07-02 06:38:28Z ircmaxell $
# @package Joomla
# @copyright Copyright (C) 2005 - 2008 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved.
# @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU/GPL
# Joomla! is Free Software
##


#####################################################
#  READ THIS COMPLETELY IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE THIS FILE
#
# The line just below this section: 'Options +FollowSymLinks' may cause problems
# with some server configurations.  It is required for use of mod_rewrite, but may already
# be set by your server administrator in a way that dissallows changing it in
# your .htaccess file.  If using it causes your server to error out, comment it out (add # to
# beginning of line), reload your site in your browser and test your sef url's.  If they work,
# it has been set by your server administrator and you do not need it set here.
#
#####################################################

##  Can be commented out if causes errors, see notes above.
Options +FollowSymLinks

#
#  mod_rewrite in use

RewriteEngine On

########## Begin - Rewrite rules to block out some common exploits
## If you experience problems on your site block out the operations listed below
## This attempts to block the most common type of exploit `attempts` to Joomla!
#
# 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
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]
#
########## End - Rewrite rules to block out some common exploits

#  Uncomment following line if your webserver's URL
#  is not directly related to physical file paths.
#  Update Your Joomla! Directory (just / for root)

# RewriteBase /


########## Begin - Joomla! core SEF Section
#
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/|\.php|\.html|\.htm|\.feed|\.pdf|\.raw|/[^.]*)$  [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) index.php
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization},L]
#
########## End - Joomla! core SEF Section








   

# REWRITE BASE
RewriteBase /
# HERE IS A GOOD PLACE TO ADD THE WWW PREFIXE REDIRECTION

#####################################################
# PHPBB SEO REWRITE RULES - ADVANCED
#####################################################
# AUTHOR : dcz www.phpbb-seo.com
# STARTED : 01/2006
#################################
# FORUMS PAGES
###############
# FORUM INDEX REWRITERULE WOULD STAND HERE IF USED. "forum" REQUIRES TO BE SET AS FORUM INDEX
# RewriteRule ^hairdressersforum/forum\.html$ /hairdressersforum/index.php [QSA,L,NC]
# FORUM
RewriteRule ^hairdressersforum/[a-z0-9_-]*-f([0-9]+)/?(page([0-9]+)\.html)?$ /hairdressersforum/viewforum.php?f=$1&start=$3 [QSA,L,NC]
# TOPIC WITH VIRTUAL FOLDER
RewriteRule ^hairdressersforum/[a-z0-9_-]*-f([0-9]+)/[a-z0-9_-]*-t([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ /hairdressersforum/viewtopic.php?f=$1&t=$2&start=$4 [QSA,L,NC]
# GLOBAL ANNOUNCES WITH VIRTUAL FOLDER
RewriteRule ^hairdressersforum/announces/[a-z0-9_-]*-t([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ /hairdressersforum/viewtopic.php?t=$1&start=$3 [QSA,L,NC]
# TOPIC WITHOUT FORUM ID & DELIM
RewriteRule ^hairdressersforum/([a-z0-9_-]*)/?[a-z0-9_-]*-t([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ /hairdressersforum/viewtopic.php?forum_uri=$1&t=$2&start=$4 [QSA,L,NC]
# PROFILES SIMPLE
RewriteRule ^hairdressersforum/member([0-9]+)\.html$ /hairdressersforum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=$1 [QSA,L,NC]
# USER MESSAGES SIMPLE
RewriteRule ^hairdressersforum/member([0-9]+)-(topics|posts)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ /hairdressersforum/search.php?author_id=$1&sr=$2&start=$4 [QSA,L,NC]
# GROUPS SIMPLE
RewriteRule ^hairdressersforum/group([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ /hairdressersforum/memberlist.php?mode=group&g=$1&start=$3 [QSA,L,NC]
# POST
RewriteRule ^hairdressersforum/post([0-9]+)\.html$ /hairdressersforum/viewtopic.php?p=$1 [QSA,L,NC]
# ACTIVE TOPICS
RewriteRule ^hairdressersforum/active-topics(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ /hairdressersforum/search.php?search_id=active_topics&start=$2&sr=topics [QSA,L,NC]
# UNANSWERED TOPICS
RewriteRule ^hairdressersforum/unanswered(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ /hairdressersforum/search.php?search_id=unanswered&start=$2&sr=topics [QSA,L,NC]
# NEW POSTS
RewriteRule ^hairdressersforum/newposts(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ /hairdressersforum/search.php?search_id=newposts&start=$2&sr=topics [QSA,L,NC]
# THE TEAM
RewriteRule ^hairdressersforum/the-team\.html$ /hairdressersforum/memberlist.php?mode=leaders [QSA,L,NC]
# HERE IS A GOOD PLACE TO ADD OTHER PHPBB RELATED REWRITERULES
# FORUM WITHOUT ID & DELIM
# THESE THREE LINES MUST BE LOCATED AT THE END OF YOUR HTACCESS TO WORK PROPERLY
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^hairdressersforum/([a-z0-9_-]+)/?(page([0-9]+)\.html)?$ /hairdressersforum/viewforum.php?forum_uri=$1&start=$3 [QSA,L,NC]
# END PHPBB PAGES
#####################################################







Joomla's rewriterules needs to be placed after phpBB ones

You little beauty!

Thanks so much admin! I had been banging my head against a brick wall yesterday trying to figure out what was wrong, and that solved it instantly.

One more question: Can I leave

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# Lines That should already be in your .htacess
    <Files "config.php">
    Order Allow,Deny
    Deny from All
    </Files>
    <Files "common.php">
    Order Allow,Deny
    Deny from All
    </Files>

inside my phpBB folder, or does it need to be inside the root for GYM to work?

Also, could you explain simply why putting the phpBB rewrites above the Joomla ones solved the problem? I would like to learn a little of 'why' as well as 'how' if you have the time to tell me.

Many thanks again for such a fantastic mod!

Chris
hairdressingworld.com

For the reason, it's just that joomla .htaccss is kind of lazy, it will just catch all possible cases with :

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RewriteRule (.*) index.php
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization},L]

no other case can be treated after these two, just like if the rewriterules where not there at all. ".*" here means any string, even empty.
Our .htaccess will only take care of the phpBB urls, leaving other cases to others.

About the .htaccess in the phpBB/ dir, you can leave it as long as it contains no rewriterules (no RewriteEngine On), since it would then take the lead on the other one.

You can if you prefer use the "more options" option of the .htaccess generator to generate an .htaccess for phpBB3 meant to be used in it's sud dir, hairdressersforum/ in your case, but it's not mandatory since your root .htaccess is not so long.

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