So this is where I am at. I am running on localhost with a folder in the root directory called 'phpbb' where I am doing my install. I download the promodded phpbb from this site. copied the files from root/* to phpbb/*. I then access my forums by going to -http://localhost/phpbb. I then went into the admin and changed only the option to activate url rewriting and left the rest set to default. Then i went to the .htaccess page and selected the save option. I then copied that .htaccess file to the root directory -http://localhost not the -http://localhost/phpbb directory(even though I tried that as well). I then deleted all the files from the cache directory (except the .htaccess there). Checked that mod_rewrite is enabled(it is other sites work fine). Then when I go to my forums the first topic has what looks to be the correct url (-http://localhost/phpbb/forum2.html) but when I click on it I get "The requested URL /phpbb/forum2.html was not found on this server.". Am I missing something or is this plugin just not working. Can someone please help me with this? I would love to be able to get this mod working.

Generating the .htaccess file does not work all the time. Try selecting all of the newly generated code and copying it to the .htaccess file.

In other words, do it manually.

I tried that as well. That is what I originally did but it wasn't working so I told it to output it. Any other ideas?

ngreenwood6 wrote:I tried that as well. That is what I originally did but it wasn't working so I told it to output it. Any other ideas?

Click in Other Options.

There is an option in there that lets you generated an .htaccess file for non-root installation like yours.

Try that and generate it, manually copy it.

I have got EXACTLY SAME Issue,

I am using the wamp server
Installed pre-modded phpbb on localhost
Installed successfuly. (Everthing works fine when url rewrite is not enable)

When I activated URL rewriting and updated the .htaccess, It was not working as described in the initial post. I was getting Internal server error.


Please help. Its urgent.

hi.. i have the same problem here.. but i have a wordpress instalastion in the / folder.

my forum is installed in /phpbb

when i click in the forum link (phpbb/forum2.html) i see my 404 error from my wordpress instalation!

any help?

Directory structures can be tricky. If you ask me, there is no "correct" way to do it. Depending on where you want things and how you want them to work your .htaccess file can go in the root/phpbb/ directory or in the root/ directory. Also depending on if you are trying to use some other application (like wordpress) with your phpBB-SEO installation.

For most people, the .htaccess file should go in the directory where your actual phpBB-SEO installation is.

If your site has this directory structure:http://localhost/phpbb/
Your .htaccess file should go here:

/adm
/cache
/docs
/download
/files
/gym_sitemaps
/images
/includes
/language
/phpbb_seo
/store
/styles
.htaccess
common.php
config.php
cron.php
faq.php
feed.php
gymrss.php
index.php
map.php
mcp.php
memberlist.php
posting.php
report.php
search.php
sitemap.php
style.php
ucp.php
viewforum.php
viewonline.php
viewtopic.php

You also have to consider what is contained in your .htaccess file. You might need to change the line:

Code: Select all

RewriteBase /

to

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RewriteBase /phpbb

Like I said, it all depends on what you are trying to accomplish. It is hard to write instructions that work for "everyone" when everyone's site is not the same. I probably just confused people even more