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Hi,

Just set up a new site for a friend (http://www.1stsightfilms.co.uk) and been trying some of the suggestions in previous posts I found on Google about getting pretty URLs working on Dreamhost, but can't seem to get it to work.

Does someone know what the definitive solution for getting it to work? Is it only to do with .htaccess, or do I need to work with some other stuff to get them working?

Thanks,

osu
osu
 
cyberzia replied on at Permalink Reply
cyberzia
Hi,

You'll need to make sure that the .htaccess file is writable.

Go to the dashboard and click on sitewide settings. You'll see a box saying pretty URL's, put a tick in the checkbox and copy the code into your .htaccess file.

The only other thing you'll need is mod_rewrite enable which Dreamhost will need to do for you if it isn't already switched on.

Hope this helps.
osu replied on at Permalink Reply
osu
Hi,

Thanks for getting back to me - so, for htaccess, do you mean I need to CHMod to 755? It's currently on 644 which I assume is safer?

Thanks,

osu

EDIT - Sorry, I'm being stupid. I've already done this and added the mod rewrite code in there, but I get an error of File no Input
nteaviation replied on at Permalink Reply
nteaviation
your .htaccess file permissions must be set +r (readable) for whatever user your webserver process executes under. If it is set to 644, then it is set readable by everyone. I'm not sure file permissions is the issue.
osu replied on at Permalink Reply
osu
I think it's more to do with Dreamhost's server set up - I think they rewrite in an unusual way.

I'll open a ticket with them and see if they can explain why I'm getting that error message.

Thanks for your help
osu replied on at Permalink Best Answer Reply
osu
Found the answer!

See this post here:

http://www.concrete5.org/community/forums/installation/dreamhost_pr...

It's the last link in the list -

http://jeremeclaussen.com/blog/2010/3/30/concrete5-pretty-urls-and-...

Thanks for getting back to me everyone here.

Osu
nteaviation replied on at Permalink Reply
nteaviation
I was just going to suggest "getting some help from a DreamHost" expert. I guess that's you now :) Congrats!