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Clean URL .htaccess configuration

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By tourguide - Posted on April 25th, 2008
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Successfully, I spent the last day trying to enable Clean URL's on a Drupal 5.7 remote server (media temple (dedicated virtual). I want to thank all CDMUG members who pulled together with me to investigate this by phone, email, and IM. Im walking away from this with a new appreciation for linux guru's and the ssh command line. With that said - Im going to provide a 5 step hack to enable Clean URL's. I'd only try this hack as a last resort; I put a few links below that have more tips on the subject.

Step 1. Download this x.htaccess file
Step 2. FTP "x.htaccess" to your root folder (ie: /httpdocs/x.htaccess)
Step 3. **Rename x.htaccess to .htaccess
Step 4. Restart Apache Server
Step 5. Enable Clean URL (?q=admin/settings/)

  • Note: After you rename the file it will be invisible on the server because its a file that starts with "."

http://drupal.org/node/15365
http://drupal.org/node/15958
http://czarism.com/easy-peasy-ubuntu-powered-drupal-clean-urls-w-apache2
http://drupal.ro/enable-clean-urls-on-media-temple-server

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