No .htaccess file. Need help please

Question

I also cannot access the htaccess file. Please can you post it here for us?

Many thanks

Answer 1

If you are using Linux (and probably Mac since it's based on Unix), then the .htaccess is hidden by default. You can change your options in the file explorer (e.g. Nautilus) to show hidden files, or you may be able to press Ctrl+H to toggle them on/off.

If you still can't see it, here is the default contents:

DirectoryIndex index.php
RewriteEngine On
#RewriteBase /your-sub-directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)//(.*)$
RewriteRule . %1/%2 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php?qa-rewrite=$0&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

If you are using a decent FTP client like FileZilla you will see .htaccess listed in the file list even if it is hidden on your system.

Comments

Many thanks for your help. Will try now and let you know. Very grateful

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Hi DisgruntledGoat...

I tried this with the following :

DirectoryIndex index.php
RewriteEngine On
#RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)//(.*)$
RewriteRule . %1/%2 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php?qa-rewrite=$0&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

as i dont have a sub directory... i.e all questions sit on the main domain

still seems to be creating a 500 error see : http://gossipdrum.com/categories

Please can you advise?

Thanks in advance

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I use FileZilla and see no .htaccess file, the file has been deleted by lighthttpd web server and all plugin pages like domain/page-name become 404 pages :(