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I have tried the same as in the related post, but I don’t see any of the styles at all.

I am using :

<link href="{path='css/_ee_saef_css'}" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen" />

but I continue to get:

GET <a href="http://www.mydomain.com/css/_ee_saef_css">http://www.mydomain.com/css/_ee_saef_css</a> 404 (Not Found)

The site is sitting behind a firewall, but I don’t know why that would be an issue. It is not live yet. All testing for all sites runs this way.

When i try to hit:

<a href="http://www.mydomain.com/css/_ee_saef_css">http://www.mydomain.com/css/_ee_saef_css</a>

I just get a standard 404 not found. (see pic)

Okay…

I don’t know if this helps or not, but I am also using MSM and my sites are in folders outside of the main install where the system files are. They are, however on the same server and directly adjacent to each other.

So laterally, my folder structure looks something like:

F1 = System install folder : System Files
F2 = Site1
F3 = Site2
etc.etc.

The only way I have gotten the styles to link is to hard code the URL into the link.

Does NOT work:

<link href="{path='css/_ee_saef_css'}" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen" />

Works:

<link href="http://System_install_folder/System_Files/index.php/css/_ee_saef_css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen" />

This doesn’t seem right at all though. Why do I have to reference it this way?

Thanks in advance…

Hi Brian,

are you using a htaccess to remove index.php?

When i try to hit:

<a href="http://www.mydomain.com/css/_ee_saef_css">http://www.mydomain.com/css/_ee_saef_css</a>

I just get a standard 404 not found. (see pic)

What happens when you visit here

<a href="http://www.mydomain.com/index.php/css/_ee_saef_css">http://www.mydomain.com/index.php/css/_ee_saef_css</a>

If that works then add this to your template to test

<link href="/index.php/css/_ee_saef_css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen" />

Hi John. Thanks.

No .htaccess as this is a Windows environment. (Hence the error page in the screen that was attached) I am removing the index.php through the web.config file though using:

<rule name="Rewrite EE Index">
  <match url=".*" >
  <conditions>
    <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" pattern="css|js|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|ico|htm|html" negate="true" >
  </conditions>
  <action type="Rewrite" url="index.php/{R:0}" >
</rule>

Similar to other posts that you have been involved with of mine, when i try to enter:

<a href="http://www.mydomain.com/index.php/css/_ee_saef_css">http://www.mydomain.com/index.php/css/_ee_saef_css</a>

I just get a blank page like the “default” template for that site.

The only way I can access the css is directly with:

<link href="http://MySystemFolder/system/index.php/css/_ee_saef_css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen" />

Very odd behavior…

Hi Brian,

Do your other templates work properly with the index.php removal? Can you temporarily disable the web.config and then test this again please?

Cheers

Greg

Greg,

Thanks for the info. Yes, everything else seemed to be working fine. I went back to the original web.config though and it did work.

So…...

Does anyone have any input on how to remove the index.php from the url on a windows install without affecting the other functionality?

Thanks again,

OK, I think I got it rolling with the following…

(I am always up for suggestions in improvement though)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
    <system.webServer>
        <rewrite>
            <rules>
                <rule name="Imported Rule 1" stopProcessing="true">
                    <match url="^site/?(.*)$" ignoreCase="false" >
                    <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
                        <add input="{THE_REQUEST}" pattern="^POST" ignoreCase="false" negate="true" >
                    </conditions>
                    <action type="Redirect" url="/{R:1}" redirectType="Permanent" >
                </rule>
                <rule name="Imported Rule 2" stopProcessing="true">
                    <match url="^(.*)$" ignoreCase="false" >
                    <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
                        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" ignoreCase="false" negate="true" >
                    </conditions>
                    <action type="Rewrite" url="/index.php/{R:1}" >
                </rule>
            </rules>
        </rewrite>
    </system.webServer>
</configuration>

Thanks,

Hi, Brian.

We don’t offer any direct support for removing index.php, but we’re glad you found a solution. You might want to consider adding this to the [url=http://expressionengine.com/wiki/EE Wiki[/url] so this doesn’t get lost whenever anyone has a similar question.

Sue: Done. I’m hoping this helps with the other issues I was having as well.  😉

Thanks everyone.

Looks good, Brian! Thanks for adding the wiki entry.

Also closing the thread.. If anything else comes up, please do let us know in a new thread..