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I’m having the same problem as the above thread with 404 errors on any URL with periods in the URI.

I tried the solution of changing the config value for url_protocol from PATH_INFO to REQUEST_URI

This fixed the 404 error on pages with any periods, but now the HOME button on my nav bar gives the error:

The URI you submitted has disallowed characters.

The URL the HOME button generates is:

http://www.stretcher.org.php5-18.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/stretcher_admin_sys/index.php?S=0&D=cp

If I enter:

http://www.stretcher.org.php5-18.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/stretcher_admin_sys/index.php

into the address bar, it works fine.

Everything else in the CP is fine.

What do I need to fix for the HOME button to work again?

Thanks!
David

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Hi, David.

Is this going to be the final name for the site, or just something in progress for now?

Hi Sue,

This is just the test URL for the site on the new server. Once we deploy and redirect DNS, the name for the main site will be:

http://www.stretcher.org

Is the temp URL causing the problem here?

HOME button was working fine on the test server before I changed the url_protocol setting.  I want to get everything working on the test server before deploying and it makes me nervous when things break like this.

Under Admin > General Configuration > Name of your site’s index page

is set to what?

That field is blank. I just tried setting it to “index.php” but that didn’t fix it. What should it be set to?

It looks like you’re removing index.php via .htaccess? If you use index.php? does that work?

Yes, I’m using the NSM .htaccess Generator extension to remove index.php via .htaccess.

And yes, if I use index.php in the URL:

http://www.stretcher.org.php5-18.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/stretcher_admin_sys/index.php

it works fine.

I just discovered that changing the url_protocol from AUTO to REQUEST_URI also breaks Nico De Gols’ NDG Flexible Admin module in addition to the home button.

Hi David,

Please do contact the author of 3rd party addons for support with those items. Since using index.php as your site index page works fine and removing that with .htaccess is unsupported it looks like this issue is resolved. Do you want me to move this thread to the CodeShare Corner for you so that you can get some community support with your .htaccess mod_rewrite rules?

Cheers

Greg

Hi Greg,

This issue is not resolved. Please do not move to codeshare.

The home button still does not work.

And yes, if I use index.php in the URL:

http://www.stretcher.org.php5-18.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/stretcher_admin_sys/index.php

it works fine.

What I meant by this is that I have to manually fix the URL in the address bar of my browser after clicking the home button to remove

?S=0&D=cp

which is added to the URL end after index.php when I click the home button.

This is the URL the home button generates:

http://www.stretcher.org.php5-18.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/stretcher_admin_sys/index.php?S=0&D=cp

it needs to either stop adding the ?S=0&D=cp to the end

OR

it needs to also add &C=homepage so that the URL looks like this:

http://www.stretcher.org.php5-18.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/stretcher_admin_sys/index.php?S=0&D=cp&C=homepage

That would fix the problem.

re: .htaccess - I’m using this method to remove index.php:

http://expressionengine.com/wiki/Remove_index.php_From_URLs/#Include_List_Method

It works fine in 1.7.0. The problem with URLs with periods started in 2.x

Also,

I’ve been in touch with Nico De Gols. He suggested setting url_protocol to QUERY_STRING

That fixed the home button and his module, but again broke the URLs with periods.

Hi David,

Please disable your .htaccess file mod_rewrite rules completely and replace your Site Index file with index.php at Admin > General Configuration. That should work properly. Can you confirm that doing this works properly?

Cheers

Greg

Hi Greg,

I completely commented out my .access file and then in general configuration set:

Name of your site’s index page: index.php/

URL to your Control Panel index page: http://www.stretcher.org.php5-18.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/stretcher_admin_sys/index.php/

$config[‘uri_protocol’] is set to AUTO

With these settings, everything does work, but my URLs now all contain .index.php—like this:

http://www.stretcher.org.php5-18.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/index.php/features/seesaw

http://www.stretcher.org.php5-18.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/index.php/posts/ted_nelson_at_the_internet_archive

What do I need to do to properly remove index.php from the URL in EE2.x?

thanks!

Hi, David.

When it comes to removing index.php from the URL, we have to defer to the community. It’s one of those rare occasions. Moving to CodeShare Corner for additional community support.

Hi Sue,

I understand that there are server dependent issues at play here. Please note this is a standard Apache server, I’m following the wiki guidelines, and everything did work properly in 1.7.0.

I’m happy to reach out to the community but was also wondering if you or someone at EL could please give me more info on how the nav HOME button URL is generated since seems to be the root of the problem.

Thanks for your help

Hi David, Sue

Just wanted to check if there had been any solution on this issue? I’m having the same problem with a new installation of EE2.