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Hi lovely EE peeps!

Software:
EE 2.2.2
Calendar

Objective:
Remove index.php from MS iis server

Problem:
I am forcing query strings and leaving site’s index page blank index.php - which is resulting in:

website.com/?/about

This is okay but I’d prefer the question mark is removed.

I searched for documentation on iis and .htaccess files but am very new at iis stuff. Not even sure if it should be called a httpd.conf file or web.config file even! Right now, I’m not using any server rewriting.

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Any advice or articles you can point me to? I’ve been on this for hours and am not finding anything.

Start here:
http://www.iis.net/download/urlrewrite
.htaccess is mechanism for Apache servers not IIS so it won’t apply.
I have not touched IIS in yrs (other than restart it lol) so not much help past this but hope it gets you in the right direction.

IIS7 has built in functionality to do this which you can check out on the official website.

To use apache commands:  Helicontech.com APE - with a great support team

Helicon Ape provides support for Apache .htacces and .htpasswd configuration files in Microsoft IIS. It literally implements Apache configuration model and nearly all Apache modules in a single IIS add-on, not only making IIS compatible with Apache, but also extending it’s functionality by a number of highly essential features.

Includes following modules: mod_rewrite, mod_proxy, mod_auth, mod_gzip, mod_headers, mod_cache, mod_expires, mod_replace and others. You can check all currently available modules in the compatibility chart (the list is growing with new builds).

Chris

Hi Jack,

Does any of the information above help at all?

Thanks,

Mark

P.S. Thanks for the help there lebisol and Chris.

I was hoping somebody would have some pre-written code that they could help me with. To be truthful, learning .htaccess was something that took years of trial and error… messing with the iis equivalent is something I don’t want to do.

To make matters complicated, this client’s IT is running the server so I don’t want to go through the process of asking them to install software unless absolutely necessary.

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Is it okay to just leave the field asking for the homepage blank without using a .htaccess or iis equivalent?

My URLS look like this:
http://website.com/?/about

THANKS!

messing with the iis equivalent is something I don’t want to do.

😊 too late for that.

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I don’t think that leaving the site’s index filed blank (all it does it offer a variable that can return that value) will remove the need for ? trigger.

If you are on IIS7 then check this: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/497/user-friendly-url—-rule-template/

I’m going to move this thread across to the Community Help forums as it will be a better fit there I believe.

We can really only support the removal of index.php using the method listed in our documentation as this is a server related method and can be very different on different servers and would be best if you could contact your host as they would know better on how to approach this so that it will work correctly in your situation.

Thanks,

Mark

Thanks, mark.

I appreciate the help.