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Hi,

I’m getting nowhere with this and need Technical Support.

If I’ve got a template group called “mygroup” and I want anything after the Domain name to use that templategroup/template, what do I need to put in the .htaccess file?

e.g.

http://mydomain/alpha would use the mygroup/index template,
http://mydomain/beta would also use the mygroup/index template,

http://mydomain/alpha/beta would use the mygroup/beta template
http://mydomain/charlie/beta would also use the mygroup/beta template

http://mydomain/charlie/delta/alpha would use the mygroup/beta template with the parameter “alpha”
http://mydomain/delta/echo/charlie would use the mygroup/beta template with the parameter “charlie”

Obviously http://mydomain/system and any other EE default stuff would still need to go the system folder NOT use the mygroup/template.

Site due to go live today BTW.

UKFreelancer

If I’m not mistaken, you simply need to make “mygroup” the default template group (ours is called “home” and works exactly like you describe, with the default .htaccess file that removes index.php)

In your template manager, select the group “mygroup” from the left, then “edit group” from the right area… then check the box to make that group be the default for your site.

htaccess information:
http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/general/remove_index.php.html

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c> 
RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond $1 !\.(gif|jpe?g|png|ico)$ [NC] 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L] 
</IfModule>

I hope this helps

I’ve done that and it hasn’t worked.

UKFreelancer

what are your symptoms?

what pages load when you go to the addresses above?

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You can half-split the problem into two main solvable issues:

1.  the management of template groups and templates (i.e. does the right content come up with the requested template group and tempaltes…) - this is solvable with EE config

2.  with the above working, can I perform the same operations without using /index.php/ in the URL - this is solvable with htaccess

can you get to /index.php/mygroup/template okay? (try the above paths with the index.php… do they work?)

if not, let’s work on the EE config…

if those work, and it just fails when you try to do the same thing without /index.php/ - then that’s an htaccess deal… and is troubleshoot differently

Hi UKFreelancer,

I appreciate your urgent need here! However, we can only provide support for if you are using the official means of removing index.php with .htaccess Any other directives are out of our scope.

With that said, if you would care to supply the .htaccess directives you are using as well as some sample code from the template that is giving you trouble, I’d be happy to offer advice.

Cheers,

Since when is standard EE functionality out of scope?

I want all my pages to use the same templategroup.

So http://mydomain/a will use mytemplategroup
and http://mydomain/b will also use mytemplategroup

How do I do it using your product?

The three settings I would suggest confirming are these:

Check Strict URL Settings Information here:
http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/cp/design/templates/global_template_preferences.html

Template Group Settings here:
http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/cp/design/templates/new_template_group.html

and

Removing of index.php here:
http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/general/remove_index.php.html

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With those three configurations correct, you should be good to go. If you are not, then please provide exactly what symptoms you are experiencing so we can help you solve the problem.

What, exactly, are you experiencing?

Hey UKFreelancer,

Can you give those three settings that Mark suggested a try?

I would also like to see your complete .htaccess file.

Thanks for the assist Mark!

Hope your week is going well.

Cheers!

Thanks for all the advice.

Site is now live, being an Extranet the outside world won;t see it.

UKFreelancer.

Hello UKFreelancer,

Glad to hear it!

Is there anything else I can help with?

Cheers,