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Hi

I’m in the process of migrating a client’s site to a new server. Unfortunately, I’m only able to see the home page. All links redirect back to the home page, even though the paths appear correct in the browser’s address.

Site files and db transferred over without incident, and I logged into the CP fine. I used Deeploy Helper to configure all the paths for the new site. All CSS paths appear to be OK.

I read some of the other similar threads, but my issue seems different as I don’t have an .htaccess file and am not removing index.php from the URL.

The site’s viewable at s419838706.onlinehome.us/index.php I am waiting until everything is running well before I repoint the domain.

Thanks for your help!

I was able to find a solution at this FAQ, using the code specified for the $path_info variable

http://expressionengine.com/wiki/Workaround_for_Forced_Query_Strings/

My next question is, my next step is to upgrade this install from 1.x to 2.x. Will I need to perform a similar fix in the code once I upgrade? Of note, the client is on a 1and1 business hosting plan.

Thanks

Hello Ed,

I am glad to see that you were able to get to the resolution! Nice.

It sounds like you may be on a windows server, if that is the case you may need to stick with forced query strings. It really depends on your hosting setup.

If there is anything else I can help with, please let me know!

Cheers,

Hi Shane

Actually, no this is a Linux sever. Weird, because I have another client on 1and1, and didnt have to wrestle with path_info. Will the procedure need to be repeated after my 2.x upgrade? I should note that setting forced query strings by itself didn’t fix the issue.

Hello Ed Hebert,

I am not sure, I would think not, but I do not know what your environment looks like. It really depends on your server. But I see this being needed so rarely that I would think not.

Does that help?

Thank you,

Thanks. I guess I’ll just give it a shot and report back with how it goes!

Hi Ed,

I will be on the lookout for your update.

Cheers,

Hi Shane-

When attempting to upgrade, I got the following error:

A Database Error Occurred

Error Number: 1060

Duplicate column name 'can_search'

ALTER TABLE exp_member_groups ADD COLUMN can_search char(1) NOT NULL default 'n'

Filename: updates/ud_009.php

Line Number: 112

Not sure how to best proceed at this point. Please advise, thanks.

Hey Ed,

That error seems to indicate that there are still artifacts in the DB. Did you drop the tables before you started the process? You may want to start with a new DB if you can, somehow things are not being cleared out.

It might also be worth paying a Developer to help you with the upgrade process, maybe someone from the Pro Network.

Cheers,