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Hey guys.

After a million years away I’m back. Well at least trying to be back. and I’m having a couple of issues.

Firstly .htaccess on mac. How? I followed some instruction on how to show . files on mac, and I can see them but can’t edit them unless they have a file extension like .txt or .rtf at the end. and the server seems to be ignoring the ones i badger to just .htaccess but it abides by the one that is .htaccess.rtf. Also all of my files/folders etc are grey now. I thought only the .ones would go grey? ideas?

and secondly I’m trying to install and I’ve hit a brick wall. The install script doesn’t like my email address (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) umm huh? it’s a valid address…

and thirdly. This could be more enginehosting problem but here we go.

I want the following urls…

http://not-just.photography-of-rock.com
and http:// system*.photography-of-rock.com

*not its real name

and at the mmoment the file structure is…

public_html/main for the folder that not-just directs to
and i want system.photography of rock to redirect to public_html/main/system*

I’m trying this in the .htaccess file

RewriteEngine On
     RewriteBase /
     RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^not-just.photography-of-rock.com [NC]
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !main/
     RewriteRule ^(.*)$ main/$1 [L] 

    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^system.photography-of-rock.com [NC]
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !system/
     RewriteRule ^(.*)$ system/$1 [L]

But am unsure if that will work. I’m assuming i can’t move the system folder out of the ee folder chain.

Help?

Thanks

David

ps. How do i get http://photography-of-rock.com to redirect to http://not-just.photography-of-rock.com?

Firstly .htaccess on mac.

You are on Enginehosting, right? Just create a local htaccess.txt file, upload, then rename to .htaccess.

I’m trying to install and I’ve hit a brick wall. The install script doesn’t like my email address (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) umm huh? it’s a valid address…

I think that’s just an interface problem. Make double sure to enter the address in the right field. It’s easy to confuse with your name, I think.

As to setting up subdomains, EH has docs and offers support on that issue.

But am unsure if that will work. I’m assuming i can’t move the system folder out of the ee folder chain.

You could, using admin.php.

Ok. That’s kinda what I tried. (using both cyberduck and ExpanDrive) and it appear that the file is just ignored…

On the install page it only asks for the email once. “Email address of webamster” and that is where it’s having issues.

I’ll have a look at the linked file and drop EH an email once I’ve got installed and see what we can figure out.

But for now it’s still that pesky email address error

As to .htaccess, that’s all the advice I can give you there, and it should definitely work. I have done exactly that many times before. Might want to take it up with EH support, as they have access to the account in question.

As to the mail address, there’s nothing wrong with it. Just to make sure, I just installed EE using the exact same address and it went fine. What error are you getting?

Doh! sorted. I found the error. Yes I’m an idiot.

Thanks the help ingmar.

I’ll get this going and check in with Ehosting to see about the htaccess

My pleasure. Do keep us posted, plase 😊

i will.

If someone wants to weigh in on the hidden files macosx thing please do.

Try Transmit, David, or in the other FTP apps, look for an option to Show Hidden Files, Show System Files, etc.

You can also (if using ExpanDrive or something like that) use Mac Pilot to show hidden files in OSX but it is best to use something like Transmit as Derek has said.

Best wishes,

Mark

I’ll keep this open for another day or two, closing then unless something else comes up.

Updated: I second the Doh! Apparently I was looking at the wrong email address field. Ignore this post.

Hi David,

How did you solve your email problem? I’m encountering the same problem on EE 1.6.4. The only difference is I’m installing EE on my Mac using MAMP. For some reason it isn’t accepting any of my email addresses.

Steve

Doh! sorted. I found the error. Yes I’m an idiot.

Thanks the help ingmar.

I’ll get this going and check in with Ehosting to see about the htaccess

Looks like you’re all sorted now, so I’ll go ahead and close this thread.