help me! .htaccess on godaddy linux hosting

[webmasterweb]

Dear Sir I have installed my phparcadescript on godaddy linux hosting. It run well, I have only a big problem. If I enalbe URL Friendly, whene I click on a game the system give me an error message "Page not found". I read in readme file to locate htaccess.htaccess (that stay in includes folder) in main directory. I rename it in .htaccess but the system not run. I read on this forum that many of us had my same problem and then it resolve with another customed .htaccess or adding code lines in .htaccess original file. Please help me If possible.

Can you reply me here, with private message or on my email: webmaster_web@hotmail.it

Thank you very much for your time

best regards
Mikael


webmaster_web@hotmail.it

[gattaca]

I have also read through the forums and have been struggling with this situation and it is a REQUIREMENT for me.  Still can't find a solution.  My problem is that the site is hosted on godaddy but underneath 2 folders.  Do I place the .htaccess file in the folder 2 levels above or on the domain directory it will be used?  I've tried both ways and godaddy has stated that mod_rewrite is on my account.  What do I do?  I really need some help guys as I'm not too familiar with .htaccess files!   

[gamingforcharity]

I believe the .htaccess file would need to be inside the public_html/ folder

for instance it SHOULD be in:

/public_html/

not:

/public_html/domainname/arcade/


perhaps go into your admin panel and click on "site configuration"
instead of making the base url www.yourdomain.com/

try making it the direct path..like

http://www.yourdomain.com/arcade/

(if that's how your site is set up)



not sure if that will fix your problem, but figured I'd post it anyway

[trigoon]

Okay if your arcade is placed in a folder the reason that .htaccess does not take affect is that you need to add a line:

RewriteBase /yourfolder

Before the RewriteEngine on

This lets the server know that the rewrite rules specified are defined for the files under this folder.

[earrelaphant]

I believe RewriteBase is mandatory on go daddy servers for mod rewrite to work correctly regardless if placed in sub directory or not.  But I may be mistaken.

[Rod_Snyder]

I addressed the problem with Gattaca via PM's but haven't heard the results

Yes, RewriteBase is required on GoDaddy Linux servers

[gattaca]

Thanx guys,...  I tried the suggestions recommended by Rod, earrelaphant, and trigoon but now I am getting a 500 error as opposed to the 404 error before.  Can't even get to the admin panel anymore.  It was working without SEO prior to turning it on so I don't think its a configuration panel issue but will try that nevertheless if its recommended.  Rod_Snyder, I sent you another PM responding to what you sent me.

 

[trigoon]

Gattaca messing with htaccess creates these problems sometimes, please copy and paste your entire htaccess file here and I will find what is wrong.

[gattaca]

The index.php file for the arcade is located here:
www.site1.com/MySites/site2/arcade

Here is the .htaccess file which is located in the arcade folder:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /arcade/
RewriteRule ^search-results/([^/.]*)/?/([_A-Za-z0-9-]+).html/?$
index.php?action=browse&searchid=$1
RewriteRule ^search-results/([^/.]*)/?/([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)/?/([_A-Za-z0-9-]+).html/?$
index.php?action=browse&searchid=$1&page=$2&limit=$3
RewriteRule ^categories/([0-9]+)/?/([_A-Za-z0-9-]+).html/?$
index.php?action=browse&cat=$1
RewriteRule ^categories/([0-9]+)/?/([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)/?/([_A-Za-z0-9-]+).html/?$
index.php?action=browse&cat=$1&page=$2&limit=$3
RewriteRule ^archive/([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)/?$ index.php?page=$1&limit=$2
RewriteRule ^news/([^/.]*)/?/([_A-Za-z0-9-]+).html/?$ index.php?action=displaynews&id=$1
RewriteRule ^search/([_A-Za-z0-9-]+)/([0-9]+)/?$
index.php?action=browse&searchterm=$1&page=$2
RewriteRule ^content/([0-9]+)/([_A-Za-z0-9-]+)/?$ viewgame.php?gameid=$1&code=$2
RewriteRule ^profiles/([^/.]*)/?/([_A-Za-z0-9-]+).html/?$
index.php?action=profile&userid=$1
RewriteRule ^categories/([_A-Za-z0-9-]+)/?$ index.php?action=browse&catname=$1
RewriteRule ^games/([^/.]*)/?/([_A-Za-z0-9-]+).html/?$
index.php?action=playgame&gameid=$1
RewriteRule ^games/([_A-Za-z0-9-]+)/?$ index.php?action=playgame&title=$1 [L]

[trigoon]

RewriteBase /arcade/

Is most likely the problem, there should be no following backslash. Try replacing it with:
RewriteBase /arcade

[gattaca]

Sorry guys, no dice.  I even switched my hosting provider over to HostGator as recommended.  Still won't perform mod_rewrite after having copied and pasted the recommended code and trying at least 2 other variations with and without backslashes, options -indexes, ....  No idea what's going on.  Please help.

 

[trigoon]

Please paste your current htaccess code for me, and I need to know the actual URL of your arcade.

[gattaca]

The current code is the same as above and the url is:  www.madrater.com/arcade
I tried the suggestion of removing the backslash to no avail.  Unless the .htaccess file is removed, that url cannot be accessed so I have temporarily deleted the .htaccess file.

[trigoon]

Hmm a couple of questions.

Is the htaccess file identical to:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /arcade
RewriteRule ^search-results/([^/.]*)/?/([_A-Za-z0-9-]+).html/?$
index.php?action=browse&searchid=$1
RewriteRule ^search-results/([^/.]*)/?/([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)/?/([_A-Za-z0-9-]+).html/?$
index.php?action=browse&searchid=$1&page=$2&limit=$3
RewriteRule ^categories/([0-9]+)/?/([_A-Za-z0-9-]+).html/?$
index.php?action=browse&cat=$1
RewriteRule ^categories/([0-9]+)/?/([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)/?/([_A-Za-z0-9-]+).html/?$
index.php?action=browse&cat=$1&page=$2&limit=$3
RewriteRule ^archive/([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)/?$ index.php?page=$1&limit=$2
RewriteRule ^news/([^/.]*)/?/([_A-Za-z0-9-]+).html/?$ index.php?action=displaynews&id=$1
RewriteRule ^search/([_A-Za-z0-9-]+)/([0-9]+)/?$
index.php?action=browse&searchterm=$1&page=$2
RewriteRule ^content/([0-9]+)/([_A-Za-z0-9-]+)/?$ viewgame.php?gameid=$1&code=$2
RewriteRule ^profiles/([^/.]*)/?/([_A-Za-z0-9-]+).html/?$
index.php?action=profile&userid=$1
RewriteRule ^categories/([_A-Za-z0-9-]+)/?$ index.php?action=browse&catname=$1
RewriteRule ^games/([^/.]*)/?/([_A-Za-z0-9-]+).html/?$
index.php?action=playgame&gameid=$1
RewriteRule ^games/([_A-Za-z0-9-]+)/?$ index.php?action=playgame&title=$1 [L]


and is the htaccess file located in the arcade folder? Not the public_html folder.

[gattaca]

Exactly the same and I just tested it after reuploading the file, but when going to the url for the arcade, I get a 500 Internal Server Error on the new host: hostgator.  The file is located inside of the arcade folder.  The domain madrater.com is inside of a folder within the public_html folder called madrater.