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bbPress support forums Tag: mod_rewrite http://bbpress.org/forums/ bbPress support forums Tag: mod_rewrite en Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:24:00 +0000 chrishajer on "404 errors on all posts - please help" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/404-errors-on-all-posts-please-help#post-17344 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:38:38 +0000 chrishajer 17344@http://bbpress.org/forums/ bbPress does not create the .htaccess file for you like WordPress does. I think in future releases they are considering creating it for you. <a href="http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/838" rel="nofollow">http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/838</a> i_xiter on "404 errors on all posts - please help" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/404-errors-on-all-posts-please-help#post-17332 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:58:51 +0000 i_xiter 17332@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Had the same bug, when I installed bbpress for the first time today. I noticed that it didnt even create the .htaccess file. chrishajer on "404 errors on all posts - please help" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/404-errors-on-all-posts-please-help#post-17132 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:18:18 +0000 chrishajer 17132@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I think you need to set up permalinks on your server if you want pretty or name based ones. False works fine, so it's definitely a permalinks issue. Not sure why it was working before, but this is what needs to be done now: <a href="http://bbpress.org/documentation/faq/#pretty-permalinks" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/documentation/faq/#pretty-permalinks</a> f1f on "404 errors on all posts - please help" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/404-errors-on-all-posts-please-help#post-17131 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:10:28 +0000 f1f 17131@http://bbpress.org/forums/ OK I've tried changing the permalink settings and here's what happens: If I set them to 'none' - i.e. forums.php?id=1 the posts work If I set them to 'name based' - i.e. /forums/first-forum/ the posts do not work Obviously I would rather have name based if possible. Any thoughts? f1f on "404 errors on all posts - please help" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/404-errors-on-all-posts-please-help#post-17130 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:05:08 +0000 f1f 17130@http://bbpress.org/forums/ No I haven't moved the forum. The last thing I changed - which must have been a week ago or longer - was adding the following code into the .htaccess file for Wordpress (not BBPress): <pre><code>define('COOKIE_DOMAIN', ''); define('COOKIEPATH', '/');</code></pre> Could that have had an effect? If so it seems odd that it took so long to manifest itself. Thanks for the speedy response by the way :-) chrishajer on "404 errors on all posts - please help" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/404-errors-on-all-posts-please-help#post-17121 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:11:39 +0000 chrishajer 17121@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I would say this is a mod_rewrite and permalink issue. If it was working before, then something changed with the host, maybe the .htaccess file in the forum directory, or the parent one. But, all you need to do to get around it, for now, is turn off the permalinks, to false. This URL works fine for a second: <a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/forum/forum.php?id=2" rel="nofollow">http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/forum/forum.php?id=2</a> Then it redirects to a permalink URL: <a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/forum/forum/motor-racing-discussion" rel="nofollow">http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/forum/forum/motor-racing-discussion</a> Maybe you moved the forum recently and did not update the permalink structure? f1f on "404 errors on all posts - please help" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/404-errors-on-all-posts-please-help#post-17119 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:05:05 +0000 f1f 17119@http://bbpress.org/forums/ My BBPress installation has been working fine but suddenly today I can't access the content on any of my posts. All the post titles are listed, but clicking on them gives a 404 error: <a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/forum/" rel="nofollow">http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/forum/</a> I have no idea what's caused this. It's been over a week since I made any changes to BBPress or the Wordpress installation it's integrated with. I've checked my MySQL database and all the forum data appears to still be in there, it just isn't displaying. Any ideas what's broken? wild_eep on "Static links not working with 0.9.1" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/static-links-not-working-with-091#post-17069 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:44:57 +0000 wild_eep 17069@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Thanks Photolord! Your tip was simple and worked perfectly! risoknop on "bbPress AND Lighttpd URL rewrite rules" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-and-lighttpd-url-rewrite-rules#post-17053 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:18:39 +0000 risoknop 17053@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Hello, I have installed bbPress at one of my websites (in a subdirectory called "forums" - i.e. bbPress is installed at mydomain.com/forums/). I'm trying to set up Lighttpd URL rewrite rules now in order to achieve SEO friendly permalinks. I have tried to google a little bit but the only thing I have found is this: <pre><code>"^/forum/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)/?$" => "/forum.php?id=$1&page=$2", "^/forum/([^/]+)/?$" => "/forum.php?id=$1", "^/topic/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)/?$" => "/topic.php?id=$1&page=$2", "^/topic/([^/]+)/?$" => "/topic.php?id=$1", "^/tags/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)/?$" => "/tags.php?tag=$1&page=$2", "^/tags/([^/]+)/?$" => "/tags.php?tag=$1", "^/tags/?$" => "/tags.php", "^/profile/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)/?$" => "/profile.php?id=$1&page=$2", "^/profile/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$" => "/profile.php?id=$1&tab=$2", "^/profile/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)/?$" => "/profile.php?id=$1&tab=$2&page=$3", "^/profile/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/favorites/?$" => "/profile.php?id=$1&tab=favorites", "^/profile/([^/]+)/?$" => "/profile.php?id=$1", "^/view/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)/?$" => "/view.php?view=$1&page=$2", "^/view/([^/]+)/?$" => "/view.php?view=$1", "^/rss/?$" => "/rss.php", "^/rss/forum/([^/]+)/?$" => "/rss.php?forum=$1", "^/rss/topic/([^/]+)/?$" => "/rss.php?topic=$1", "^/rss/tags/([^/]+)/?$" => "/rss.php?tag=$1", "^/rss/profile/([^/]+)/?$" => "/rss.php?profile=$1"</code></pre> Could anybody tell me how to edit it taking into consideration the subfolder where the bbPress is installed? My current Lighttpd rewrite rules in config file are bellow: <pre><code>url.rewrite-once = ( "^/(wp-.+).*/?" => "$0", "^/images/.*/?" => "$0", "^/forums/.*/?" => "$0", "^/temp/.*/?" => "$0", "^/(sitemap.xml)" => "$0", "^/(xmlrpc.php)" => "$0", "^/keyword/([A-Za-z_0-9\-]+)/?$" => "/index.php?keyword=$1", "^/.*?(\?.*)?$" => "/index.php$1" )</code></pre> photolord on "Static links not working with 0.9.1" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/static-links-not-working-with-091#post-16793 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:13:05 +0000 photolord 16793@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Adding only Options +MultiViews in my .htaccess in the root of my directory where I installed bbpress did the trick. It was like magic! sambauers on "Dropping "MultiViews" support?" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/dropping-multiviews-support#post-16385 Thu, 22 May 2008 06:54:47 +0000 sambauers 16385@http://bbpress.org/forums/ @marians You've identified another reason that I had forgotten about. URL customisation that you are talking about is close to impossible under MultiViews. Based on all these comments I think we will be dropping it. Thanks for the input everyone. marians on "Dropping "MultiViews" support?" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/dropping-multiviews-support#post-16370 Wed, 21 May 2008 10:58:49 +0000 marians 16370@http://bbpress.org/forums/ On Multiviews: Never heard of it until I first installed bbPress. If mof_rewrite would work out of the box (i.e.: if bbPress would create the file or dump the necessary content) I wouldn't need MultiViews. Here is one aspect I'd like to through in: URL Customization/Localization. When localizing URLs, it's very easy to do this via editing of mod_rewrite rules. All my bbPress installations are in german language, thus I want german URLs. When changing the wording in URLs, e.g. from "forum" to "board" or "topic" to "idea" etc., same thing - just edit the rewrite rules. How easy would it be to customize URLs with MultiViews in effect? Without having looked into the implementation, I would guess that it requires code changes. If URL customization is easier in mod_rewrite, please drop MultiViews. Otherwise, please document how URL customization can be done using MultiViews. bobbyh on "Dropping "MultiViews" support?" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/dropping-multiviews-support#post-16344 Tue, 20 May 2008 07:25:29 +0000 bobbyh 16344@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I too vote to drop multiviews. However, if enough people depend on this, could permalinks be made pluggable so that a multiviews plugin could be written? If that's too much work, that's OK with me, just suggesting it as a compromise solution... finalwebsites on "Dropping "MultiViews" support?" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/dropping-multiviews-support#post-16330 Mon, 19 May 2008 20:39:06 +0000 finalwebsites 16330@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I like multiviews, use it for WP too, write access to the .htaccess file will be a problem for many forums on shared hosting accounts (because a lot of them are not secure) ekitel on "Using RSS Feeds" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/using-rss-feeds#post-16259 Thu, 15 May 2008 15:29:09 +0000 ekitel 16259@http://bbpress.org/forums/ yeah disabling it makes the feeds work fine, should of thought to try that myself, I'm wondering if there is any possible way to have feeds and keep the forums private at the same time, (have your cake and eat it too?) chrishajer on "Using RSS Feeds" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/using-rss-feeds#post-16258 Thu, 15 May 2008 15:05:17 +0000 chrishajer 16258@http://bbpress.org/forums/ It might be the plugin. Have you tried without it? I tried accessing your forum, but I get a message: "Sorry, only registered users may access the forums. If you are registered then please login on the left." If I can't see the forums, I don't know how I could see the feed. Why not try disabling the plugin? ekitel on "Using RSS Feeds" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/using-rss-feeds#post-16257 Thu, 15 May 2008 14:43:41 +0000 ekitel 16257@http://bbpress.org/forums/ yes there are definitely posts in the forums, and when I subscribe to the feeds with Firefox I do get a list of permalinks to the posts. also I am using the private forums plugin, I don't see anything about it effecting RSS in the docs though it does mention that in the latest version RSS is 'fixed' this is the main forum feed: <a href="http://gradactingalumni.org/blogs/forums/rss.php" rel="nofollow">http://gradactingalumni.org/blogs/forums/rss.php</a> chrishajer on "Using RSS Feeds" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/using-rss-feeds#post-16232 Wed, 14 May 2008 17:19:04 +0000 chrishajer 16232@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I don't think permalinks are required to use the RSS feeds. This thread has gone in a couple different directions. It started as RSS feeds but then whistler20 mentioned what he did with rewrite rules and his RSS feeds started working. I don't think the original problem was solved in that manner. Anyway, permalinks are not required for RSS feeds. If you are having a problem with RSS feeds I think the problem lies elsewhere. Are there actually content items posted that would be in the RSS feed? <a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/rss-result-is-empty#post-13982" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/rss-result-is-empty#post-13982</a> Can you post a link to your forum? Maybe someone new looking at it will see items in the RSS feed, possibly something cached on your side? ekitel on "Using RSS Feeds" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/using-rss-feeds#post-16224 Wed, 14 May 2008 10:24:49 +0000 ekitel 16224@http://bbpress.org/forums/ sorry, "flimsy" is nice! Yes this is about RSS feeds, mines are comin' up blank just like some of the previous posters I added those lines to my .htaccess but the feeds are still blank sambauers on "Using RSS Feeds" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/using-rss-feeds#post-16221 Wed, 14 May 2008 05:53:25 +0000 sambauers 16221@http://bbpress.org/forums/ ... read the "flimsy" manual ... chrishajer on "Using RSS Feeds" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/using-rss-feeds#post-16217 Tue, 13 May 2008 21:16:59 +0000 chrishajer 16217@http://bbpress.org/forums/ ekitel, this is not really related to RSS feeds is it? What you do is access <a href="http://www.example.com/bb-admin/rewrite-rules.php," rel="nofollow">http://www.example.com/bb-admin/rewrite-rules.php,</a> then take what is generated by that script and put that into your .htaccess. The FM is right here: <a href="http://bbpress.org/documentation/faq/#pretty-permalinks" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/documentation/faq/#pretty-permalinks</a> ekitel on "Using RSS Feeds" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/using-rss-feeds#post-16215 Tue, 13 May 2008 20:20:24 +0000 ekitel 16215@http://bbpress.org/forums/ so what changes do I need to make to /bb-admin/rewrite-rules.php to make it work? where is this F-in' Manual I need to read? I have bbpress integrated with wordpress so maybe that's part of the problem or are you saying I need to copy the rules out of /bb-admin/rewrite-rules.php into my wordpress .htaccess file to make it work? mrhoratio on "How to shorten a profile link?" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/how-to-shorten-a-profile-link#post-16184 Mon, 12 May 2008 22:48:12 +0000 mrhoratio 16184@http://bbpress.org/forums/ By the way, I made this hack cleaner by implementing it as a filter inside a plugin. <pre><code>function my_get_user_profile_link_filter( $link , $user_id = 0 ) { //check for rewrite $rewrite = bb_get_option( 'mod_rewrite' ); if ( $rewrite ) { //what kind of rewrite there is? slug use "forum_slug" column, else the column is "forum_id" $column = ($rewrite === 'slugs')?('forum_slug'):('forum_id'); $link = str_replace('forums/profile/', 'people/', $link); } return $link; // Very important line! }</code></pre> This was based on code suggested in another thread: <a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/nicer-slug-url-rewrite-plugin-done" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/nicer-slug-url-rewrite-plugin-done</a> mrhoratio on "How to shorten a profile link?" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/how-to-shorten-a-profile-link#post-16125 Sun, 11 May 2008 00:10:04 +0000 mrhoratio 16125@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Okay, I think I got it working. I was able to fix the redirection issue by modifying the get_user_profile_link() function in the template-functions.php. I added the following line towards the end of the function, right before the last line of code in the function: <code>$r = str_replace('forums/profile/' . $user->$column , "profile/" . $user->$column, $r);</code> This is the full code: <pre><code>function get_user_profile_link( $id = 0, $page = 1 ) { $user = bb_get_user( bb_get_user_id( $id ) ); $rewrite = bb_get_option( 'mod_rewrite' ); if ( $rewrite ) { if ( $rewrite === 'slugs' ) { $column = 'user_nicename'; } else { $column = 'ID'; } $r = bb_get_option('uri') . "profile/" . $user->$column . ( 1 < $page ? "/page/$page" : '' ); } else { $r = bb_get_option('uri') . "profile.php?id=$user->ID" . ( 1 < $page ? "&page=$page" : '' ); } $r = str_replace('forums/profile/' . $user->$column , "profile/" . $user->$column, $r); return apply_filters( 'get_user_profile_link', $r, $user->ID ); }</code></pre> I noticed that if you did not install bbPress with Wordpress cookie integration, then this hack will cause bbPress to always think you are logged out. I think it has something with it not being able to retrieve the cookie because of the path change. However, if you have Wordpress cookie integration enabled, then everything seems to work. Not exactly sure why. But I think it must be something to with the path that's being set in the cookie. mrhoratio on "How do I get wp_redirect + mod_rewrite to behave?" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/how-do-i-get-wp_redirect-mod_rewrite-to-behave#post-16098 Fri, 09 May 2008 18:04:07 +0000 mrhoratio 16098@http://bbpress.org/forums/ mod_rewrite and wp_redirect don't seem to like each other. I'm running into problems with the wp_redirect functions in bbPress redirecting the page after the URL has been rewritten, so that the URL changes back to the longer form. For example, this mod_rewrite rule: RewriteRule ^profile/username forums/profile/username [L] will rewrite: <code><a href="http://www.example.com/profile/username" rel="nofollow">http://www.example.com/profile/username</a></code> to: <code><a href="http://www.example.com/forums/profile/username" rel="nofollow">http://www.example.com/forums/profile/username</a></code> Except, that after its been rewritten, bbPress forces a redirection via wp_redirect, causing the URL in the browser window to change to the longer form. Any suggestions? Commenting out lines 2061 and 2062 in the bbPress functions.php file will stop wp_redirect from redirecting the page. <pre><code>if ( $check != $uri && $check != str_replace(urlencode($_original_id), $_original_id, $uri) ) { //wp_redirect( $permalink ); //exit; }</code></pre> But this breaks authentication, and causes bbPress to think you are not logged in, even if you are. bryan868 on "Dropping "MultiViews" support?" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/dropping-multiviews-support#post-16070 Thu, 08 May 2008 21:52:50 +0000 bryan868 16070@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Definitely drop MultiViews mrhoratio on "How to shorten a profile link?" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/how-to-shorten-a-profile-link#post-16062 Thu, 08 May 2008 18:19:28 +0000 mrhoratio 16062@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I've tried mod_rewrite, but running into problems with the wp_redirect functions in bbPress redirecting the page after the URL has been rewritten, so that the URL changes back to the longer form. For example, this mod_rewrite rule: <code>RewriteRule ^profile/username forums/profile/username [L]</code> will rewrite: <code><a href="http://www.example.com/profile/username" rel="nofollow">http://www.example.com/profile/username</a></code> to: <code><a href="http://www.example.com/forums/profile/username" rel="nofollow">http://www.example.com/forums/profile/username</a></code> Except, that after its been rewritten, bbPress forces a redirection, causing the URL in the browser window to change to the longer form. _ck_ on "How to shorten a profile link?" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/how-to-shorten-a-profile-link#post-16055 Thu, 08 May 2008 18:11:57 +0000 _ck_ 16055@http://bbpress.org/forums/ mod_rewrite will let you do that if you figure out the correct rule however you won't be able to get it shorter than profile/username because just /username could be another page. mrhoratio on "How to shorten a profile link?" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/how-to-shorten-a-profile-link#post-16054 Thu, 08 May 2008 18:04:28 +0000 mrhoratio 16054@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Is it possible to shorten a profile link such as: <code><a href="http://www.example.com/forums/profile/username" rel="nofollow">http://www.example.com/forums/profile/username</a></code> to: <code><a href="http://www.example.com/profile/username" rel="nofollow">http://www.example.com/profile/username</a></code> or to: <code><a href="http://www.example.com/username" rel="nofollow">http://www.example.com/username</a></code> or to: <code><a href="http://my.example.com/username" rel="nofollow">http://my.example.com/username</a></code> or to: <code><a href="http://username.example.com" rel="nofollow">http://username.example.com</a></code> Thanks in advance. hmcnally on "Dropping "MultiViews" support?" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/dropping-multiviews-support#post-16050 Thu, 08 May 2008 15:46:53 +0000 hmcnally 16050@http://bbpress.org/forums/ For those using a 1and1.com hosting package, try adding.. <pre><code>Options -MultiViews</code></pre> to the top of the .htaccess file, and append the mod_rewrite stuff after it. I guess with their shared serving packages, the MultiViews just goes nutty (apparently it's enabled, though), and needs to be turned off before using mod_rewrite. They actually document this behavior at <a href="http://faq.1and1.com/dedicated_servers/managed_server/3.html" rel="nofollow">http://faq.1and1.com/dedicated_servers/managed_server/3.html</a> I guess this means I'm in favor of dropping MultiViews, though not fervently.