By ilana on

I'm having problems using Clean URL's.

I'm using Mac 10.4 and Installed Drupal with Mamp.
I copies the .htaccess file from the exctracted folder to the Drupal folder which is installed, and I can see it there.
My Drupal is located in /Library/Webservers/Documents
in the broswer in can see it under http://mycomuter'sname.local/drupal
I tried to change the httpd.conf file, like it is instructed here: http://www.clagnut.com/blog/350/
I am restarting Mamp and "personal web sharing" in my system preferencecs,
but still, each time I press the "Run clean URL test" I am getting the "Not Found" page.

where did I go wrong?

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occupant
Primary language English
Location Canada
commented

Anything in the /Library/Webservers/Documents folder is not accessible from MAMP - you've installed Drupal on OSX's built-in web server.

MAMP must be located in your applications folder (not a subfolder) and all the web files should be located in the MAMP/htdocs folder (I make a Drupal subfolder within that to keep it clean since I work on multiple sites).

To view your pages, open MAMP and you should see a Welcome to MAMP screen (if not click "open start page") The url of the start page is http://localhost:8888/MAMP/?language=English. To view your site, go to http://localhost:8888/drupal (or whatever you named your directory in the htdocs folder)

You don't need personal web sharing - it's entirely removed from MAMP.

You'll have to move your database over as well using phpmyadmin in MAMP (unless you haven't done much yet - then just go for a new install)

Also, make sure you're running the latest version of the program - the version prior to the current one had trouble with clean urls.

Hope that clears things up.

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jjweiner commented

I have downloaded MAMP 1.7.2 on my Mac (OS 10.5). This version of MAMP comes with mod_rewrite enabled but when I went to run the Clean URLs test in Drupal (verison 5) it gave and error that the "page could not be found."

I did the following to fix the issue:

1) Create a blank file called .htaccess in the MAMP web document root. Which by default in MAMP 1.7.2 is '/Applications/MAMP/htdocs'. You can use textedit, vi or emacs or whatever you like.

Within the .htaccess file I pasted this:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    Options +FollowSymLinks
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]
</IfModule>

2) Save the file.

3) Restart the Apache server via the MAMP console.

From here run the Clean-URLs test page. Hopefully it gives you selectable radio button options to 'Enable' or 'Disable'. This means that it worked.

Note: I have my Drupal site configured where the Drupal core folders are in htdocs.

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queenielow commented

Hi jjweiner,

I tried your method, and it not working at mine... Weird..
Anyway, any of the places i might miss out?

Thanks alot!

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madkapsk8 commented

Thanks jjweiner.

i created .htaccess file and put it in the root folder of my drupal install.

and i restarted MAMP and it worked. i've been banging my head about this issue for a few days and it was as simple as copying pasting. thanks!

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Smaug commented

Thanks jjweiner. Worked right off the bat for me.

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camb416 commented

Worked for me, thanks!

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effisfor commented

I had the problem with MAMP/Drupal and clean urls for a couple of days and using various snippets of info on these forums, worked out the problem:

I copy and paste my drupal folders to Sites/ sub directories and Finder hides the .htaccess folder. On another post you will see how to make a little automator script to unhide this file, copy it and make sure its in your drupal-based site directory. Then by following the instructions on the "offcial" node on here, you might get it working like me.

Good luck.

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jevets commented

Also, make sure there are no .htaccess files above and outside of MAMP's webroot directory. Even files above the webroot (default /Applications/MAMP/htdocs) can sometimes interfere.

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