Trying out Drupal after a bit of a break, I see two things that might be improved with the clean URLs check:

1. If the check fails there should be a link to retry the check - for use after the admin fixes the configuration. Ran into this on a new install.

2. The check should probably give a warning if no .htaccess is detected. This would be handy for apache systems at least (the majority of Drupal servers I'm guessing), although I don't know how other servers factor in.

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sutharsan’s picture

sutharsan commented
Component: base system » usability

Moving all usability issues to Drupal - component usability.

kika’s picture

kika commented

Several hosts disallow .htaccess and have their own configuration UI to set htaccess rules.

marcingy’s picture

marcingy commented
Component: usability » ajax system
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)