enabling clean urls for a virtual subdomain, by editing .htaccess ?

Posted by Rowan Price on June 19, 2006 at 7:04am

I am trying to enable clean urls for my drupal site (not multisite) on a virtual subdomain, by using this code.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index?q=$1 [L,QSA]

I have tried at least 30-40 variations on this code over the last two weeks, trying to accommodate suggestions made here: http://drupal.org/node/15365,
as well as elsewhere on the drupal and textdrive (my host) forums. Searching through the many forum posts on this topic on drupal.org, it seems as though almost all posts pertain to *multisite* installations, which is not the case with me.

My host is textdrive

Anyway, if anyone has any insight, or has herself accomplished this daunting feat, I would appreciate your help. Thanks

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Posted by Tommy Sundstrom on June 19, 2006 at 10:04am

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Strange... I never needed to

Posted by cog.rusty on June 19, 2006 at 10:28am

Strange... I never needed to change anything in .htaccess for a subdomain installation. I just create a new settings subdirectory under 'sites', named "subdomain.domain.com", I edit the database line in its 'settings.php' file, and I am ready to go. I don't even change the 'base_url' setting inside the settings file.

Could it be a problem with your host's support of url rewrites? I think more information about your setup are needed before someone can figure out what is wrong.

What about httpd.conf?

Posted by iwankgb on June 19, 2006 at 11:28am

I don't know your exact configuration but it is possible that you need to modify httpd.conf. Try:

<Directory "/path/to/your/dir">
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

Or, if it is not your own server then contact your ISP and ask if you can add rewrite handling code in .htaccess.

shared server dilemna

Posted by Rowan Price on June 19, 2006 at 11:30pm

i guess the root of the problem is that I am on a 'shared server, and have no access to httpd.conf. i am awaiting information from my host -- in the meantime, thanks both for your replies.

problem solved

Posted by Rowan Price on June 20, 2006 at 4:19pm

but not by me. textdrive was gracious enough to help me out with this problem. Here is what they said:

AllowOverride All is in the httpd.conf. Adding it to your .htaccess will throw an error. Additionally, your .htaccess should be in your /web/public directory.

The issues with subdomains exist with the subdirectory-to-subdomain mapping (eg. where domain.com/folder = folder.domain.com). In your case, the subdomain is a full-fledged virtual server.

Looking at your settings (http://virtualserver.domain.com/?q=admin/settings), "Clean URLs" was set to Disabled. I've run the required to test and set the option to Enabled. As you can see, http://virtualserver.domain.com/node/4 is working fine now.

I am grateful to have this issue resolved, but don't still dont fully understand what caused the problem, and I know that until I understand why it happened I am vulnerable to it happening again when I create a new drupal site. Anyway, hope this helps someonewith same problem