Hallo,

my provider wants quite some extra $$ for a web package that offers mod_rewrite. I'm getting along with what I have well - except for the mod_rewrite which seems to be necessary for clean urls.

My question: Is there a way to get clean urls without mod_rewrite? If so, it would be very nice to also descripe such a possibility somewhere in drupal help.

Thanks,
-hausig

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Crell commented

I am fairly certain you can't without mod_rewrite. There's another Apache module that does URL futzing that MAY work, I haven't tried and can't remember the name, but if they're not giving you mod_rewrite then they won't give you something even more obscure.

Get a real webhost. mod_rewrite is the standard for clean URLs in any web app I've seen. :-)

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hausig commented

Thanks for your reply. Do you have any idea how I could find the module you're suggesting?

Actually, my web host is one of the most reliable ones in Germany. It's only that I don't want to pay more per month just for this one feature - unless it is so much worth to get it. But since I'm not a programmer I don't really know the importance of mod_rewrite and clean urls. Is it so important? What does it exactly do? Does it have such a large impact on search engine rankings?

I would be greatful for more information.
Thanks,
---hausig

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heine commented
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)