Use SEO on localhost

[blaupunkt]

I enabled Use Search-Engine Safe URLs from the admin panel but then I get an error 404. I have the .htaccess file in the root folder and everything else is on default

Linkback: https://www.modified-shop.org/forum/index.php?topic=29466.0

[ShopNix]

Who the hell needs SEO on a localhost?

[blaupunkt]

It's for testing purposes.

[Matt]

Depends on your config. Most important check if your local apache is configured to allow overwrites in .htaccess.

[Modulfux]

Very important is to use the dash-version instead of the colon-version.

[blaupunkt]

I already checked the apache config. Anyway I have a new question -

The SEO works if the url is like www.site.com/manufacturers_id=251. When I change it to www.site.com/index.php?manu=m251_Authorname and turn on SEO it gives me an error. If SEO is turned off everything is ok. Do you know what I need to change in order to make it work?

[blaupunkt]

My mod_write rule is:

RewriteCond  (.*)-.-([_0-9]+)\.html$
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)\.html$ /index.php?manu=$1 [L]

[Matt]

You are sure you are on modified? Both of your URLs are not SEO URLs that modified produces by default.

You are sure mod_rewrite is installed? Run 'apache2ctl -M' aus root and look for 'rewrite'.

Your rewrite rule will catch exactly nothing, as both of you URLs don't end with the required .html.

[blaupunkt]

Lol I'm sure I'm using modified. The html is added automatically, that's why I haven't included it. Again SEO will transform www.site.com/manufacturers_id=40 to www.site.com/Authorname.html but if I change manufacturers_id to something else SEO stops working (I'm changing the mod_rewrite rule as well).

I'm modifying the value of return in /inc/xtc_manufacturer_link.inc.php

[Matt]

Again SEO will transform www.site.com/manufacturers_id=40 to www.site.com/Authorname.html

No it doesn't. It is transfered to Authorname:.:40.html.

but if I change manufacturers_id to something else SEO stops working (I'm changing the mod_rewrite rule as well).

Just don't mess with the names of the GET variables!