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Hi Rod,

Thanks for that.  Added a new .htaccess file to my ClientArea & thought that would suffice but it didn't work so just realised I'd have to create a .htaccess in every sub dir.  Not feasible.  Nor is reissuing URL's to all clients.

Thanks though!

Deirdre

Hi Rod,

Many thanks.  From googling the issue it looks like it could be a problem with the rewrite rules not being compatible with my (broken) weblinks which exist in a subdir.

For example my website is www.deirdrelangan.com & BL files/dirs reside there but my client (broken) weblink files are in :
www.deirdrelangan.com/ClientArea/Weddings/2016

Unfortunately I don't know anything about rewrite rules or the syntax required to add code to .htaccess to tell it about my subdirs .....

O dear,

For some strange reason it looked like that worked but now it isn't working!

Can someone help me please?

This link for example will no longer work: http://www.deirdrelangan.com/ClientArea … /2016/0722

and this is my .htaccess file located in :www.deirdrelangan.com/
Options -Indexes
AddHandler fcgid-script .php
FCGIWrapper "/dh/cgi-system/php56.cgi" .php
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# | Web fonts access                                                           |
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Allow access from all domains for web fonts
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
    <FilesMatch "\.(eot|font.css|otf|ttc|ttf|woff)$">
        Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*"
    </FilesMatch>
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    ############################################################################
    # Edit this section for servers using FastCGI
    # For FastCGI (or seeing the error message 'No input file specified.':
    # add # to the start of the next line
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteCond $0#%{REQUEST_URI} ([^#]*)#(.*)\1$
    # For FastCGI (or seeing the error message 'No input file specified.':
    # add # to the start of the next line and remove # from the line after)
    RewriteRule ^.*$ - [E=BASE:%2]
    #RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [E=BASE:]
    ############################################################################

    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [E=QS:mod_rewrite=on]
    RewriteRule ^([^\/.]*)-single.php$ %{ENV:BASE}single.php?%{ENV:QS}&id=$1 [QSA,L]
    RewriteRule ^([^\/.]*).css$ %{ENV:BASE}index.php?%{ENV:QS}&extension=css&name=$1 [QSA,L]
    RewriteRule ^([^\/.]*).js$ %{ENV:BASE}index.php?%{ENV:QS}&extension=js&name=$1 [QSA,L]
    RewriteRule ^([^\/.]*).gif$ %{ENV:BASE}index.php?%{ENV:QS}&extension=gif&name=$1 [QSA,L]
    RewriteRule ^([^\/.]*).png$ %{ENV:BASE}index.php?%{ENV:QS}&extension=png&name=$1 [QSA,L]
    RewriteRule ^([^\/.]*).jpg$ %{ENV:BASE}index.php?%{ENV:QS}&extension=jpg&name=$1 [QSA,L]
    #RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !mod_rewrite=on
    #RewriteRule ^index.php$ %{ENV:BASE}index.php?%{ENV:QS} [QSA,L]
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !mod_rewrite=on
    RewriteRule ^mobile.php$ %{ENV:BASE}mobile.php?%{ENV:QS} [QSA,L]
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !mod_rewrite=on
    RewriteRule ^(.*)download.php %{ENV:BASE}download.php?%{ENV:QS} [QSA,L]
   
    RewriteRule ^$ %{ENV:BASE}index.php?%{ENV:QS} [QSA,L]
   
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ %{ENV:BASE}index.php?%{ENV:QS}&page=$1 [QSA,L]
</IfModule>

Many thanks,
Deirdre

Hi there,

I'm now also experiencing problems with this .htaccess code.  I added it as instructed & my new website & pages all look good but I'm now getting emails from clients complaining that they can't access their original web links.

After a bit of testing I've discovered that by restoring my original .htaccess file, I can now access my clients' weblinks.  However, it's now broken a couple of my new website pages.

Here's my original .htaccess file (which breaks a couple of my new website pages):
Options -Indexes
AddHandler fcgid-script .php
FCGIWrapper "/dh/cgi-system/php56.cgi" .php

And here's my new .htaccess file (which breaks old client .htm weblinks)
Options -Indexes
AddHandler fcgid-script .php
FCGIWrapper "/dh/cgi-system/php56.cgi" .php

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# | Web fonts access                                                           |
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Allow access from all domains for web fonts

<IfModule mod_headers.c>
    <FilesMatch "\.(eot|font.css|otf|ttc|ttf|woff)$">
        Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*"
    </FilesMatch>
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On

    ############################################################################
    # Edit this section for servers using FastCGI

    # For FastCGI (or seeing the error message 'No input file specified.':
    # add # to the start of the next line
    RewriteBase /

    RewriteCond $0#%{REQUEST_URI} ([^#]*)#(.*)\1$

    # For FastCGI (or seeing the error message 'No input file specified.':
    # add # to the start of the next line and remove # from the line after)
    RewriteRule ^.*$ - [E=BASE:%2]
    #RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [E=BASE:]

    ############################################################################

    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [E=QS:mod_rewrite=on]

    RewriteRule ^([^\/.]*)-single.php$ %{ENV:BASE}single.php?%{ENV:QS}&id=$1 [QSA,L]

    RewriteRule ^([^\/.]*).css$ %{ENV:BASE}index.php?%{ENV:QS}&extension=css&name=$1 [QSA,L]
    RewriteRule ^([^\/.]*).js$ %{ENV:BASE}index.php?%{ENV:QS}&extension=js&name=$1 [QSA,L]
    RewriteRule ^([^\/.]*).gif$ %{ENV:BASE}index.php?%{ENV:QS}&extension=gif&name=$1 [QSA,L]
    RewriteRule ^([^\/.]*).png$ %{ENV:BASE}index.php?%{ENV:QS}&extension=png&name=$1 [QSA,L]
    RewriteRule ^([^\/.]*).jpg$ %{ENV:BASE}index.php?%{ENV:QS}&extension=jpg&name=$1 [QSA,L]

    #RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !mod_rewrite=on
    #RewriteRule ^index.php$ %{ENV:BASE}index.php?%{ENV:QS} [QSA,L]

    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !mod_rewrite=on
    RewriteRule ^mobile.php$ %{ENV:BASE}mobile.php?%{ENV:QS} [QSA,L]

    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !mod_rewrite=on
    RewriteRule ^(.*)download.php %{ENV:BASE}download.php?%{ENV:QS} [QSA,L]
   
    RewriteRule ^$ %{ENV:BASE}index.php?%{ENV:QS} [QSA,L]
   
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ %{ENV:BASE}index.php?%{ENV:QS}&page=$1 [QSA,L]

</IfModule>

Any help much appreciated!
Deirdre

Thanks admint.  That was where I started!  It was only after hours of testing that I reverted to making up stuff!  Well not quite, but I started googling & trying out all the suggestions that I could find.

Rod - don't particularly want to change type.  Just want any shaped bullet point.  For some reason it ain't working.

Cheers
Deirdre

Thanks Rod.

I followed your earlier advice & copied all backlight files to my root website directory, updated backlight site URL etc.  It's all looking good!  I've not fully tested it but so far so good & it was easier than I expected.  So, with a few tweaks & a resolution to the arrow thing it's good to go!

Many thanks as always for your help :-)

Deirdre

Thanks Rod.

I'm not (yet) using redirection so the only thing that changed in my environment since it was working was the upgrade from 1.05 to backlight 1.1.

Regardless, I followed your advice & copied & pasted that code into my .htaccess file in my root www.deirdrelangan.com directory but it hasn't made any difference.  Still, no arrows, just boxes.

I'm surprised that I'm the only one with this issue as I followed the installation instructions to a T!

All the best,
Deirdre

Thanks Ben.  I didn't understand much of that (don't have a web design or html background), but I read it to mean it'll be fixed in next backlight release?  I don't know how to use phplugins but if next backlight version provides instructions I'll be happy to implement.

The difficulty I face with the <textarea> breaking the page editor is that it truncates everything below the offending <textarea></textarea> tags which means I have to keep a back up of the latest page copy so that I can copy & paste it when it fails.  But, I see what you mean - it'll do as a work around until the next release.

Thanks for taking a look at this & proposing to fix in 1.1! 
Deirdre

So, it's taken me all day but finally I found the issue & culprit on my contact form (which is using formmail).

This was causing the problem:
        <tr>
            <td valign="top">
                <strong>Comments or query</strong>
            </td>
            <td valign="top">
                <textarea name="comments" rows="6" cols="40"></textarea>
               
            </td>
        </tr>

All of my other input fields are very similar so I've narrowed the problem down to either the "rows" or the "textarea" elements.  My day here is over so haven't had a chance to research the fix for this but I am just so happy to have found the problem & am sharing in case it helps any of you guys!

:-)
Deirdre

Hi Rod,  For some reason I didn't see the second half of your answer first time around.

Thank you, I do have the Wordpress add-on module but I'm developing add-on fatigue.  This form works fine for me on my old website so I was really hoping to reuse & recycle rather than having to learn about & download a new plugin every time I want to do something slightly different.

I didn't realise backlight would present such a steep learning curve :-(

Many thanks for your help on all of my issues to date :-)  Much appreciated.