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Question URL Rewriting Setting turns off my Kunena forum in the front end
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I've installed Kunena 3.0.4 in a Joomla 3.2.1 test site, as detailed in config report, below.
I've carefully followed the SEO optimisation instructions from here
My problem seems to be that when I set "Use URL rewriting" to "Yes" and click the the forum menu item in the front end, I get this messaage:
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
... when I set "Use URL rewriting" to "No" the front end returns to the forum as normal. Should I contact the server administrator, as suggested?
Many thanks for any assistance.
Database collation check: The collation of your table fields are correct
Joomla! SEF: Enabled | Joomla! SEF rewrite: Disabled | FTP layer: Disabled |
This message contains confidential informationhtaccess: Exists | PHP environment: Max execution time: 50000 seconds | Max execution memory: 90M | Max file upload: 40M
Kunena menu details:
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ID Name Menutype Link Path 115 Forum kunenamenu view=home&defaultmenu=117 forum 116 Index kunenamenu view=category&layout=list forum/index 117 Recent Topics kunenamenu view=topics&mode=replies forum/recent 118 New Topic kunenamenu view=topic&layout=create forum/newtopic 119 No Replies kunenamenu view=topics&mode=noreplies forum/noreplies 120 My Topics kunenamenu view=topics&layout=user&mode=default forum/mylatest 121 Profile kunenamenu view=user forum/profile 122 Help kunenamenu view=misc forum/help 123 Search kunenamenu view=search forum/search 124 Forum mainmenu Itemid=115 kunena-2014-01-09
Joomla default template details : protostar | author: Kyle Ledbetter | version: 1.0 | creationdate: Unknown
Kunena default template details : Blue Eagle | author: Kunena Team | version: 3.0.4 | creationdate: 2013-12-22
Kunena version detailed: Kunena 3.0.4 | 2013-12-22 [ Ukko ]
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Kunena config settings: board_offline 0 enablerss 1 threads_per_page 20 messages_per_page 6 messages_per_page_search 15 showhistory 1 historylimit 6 shownew 1 disemoticons 0 template blue_eagle showannouncement 1 avataroncat 0 catimagepath category_images showchildcaticon 1 rtewidth 450 rteheight 300 enableforumjump 1 reportmsg 1 username 1 askemail 0 showemail 0 showuserstats 1 showkarma 1 useredit 1 useredittime 0 useredittimegrace 600 editmarkup 1 allowsubscriptions 1 subscriptionschecked 1 allowfavorites 1 maxsubject 50 maxsig 300 regonly 0 pubwrite 0 floodprotection 0 mailmod 0 mailadmin 0 captcha 0 mailfull 1 allowavatarupload 1 allowavatargallery 1 avatarquality 75 avatarsize 2048 imageheight 800 imagewidth 800 imagesize 150 filetypes txt,rtf,pdf,zip,tar.gz,tgz,tar.bz2 filesize 120 showranking 1 rankimages 1 userlist_rows 30 userlist_online 1 userlist_avatar 1 userlist_name 1 userlist_posts 1 userlist_karma 1 userlist_email 0 userlist_joindate 1 userlist_lastvisitdate 1 userlist_userhits 1 latestcategory showstats 1 showwhoisonline 1 showgenstats 1 showpopuserstats 1 popusercount 5 showpopsubjectstats 1 popsubjectcount 5 usernamechange 0 showspoilertag 1 showvideotag 1 showebaytag 1 trimlongurls 1 trimlongurlsfront 40 trimlongurlsback 20 autoembedyoutube 1 autoembedebay 1 ebaylanguagecode en-us sessiontimeout 1800 highlightcode 0 rss_type topic rss_timelimit month rss_limit 100 rss_included_categories rss_excluded_categories rss_specification rss2.0 rss_allow_html 1 rss_author_format name rss_author_in_title 1 rss_word_count 0 rss_old_titles 1 rss_cache 900 defaultpage recent default_sort asc sef 1 showimgforguest 1 showfileforguest 1 pollnboptions 4 pollallowvoteone 1 pollenabled 1 poppollscount 5 showpoppollstats 1 polltimebtvotes 00:15:00 pollnbvotesbyuser 100 pollresultsuserslist 1 maxpersotext 50 ordering_system mesid post_dateformat ago post_dateformat_hover datetime hide_ip 1 imagetypes jpg,jpeg,gif,png checkmimetypes 1 imagemimetypes image/jpeg,image/jpg,image/gif,image/png imagequality 50 thumbheight 32 thumbwidth 32 hideuserprofileinfo put_empty boxghostmessage 0 userdeletetmessage 0 latestcategory_in 1 topicicons 1 debug 0 catsautosubscribed 0 showbannedreason 0 version_check 1 showthankyou 1 showpopthankyoustats 1 popthankscount 5 mod_see_deleted 0 bbcode_img_secure text listcat_show_moderators 1 lightbox 1 show_list_time 720 show_session_type 0 show_session_starttime 0 userlist_allowed 0 userlist_count_users 1 enable_threaded_layouts 0 category_subscriptions post topic_subscriptions every pubprofile 1 thankyou_max 10 email_recipient_count 0 email_recipient_privacy bcc captcha_post_limit 0 keywords 1 userkeywords 0 image_upload registered file_upload registered topic_layout flat time_to_create_page 1 show_imgfiles_manage_profile 1 hold_newusers_posts 0 hold_guest_posts 0 attachment_limit 8 pickup_category 0 article_display intro send_emails 1 fallback_english 1 cache 1 cache_time 60 iptracking 1 rss_feedburner_url autolink 1 access_component 1 statslink_allowed 1 | Joomla! detailed language files installed:Warning: Spoiler!Kunena - AlphaUserPoints Disabled
Kunena - Community Builder Disabled
Kunena - Gravatar Disabled
Kunena - JomSocial Disabled
Kunena - Joomla Enabled: access=1 login=1
Kunena - Kunena Enabled: avatar=1 profile=1
Kunena - UddeIM Disabled
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Joomla! languages installed: en-GB English (United Kingdom)
Third-party components: None
Third-party SEF components: None
Plugins: None
Modules: None
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Thanks for your reply.
I have renamed the file, yes. However, I don't understand what you mean by 'use it'. The instructions say rename it, so that's all I've done.
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I cannot see anything else from your Kunena configuration report that indicates why you cannot use Joomla's User URL rewriting option with your website unless, perhaps, you are using a third-party SEO "optimiser" product that we're unaware of.
One possible suggestion you might consider is the When all else fails, try this approach to prove that the problems you're having are not caused by your webhosting platform. From the looks of your site, it looks to me that you have a "vanilla-flavoured" Joomla website to begin with.
99% of these kinds of problems are not caused by Kunena but they're caused by the way that people setup Joomla. The Joomla forum has hundreds of topics about how to use Joomla's SEO features. While this may not necessarily be a Kunena problem, the more we know about how you setup Joomla, the better that someone in the community may be able to help you. Pictures of your global settings may provide us with a clue or two.
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As long as you followed the instructions
... to the letter.
perhaps, you are using a third-party SEO "optimiser" product
... no, I'm not.
it looks to me that you have a "vanilla-flavoured" Joomla website
... Yes. It's a test site and I've done nothing but install Joomla and Kunena.
I've also installed joomla using my host's 'click & build' feature, and by uploading the latest version of the zip file. I've done the same with Kunena, i.e. I've used the web-install feature within Joomla and used the 'upload package file' installer. All combinations produce a problem. either the one described above or Kunena simply doesn't show up at all in the front end (even though the 'forum' menu item in Joomla is published).
Thank you for your help, Sozzled.
I hope these attachments work... (PDFs?)
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One thing that I can say, with absolute certainty, is that the URL for your forum is oddly-formed. There should not be any "index.php" in the URL if you are using standard Joomla SEF URLs. You do not see any "index.php" in the URL at this site, do you?
I am looking to see why it is that I never have a problem with Joomla SEO and so many other people do have problems with it. I will post again later on this subject whenI have made some discoveries. Maybe I'm just lucky that I have never had a problem with Joomla SEF URLs in the 300+ Joomla sites I have worked on? (I don't think it's luck, of course; it's all about how one goes about building a Joomla website right from the word "go".). I distrust those one-click Joomla install scripts and I never use them. Maybe there's something in that approach?
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Taking your points in reverse order;
My background as a safety electronics engineer taught me to build good foundations and then add components, testing as you go, so I'm with you on the approach, and that is what I've done. This problem, though, is in the foundations.
I'll take your advice on the one-click install features. Do you also distrust the Joomla web-installer in the Extension Manager?
I look forward to your post when you've done your research. If you remember, could you flag it up for me please?
No, I don't, and I don't see it on my site either. Where do you see that???You do not see any "index.php" in the URL at this site, do you?
I'll download the latest Joomla zip file again from the joomla site and start again from the beginning (for the umpteenth time!).your Joomla menus might be a completely tangled
Thanks again.
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My approach - call it "folklore" if you like - is to install Joomla in the time-honoured "traditional" manner. This means that you take the original Joomla distribution kit, download it to your PC, extract the .ZIP file and then FTP the files thus extracted to your webserver. This means you should also use your cPanel (or other tools provided by your webhost provider) to create the required SQL database, create a SQL username and give that username all privilges necessary to add/update/delete tables. Then it's a straightforward case - or it should be straightforward - to run the initial Joomla installation procedure.Martin-123 wrote: I'll take your advice on the one-click install features.
As far as file/folder permissions are concerned, see Securing Kunena .
After doing that, implement Joomla's SEO as we've talked about before making sure that you've got the [renamed] htaccess.txt file located in the site root folder.
I use the standard Kunena installation procedure described in K 3.0 Installation Guide (watch the video, too).Martin-123 wrote: Do you also distrust the Joomla web-installer in the Extension Manager?
I see the URL in the browser address when I click the "Forum" menu item on your site. In your case it looks like this:Martin-123 wrote: sozzled wrote:
No, I don't, and I don't see it on my site either. Where do you see that???You do not see any "index.php" in the URL at this site, do you?
http://<your-domain-name}/index.php/forum
Strange, isn't it?
A "nicely-formed" Kunena URL should look like this:
http://<your-domain-name}/forum
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Right. That's what I'll do from now on. In fact I'll adopt every procedure and piece of advice from this post. Many thanks, Sozzled. I really appreciate it.install Joomla in the time-honoured "traditional" manner
How did I miss that? Ok, I'll watch out for that when I re-install.I see the URL in the browser address when I click the "Forum" menu item on your site
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