[BlueOnyx:02905] Re: SEO, htaccess files, and Joomla on BlueOnyx

[Gerald Waugh]

On Tue, 2009-11-17 at 17:34 -0600, Chuck Tetlow wrote:
> Hi to all BlueX gurus, 
> 
> I've got a web developer driving me crazy.  And I was wondering if
> someone here might have heard of this problem. 
> 
> He's trying to implement some of the Search Engine Optimization
> abilities in Apache.  It calls for a .htaccess file in the root
> directory of the website.  The .htaccess file is supposed to implement
> some RewriteEngine configurations (even though there are already some
> in the vhosts configuration file. 
> 
> But each time he puts a .htaccess file in the root directory of the
> Joomla websites - it breaks the site which responds with a 500 error.
> He claims that no matter what he puts in the .htaccess file - it
> breaks the site. 
> 
> Has anyone run into this problem before?  Or does anyone have
> experience with SEO and the RewriteEngine configurations?? 
> 
> 

provided .htaccess should work although you will need to edit
the /etc/httpd/conf/vhosts/sitex file for the site. 
add an "allowoverride all" statement

something like this

<Directory /home/.sites/28/site1/web>
Options All
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

Gerald