I have a joomla 2.5 site that I have upgraded, using the step by step process provided at Joomla.org to Joomla 3.8.13
The 2.5 site had Admintools Pro installed and after upgrade, I brought all akeeba products, as well as other components up to latest version.
I then backed up the 3.8 version up and moved it from a XAMPP server to the public server where the functional 2.5 version is hosted. The two are installed in folders beside each other, not nested in one another.
I am using a sub domain to access the new 3.8 version.
All things seem to be working except for two things.
When I turn on Frontend protection in the admintools htaccess maker, it kills the front end and I get a 403 error: Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /index.php on this server.
Secondly, URL rewriting is not working in the Joomla configuration file. If I turn it on, none of the menu links work.
It doesn't work even if I just use the standard default joomla htaccess file, in stead of the admintools htaccess file.
I am sure that mod_rewrite is on as the URL rewriting is working on the J2.5 site on this server.
I think these two problems are related, but not sure how, so I don't know what to tell my host to change, or how to further trouble shoot this.
I would appreciate any insight you might be able to provide.
Thanks
Eric
The 2.5 site had Admintools Pro installed and after upgrade, I brought all akeeba products, as well as other components up to latest version.
I then backed up the 3.8 version up and moved it from a XAMPP server to the public server where the functional 2.5 version is hosted. The two are installed in folders beside each other, not nested in one another.
I am using a sub domain to access the new 3.8 version.
All things seem to be working except for two things.
When I turn on Frontend protection in the admintools htaccess maker, it kills the front end and I get a 403 error: Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /index.php on this server.
Secondly, URL rewriting is not working in the Joomla configuration file. If I turn it on, none of the menu links work.
It doesn't work even if I just use the standard default joomla htaccess file, in stead of the admintools htaccess file.
I am sure that mod_rewrite is on as the URL rewriting is working on the J2.5 site on this server.
I think these two problems are related, but not sure how, so I don't know what to tell my host to change, or how to further trouble shoot this.
I would appreciate any insight you might be able to provide.
Thanks
Eric
