Is an APACHE service required for the Admin Tools URL redirection to actually redirect? Would the redirect work with other web services such as lighttpd?
#9698 URL Redirection
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Latest post by nicholas on Wednesday, 17 November 2010 21:10 CST
Wednesday, 17 November 2010 01:26 CST
kostalasa
Wednesday, 17 November 2010 01:42 CST
nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
The URL redirection will work on any server, including Apache, Lighttpd and IIS. The trick is that we are not using .htaccess redirection. Instead, we are using a custom router written in PHP which runs when Joomla! loads. This allows for a universal cross-platform, cross-server solution :)
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
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Wednesday, 17 November 2010 01:47 CST
kostalasa
So I assume I have to restart the web service in order to re-load Joomla for the redirect to work? It is certainly not working at this moment :(
Wednesday, 17 November 2010 03:45 CST
kostalasa
nicholas whatever I do the redirection fails. Is there a way for me to check whether the routing really operates? I urgently need to create a couple of ridirects. Please Help.
Wednesday, 17 November 2010 04:37 CST
nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
First make sure that the "System - Admin Tools" plugin is published and that it is in front of other plugins. If unsure, go to the plugins manager and set the order of this plugin to -1000000 and publish it. This should be enough to get the redirections working. Most likely, you have another router plugin loaded before the Admin Tools system plugin (e.g. your SEF component, or Joom!Fish), which causes the redirections to not work, as the URLs are intercepted by the other plugin.
If this doesn't help, send me a PM telling me which is the exact source and destination URL you tried entering to the URL Redirect feature, in case there is a problem there.
If this doesn't help, send me a PM telling me which is the exact source and destination URL you tried entering to the URL Redirect feature, in case there is a problem there.
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!
Wednesday, 17 November 2010 18:21 CST
kostalasa
Actually I moved into an Apache service and the redirection in now operational. Thanks.
Wednesday, 17 November 2010 21:10 CST
nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
You're welcome
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!