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#11947 I get a blank page or 404 errors when trying to access any page of my site except the home page

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Latest post by nicholas on Thursday, 12 April 2012 06:34 CDT

Wednesday, 11 April 2012 04:19 CDT

user49507
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? Yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? Yes
https://www.akeebabackup.com/documentation/troubleshooter/prbasicts.html
Joomla! version: 1.5.23
PHP version: 5.3.8
MySQL version: 5.1.58
Host: eapps vps
Akeeba Backup version which took the backup: 3.4.3
Kickstart version used to extract the backup: 3.4.1

Description of my issue:
I get a blank page or 404 errors when trying to access any page of my site except the home page.
Joomfish 2.2.1 installed on it.
Restore made on a different server (same directory).

Wednesday, 11 April 2012 07:07 CDT

nicholas
You need to enable mod_rewrite in your web server, as mentioned in the troubleshooter page you linked to, under "ENABLING APACHE'S MOD_REWRITE". Moreover, please double check that you actually have a .htaccess file in your site's root, your web server is Apache (IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd and other servers do not support .htaccess files) and that your host does allow you to use .htaccess files to override server settings. The latter three questions can only be answered by your host.

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!

Thursday, 12 April 2012 05:32 CDT

user49507
Thank you Nicholas,
MOD_REWRITE is active but it does not work within joomla.
Do you have any idea on how to fix it?

Thursday, 12 April 2012 06:34 CDT

nicholas
As I wrote in my previous reply. Let's get the checks one by one:
  1. Do you have a .htaccess file in your site's root? Note: it MUST be named .htaccess, with the dot in front; any other name such as htaccess.txt will not work. Also check its permissions, they should be at least 0444. Lower permissions (e.g. 0600) most likely won't work.
  2. Is your web server Apache? IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd and other servers do not support .htaccess files. If you're not sure, ask your host.
  3. Does your host does allow you to use .htaccess files to override server settings? If unsure ask your host.

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!

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