ModX Revo: friendly URLs not working

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This seems to be a common issue but I have tried all the suggestions and none work.

The issue is when I turn on Friendly URLs in ModX Revo all my links get broken (404s). The URLS do appear correct with the alias after them.

Heres what I've tried:

Changing ht.access to .htaccess
Ensuring the correct path is present in MODX_BASE_PATH in the confic.inc.php file
Ensuring all FURL settings in System Settings are ok and correct
Clearing browser and ModX caches

If anyone can suggest something I've missed that would be great! Thanks

have you verified that mod_rewrite is installed and working? — Sean Kimball, Sep 19 '12 at 03:04
take a peek here, though if mod_rewrite was not enabled I would think you would be getting a 500 error when trying to use it. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9021425/how-to-check-if-mod-rewrite-is-enabled-in-php — Sean Kimball, Sep 19 '12 at 13:15
At the top of your .htaccess you should have `RewriteBase /`. If MODX is in a subfolder, change to `RewriteBase /foldername` — okyanet, Sep 20 '12 at 08:35

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 19 '12 at 13:00

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Need some mroe info:

Are you developing locally (WAMP, MAMP..)? If you are make sure that you have mod_rewire enabled in your apache settings. If not make sure it's enabled with your host.

Are you typing the urls in the browser manually (without wayfinder)? (www.yoursite.com/somepage)

answered Sep 19 '12 at 13:00

Jose Browne

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im developing on a live server (Centos LAMP). I have tried acessing the page with wayfinder links, page preview and typing in the URL. – MeltingDog Sep 21 '12 at 00:12
I've also added mod_rewrite as well - no luck – MeltingDog Sep 21 '12 at 03:43
I'm thinking it has to be something with the configuration in the htaccess file.. do you have strict SEO URLs enabled? if you so there is section in that file that needs to be uncommented. I've had many issues like this in the past, but the solution has always been something different. – Jose Browne Sep 21 '12 at 14:27

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 23 '12 at 23:12

OK I set FURL Lowercase Alias's to 'No' in the ModX System Settings and it now works... I do not know why but there you have it...

Perhaps this is because I specified the Resources Alias' before I turned FURLs on and thus they did not actually convert them to lower case

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 04 '14 at 02:16

I realize this is an old question but I just install REVO tonight and had issues with FURLs returning 404 errors after I enabled all the settings. What I DIDN'T do was rename the htaccess. Once I renamed that to .htaccess everything is fine. Stupid mistake made with too little sleep but I thought I should post it in hopes I can save someone some wasted time.

ModX Revo: friendly URLs not working

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