Queries about missing folders

I have installed dolphin 6.1.4 twice now, just in case I miss-followed the install instructions the first time. Unfortunately I still have a couple of problems that maybe someone can put me right on. I have searched the forum for similar problems and rectified a few issues, but nothing seems to help with these.

Problem: Logged in or not, when I select Classifieds from home page the url at the bottom of the browser shows 'http://myforum.domain-name/dolphin/ads' and when selected gives a new page with http 404 error, page not found. The apache error log also says, 'File does not exist /data/www/htdocs/dolphin/ads'

This is correct, it doesn't exist and I cannot see it in the downloaded zip file either, so I am confused why it is looking for a file/folder that never existed?

Note: I am not a programmer so I may have missed the obvious.....

Same happens with Photos link, it cant find 'http://myforum.domain-name/dolphin/photo/all/10/1' but then it wont because the folder doesn't exist, nor in the original zip file. Same also applies to videos and music.

I have tried a few ideas like turning off the permalinks, which solved some problems with other links.

I also notice in the apache error log file that when I select members from home page and then click on a member to view, the log file records and error of 'File does not exist: /data/www/htdocs/crossdomain.xml'. I don't see any errors in the browser. The file referred to doesn't exist in htdocs folder, but I cannot see why the program would expect to find it there when I installed dolphin in its own folder off the htdocs folder????  In any event, that files doesn't exist in the dolphin folder either, so I really don't know if it's important or what...

Any advice would be welcome. Thanks.

It sounds as though your .htaccess file is missing or not correct.
The rewrites are not working.

Upload and overwrite a fresh copy from the zip file to the root of your installation.
If that doesn't do it see Permalinks finally working SOLVED
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I had this same issue. Look up the information regarding .htacess files using the search of this site. If you can't find it... PM me and i'll send you what fixed mine.   I'd send it now, but I have to get on the other computer. So just let me know!

Thankyou both for your help. I will try both suggestions and let you know if they sort the problem out.

rumpybumpy,

your answer is correct. the htaccess on the server was not overwritten. and MeganPerry you need to force the file up on the server. this will cure what ails ya.

later,
DosDawg

I did an linux cmp -b against the .htaccess file in my dolphin folder and the one in the zip file. They were both identical, so I will check that link out instead and see if that does the trick. Thanks for help !!

Update:

I made the changes in the above mentioned link and ended up with two files. I think I did everything right. First file called .htaccess in my dolphin folder, not site root folder as in htdocs. Exact contents of that file are now:

Options -MultiViews

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d

RewriteRule .+ - [L]

RewriteRule .* rewrite_name.php [L]

</IfModule>

This file is owned by apache, group apache with rights rw-r--r--

The other file is called rewrite_name.php with same ownerships and rights as above. Exact contents are:

<?php

/***************************************************************************

* Dolphin Web Community Software

* -------------------

* begin : Mon Mar 23 2006

* copyright : (C) 2006 BoonEx Group

* website : http://www.boonex.com

*

*

*

****************************************************************************/

/***************************************************************************

*

* This is a free software; you can modify it under the terms of BoonEx

* Product License Agreement published on BoonEx site at http://www.boonex.com/downloads/license.pdf

* You may not however distribute it for free or/and a fee.

* This notice may not be removed from the source code. You may not also remove any other visible

* reference and links to BoonEx Group as provided in source code.

*

***************************************************************************/

@list($url, $vars) = explode('?', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);

if( $url == '/' )

{

require_once('index.php');

exit;

}

$urlArr = explode('/', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);

$rewriteNick = (strlen(trim($urlArr[count($urlArr) - 1])) ? $urlArr[count($urlArr) - 1] : $urlArr[count($urlArr) - 2]);

if ( !get_magic_quotes_gpc() )

{

$rewriteNick = addslashes($rewriteNick);

}

require_once( "inc/header.inc.php" );

require_once( "{$dir['inc']}db.inc.php" );

$profArr = db_arr( "SELECT `ID` FROM `Profiles` WHERE `NickName` LIKE '{$rewriteNick}' AND `Status` = 'Active'" );

if ($profArr)

{

$_REQUEST['ID'] = $profArr['ID'];

require_once( "{$dir['root']}profile.php" );

exit();

}

else

{

header("Location: {$site['url']}index.php");

}

?>

Anyway, I tried the links mention in first post again and exactly same problems unfortunately. I aslo cleared my internet cache out just in case :) I tried with and without permalinks enabled, whatever they do. I have looked for a user manual for this product without success. The link that takes you there is not valid.

Not sure if it matters, but my dolphin folder is owned by apache with group apache and has rights rwxrwxr--

Apache and mysql are all on my local linux server, so i have easy access etc, no FTP stuff.

By the way, will the fix mentioned above actually work even if the folder the links refer to, like 'http://myforum.domain-name/dolphin/photo/all/10/1' don't actaully exist anyway. Like what creates these folders in the first place.....

I also found the crossdomain.xml file is in a folder called ray, so i just copied it to dolphin folder and also htdocs folder. I dont see any more file missing errors in apache access_log file now. Not sure what this file is or why dolphin is looking in dolphin folder for it.

There are many .htaccess files involved (all are NOT the same) .....  The one we are concerned with in this thread is the .htaccess file in the root of your dolphin installation.

/htdocs/.htaccess         <----------- This file if you installed in the root of the server

/htdocs/yourdirectory/.htaccess   <-- This file if you installed into a directory

Yes it will work for nonexistant links because it rewrites them IF the .htaccess file is in the correct place.

Hope that clears it up for you  ..... 
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This configuration I havent seen in a long time. current htaccess is about 7kb not 500bytes

the rewrite stuff is used for version0002-00003

People have asked you to re-upload the htacess ...once this is done go to admin/settings/permalinks and uncheck all and save.

then prepare an email to your host, include your 7kb htacess and tell him that mod_rewrite needs to work ..it critical for your SEO...If he says it is then simply add

RewriteBase /

alot of times this little trick helps

Lastly if you cant overwrite, please delete htaccess and upload it fresh you MUST make sure its around 7kb first so we know we are using correct one.

<br>

to test if this thing works go back to admin and turn your permalinks back on "check all and save" and go test

Ok, i have tried ALL above suggestions and just tried mrpowless's suggestion to include RewriteBase / in .htaccess file. Below is the exact file contents. The file is 7648 bytes in size BEFORE i added RewriteBase /, or 8kb in windows explorer. So I am using the correct .htaccess file in the correct installation root folder which is called dolphin with the RewriteBase / line included.

Still have the same problems with page not found 404 error and links to folders that do not exist (cant be created) and errors like file or directory not found: /dolphin/groups/category/Politic

Any other ideas? I note in phpinfo that it was compiled with mod_rewrite, how can I double check to make sure it is actually loaded ? You never know, could be something stupid like that.. 

Options -MultiViews

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine on

RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^articles/{0,1}$ articles.php [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^articles/entry/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ articles.php?action=viewarticle&articleUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^articles/entry/{0,1}$ articles.php?action=viewarticle&articleUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^articles/category/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ articles.php?action=viewcategory&articleCatUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^news/{0,1}$ news.php [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^news/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ news.php?newsUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/{0,1}$ blogs.php [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/all/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$ blogs.php?page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/top/{0,1}$ blogs.php?action=top_blogs [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/top/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$ blogs.php?action=top_blogs&page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/top_posts/{0,1}$ blogs.php?action=top_posts [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/tag/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ blogs.php?action=search_by_tag&tagKey=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/tag/{0,1}$ blogs.php?action=search_by_tag&tagKey= [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/posts/([^/.]+)/tag/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ blogs.php?action=search_by_tag&tagKey=$2&ownerName=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/posts/([^/.]+)/category/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ blogs.php?action=show_member_blog&ownerName=$1&categoryUri=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/entry/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ blogs.php?action=show_member_post&postUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/entry/{0,1}$ blogs.php?action=show_member_post&postUri= [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/posts/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ blogs.php?action=show_member_blog&ownerName=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/posts/{0,1}$ blogs.php?action=show_member_blog&ownerName= [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/posts/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$ blogs.php?action=show_member_blog&ownerName=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/posts/([^/.]+)/category/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$ blogs.php?action=show_member_blog&ownerName=$1&categoryUri=$2&page=$4&per_page=$3 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^events/{0,1}$ events.php?show_events=all&action=show [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^events/all/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$ events.php?show_events=all&action=show&page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^events/part/{0,1}$ events.php?show_events=all&action=show [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^events/search/{0,1}$ events.php?action=search [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^events/search/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ events.php?action=search_by_tag&tagKey=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^events/my/{0,1}$ events.php?action=show&show_events=my [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^events/new/{0,1}$ events.php?action=new [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^events/entry/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ events.php?action=show_info&eventUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^events/part/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ events.php?action=show_part&eventUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^ads/{0,1}$ classifieds.php?Browse=1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^ads/search/{0,1}$ classifieds.php?SearchForm=1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^ads/my/{0,1}$ classifiedsmy.php?MyAds=1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^ads/new/{0,1}$ classifiedsmy.php?PostAd=1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^ads/cat/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ classifieds.php?catUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^ads/all/cat/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ classifieds.php?catUri=$3&page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^ads/subcat/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ classifieds.php?scatUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^ads/all/subcat/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ classifieds.php?scatUri=$3&page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^ads/entry/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ classifieds.php?entryUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^ads/tag/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ classifieds_tags.php?tag=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^photo/all/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$ browsePhoto.php?page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^photo/gallery_top/{0,1}$ browsePhoto.php?rate=top [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^photo/gallery_top/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$ browsePhoto.php?rate=top&page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^photo/gallery_top/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$ browsePhoto.php?rate=top&page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^photo/gallery_tag/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$ browsePhoto.php?tag=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^photo/gallery_tag/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/$ browsePhoto.php?tag=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^photo/gallery_tag/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ browsePhoto.php?tag=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^photo/gallery/all/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)$ browsePhoto.php?ownerName=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^photo/gallery/all/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/$ browsePhoto.php?ownerName=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^photo/gallery/all/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ browsePhoto.php?ownerName=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^photo/gallery/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ viewPhoto.php?fileUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^photo/gallery/{0,1}$ viewPhoto.php?fileUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^music/all/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$ browseMusic.php?page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^music/gallery_top/{0,1}$ browseMusic.php?rate=top [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^music/gallery_top/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$ browseMusic.php?rate=top&page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^music/gallery_top/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$ browseMusic.php?rate=top&page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^music/gallery_tag/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$ browseMusic.php?tag=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^music/gallery_tag/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/$ browseMusic.php?tag=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^music/gallery_tag/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ browseMusic.php?tag=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^music/gallery/all/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)$ browseMusic.php?ownerName=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^music/gallery/all/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/$ browseMusic.php?ownerName=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^music/gallery/all/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ browseMusic.php?ownerName=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^music/gallery/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ viewMusic.php?fileUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^music/gallery/{0,1}$ viewMusic.php?fileUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^video/all/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$ browseVideo.php?page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^video/gallery_top/{0,1}$ browseVideo.php?rate=top [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^video/gallery_top/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$ browseVideo.php?rate=top&page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^video/gallery_top/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$ browseVideo.php?rate=top&page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^video/gallery_tag/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$ browseVideo.php?tag=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^video/gallery_tag/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/$ browseVideo.php?tag=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^video/gallery_tag/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ browseVideo.php?tag=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^video/gallery/all/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)$ browseVideo.php?ownerName=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^video/gallery/all/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/$ browseVideo.php?ownerName=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^video/gallery/all/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ browseVideo.php?ownerName=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^video/gallery/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ viewVideo.php?fileUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^video/gallery/{0,1}$ viewVideo.php?fileUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^groups/all/{0,1}$ grp.php [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^groups/entry/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ grp.php?action=group&groupUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^groups/category/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ grp.php?action=categ&categUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^groups/keyword/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ grp.php?action=categ&keyword=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^search/tag/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ search.php?Tags=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d

RewriteRule .+ - [L]

RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z0-9_-]+)$ profile.php?ID=$1 [QSA,L]

</IfModule>

To satisfy yourself that .htaccess is working add the following line right after RewriteEngine on:
RewriteRule ^google.html$ http://google.com [L]
then enter http://yoursite/google.html in browser and if you go to google it works  ..... 
(remove after testing)


I also notice in the apache error log file that when I select members from home page and then click on a member to view, the log file records and error of 'File does not exist: /data/www/htdocs/crossdomain.xml'. I don't see any errors in the browser. The file referred to doesn't exist in htdocs folder, but I cannot see why the program would expect to find it there when I installed dolphin in its own folder off the htdocs folder???? I just noticed that the above highlighted in red logically specifies your problem and leads to the solution  ..... 

You specified the web root (/) in install  ..... 

Open the /inc/header.inc.php file and find the line a few lines down:
$site['url']               = "http://www.yoursite/";
and change it to
$site['url']               = "http://www.yoursite/dolphin/";

Then save and check'r out  .....  (and smile)
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Hello Sammie,

Your right it is a home setup. I'm using Slackware Linux v 11. I have installed phpbb2 and ikonboard and a few other forums etc which after some work ended up ok, so I think the server maybe be ok. Mind you, they dont use this rewriterule functionality. I did a phpinfo and it met all the dolphin requirements including file and folder attributes. I'm using PHP Vers 5.2.5, apache 1.3.37. mysql v 5.0.24a in safemode. I'm sure this will end up being something silly that I have done. On that subject I am about to try out what RumpyBumpy has just suggested because that would be a classic case of me not concentrating on what I am doing .

If she is right I come back begging for forgiveness hehe. Wish me luck and thankyou both for your help.

Hi RumpyBumpy,

I checked the  $site['url']  = http://www.yoursite/dolphin/; in the header file and that is exactly how it has been setup. So unfortunatley that one is out of the window. I had my hopes set on that one hehe.

So I am staring to move towards Sammies server misconfig maybe. Mainly because I tried your suggestion of doing that RewriteRule ^google.html$ http://google.com [L] line and it came back with 404 page not found :(. Still, it may highlight a configuration problem with this mod_rewrite module. Problem is, I have little idea where to even begin on this. I was hoping that maybe there was some variable or command that couuld check to see if this mod_rewrite is enabled and running, or a simple way of loading it to be sure then trying it out. In phpinfo under the apache section, it shows Loaded Modules mod_rewrite amongst loads of others. So would that suggest it is loaded?? If it does, then I'm lost again. What's new lol.  

there is a file that you need to edit, httpd i think is the name of it, it is the config file for php, open that file if you can find it, and search for mod_rewrite you will most likely find it #mod_rewrite this is commented out, this can be uncommented, and should restart apache, and see if you get any joy from that.

Drat! When I reread your post I was almost certain that was the problem (logical anyway) .....  o well  .....

You're looking for the httpd.conf file which usually hangs out in /etc/httpd/conf/  .....

 Hi Sammie,

I was thinking the same thing about apache version and am looking in to upgrading to vers 2.0, maybe 2.2. But instinct tells me that I will be walking into a mine field of problems when I do, so I have another idea first.

I know what you mean about the site growing and the limitations of a 1/2mb upstream and 8mb downstream will lead to. My main interest at the moment was trying it out from a functionality and configerability point of view. So far I like what I see. I have tried phpbb2 which really impresses me from a forum point of view, and it seems it might work in dolphin to. Orca seems to be very flexible to and that appeals to me. I have yet to use it properly, as with setting up groups etc, but I will get there in time. My ultimate aim is to have a simple to use and administer system that small groups of people can use for free. I have a small community of online game players for example who cant afford the costs of hosting a forum and website etc who would really benefit from something like dolphin. The upstream useage would be small, but that is just one example of its possible use.  I have other ideas for small interest groups of people who would also benefit.  

Now you have given me an idea which I hadn't even thought off. My ISP package comes with 55mb website, or was 55mb, might be more now, which I have never even made use of yet. I use url redirects to my local server at the moment, but as you say, its not ideal and wont be of much use if my dolphin community grows too much. So I recon it's time to try it out with dolphin and see if it works there. If it does then it's my server config. I have given it a url http://freegroups.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ now, so time to do some ftp and stuff. Fingures crossed...

If anyone knows weather dolphin should work with apache 1.3.37 i would be interested. Same me the headache of upgrading and walking into loads more problems.

Thanks again Sammi, take care...

If it doesn't I will take you up on your very kind offer of one months free hosting just to give me a chance to try it out properly. That's really sweet of you Sammie and thanks very much for your offer.

Yes, it's in httpd.conf and has two parts, AddModule and LoadModule, both exist for rewrite and are not commented out. Cant see any such entries in php.ini file. Thanks for sugestion.

Hehe, me to. I was really hoping that was the solution. Nice try thanks..

I doubt VERY seriously that you can get anywhere with a free ISP account  ..... 

You would be better off taking sammie up  ..... 

If you persist, put a phpinfo on it, check it and save your time  ..... 
and check all the other Dolphin Technical requirements as well  ..... 

I think I got it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

.... but I am not shure, why.

1) I had the same problem like the TO.

2) I did Everything what was told could be a solution. but it didn't work.

Just to xplain, the dolphin system i work on actually is on my own platform, so I am my own Host.

I have got Linux, set up the Webfiles under a subdirectory from /var/www/

so what at least worked were these two steps, but I am not shure, which one was the crucial one::

I copied the new .htaccess in the servers root file as well as in the dolphins root file.

Then i chown'ed it to www-data

but it still didn't work

Then it hit me and I took alook at the links in the navigation menu builder and there were weird links in, which didn't occur on the live-system where I am working on in the web.

It looked like

browseVideo.php|viewVideo.php

...

I erased the vertical line (pipe??--weird) and the viewVideo.php

and then it worked fine!!

...and then (during writing this text) i made it backwards and added the vertcal line and the viewVideo.php.

...and it still worked fine.........

so my conclusion is that it should be a new .htaccess and the rights must be set correctly and the owner must be the server (in my case apache 1.3)

so, except of orca everything works fine.

I spent the whole day to fix it .... I am glad.

THX to all who posted nicely and were patient.

Pilaster

P.S.: The orca-problem is solved now.

I am a little bit proud of myself;-)

set up a complete server, mysql server and dolphin within 2 and a half, no three days....

I am exhausted but sooooooooooooo exited about dolphin et al.

WOAW!! THX to Boonex and a gratis tip for all who are desperate:

Be calm and search through the forum with patience amd you will suxxeed!

Love that tip about recompiling the menu to make the permalinks take effect. Talk about not being obvious! That fixed something that was bugging me forever. THANK YOU.

Also, for anyone else that has problems with "Category" permalinks...for blogs, articles, and groups make sure there is a valid Uri entry in the respective category tables in mysql (GroupsCateg for example).

I was wondering why my category links weren't working until i found out there was no data in the table... duh.

1 step closer to dolphin perfection... ya right...:P

Peace

Well, guess what, I found the problem in the end. I was reading through the rewrite module documentation and read two lines of text saying:

"Allowoverride All and FileInfo enables .htaccess file and all ISAPI_Rewrite directives in it. None disables all .htaccess files and directives. This directive is inheritable. This means if you specify AllowOverride none for some directory or virtual host .htaccess files will also be disabled for all subdirectories."

So I looked in my httpd.conf (apache config file) for the Allowoverride directive and found it set to None by default. So I changed it ALL, restarted apache and now it all works fine. 

So, Sammy was right about the server config being the most likely cause.

Below is the text from my httpd.conf file which I changed from None to ALL for anyone else who may have the same problem.

#

# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.

# It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:

# Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit Indexes

AllowOverride All <--------- Was set to None

So I'm a happy bunny now.

Hey Guys, it's actually a pretty easy situation...  The root .htaccess usually doesn't get uploaded for example when someone uses Dreamweaver or another FTP upload because when you select your files to upload, you don't select the .htaccess file cause you can't see it :)

Therefore all you need to do is get your original Dolphin folder, delete everything you can see and move that folder to your FTP or Dreamweaver local site/folder.  Once you've done that turn on "show hidden files" (little options button on the top right of your file viewer in Dreamweaver) or usually in the view menu.

Reupload the .htaccess file and your golden!