Remove querystrings from URLs

nicepaul

I have URLs like this:
http://www.video125.co.uk/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/552

Shorter URLs work, but because internally Vanilla is linking to the longer URLs, these will never actually be used:
http://www.video125.co.uk/forum/discussion/552

How do I get Vanilla to use the cruft-free URLs when linking to discussions etc?

thanks,
Paul

x00

$Configuration['Garden']['RewriteUrls'] = TRUE;

.htaccess just handles the redirect, they don't don't tell vanilla to use friendly urls.

x00

which sets that for you.

nicepaul

I found an option in the Formatting plugin to 'use pretty URLs'.

Kasper

...for this to work out of the the box, you'll need to include the .htaccess file in your installation too. You can't see it unless you've enabled viewing hidden files though. I think this is a common error :-)

nicepaul

I had included the .htaccess file. In fact, the latest version of Vanilla won't let you get past the setup screen without it.

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nicepaul said:
I had included the .htaccess file. In fact, the latest version of Vanilla won't let you get past the setup screen without it.

Which version are you referring to by, latest version ?

nicepaul

The version I downloaded from the website yesterday. 2.0.18.4

x00

$Configuration['Garden']['RewriteUrls'] = TRUE;

.htaccess just handles the redirect, they don't don't tell vanilla to use friendly urls.

nicepaul

As I mentioned above, I fixed this using an option in the Formatting plugin to 'use pretty URLs'.

thanks,
Paul

x00

which sets that for you.