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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>These rewrite rules are expressed in the
.htaccess file provided with the drupal distribution, which by default is not
enabled in the apache server. In your apache configuration file (http.conf or
vhost.conf) you need to explicitly allow overrides for the .htaccess file to be
loaded. This is done by including and AllowOverride directive in the apache configuration
file. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I should also point out that depending on
how you extracted and copied your drupal distribution, it’s possible that
the .htaccess file was not copied to your site at at all. This would also make
it so that the clean urls test would fail. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>there
is in fact a .htaccess file in the your drupal sites main directory. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Mod_rewrite
is enabled in your apache configuration file. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
apache configuration relavent to your drupal install includes an Allowoverride
All directive in it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hope that helps. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><br>
Dave<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
support-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Ms. Nancy Wichmann<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, January 27, 2012
9:56 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> support@drupal.org;
tony@tony-mac.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [support] clean urls</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>"Clean
URLs" is done by implementing a rewrite rule that changes the non-domain
portion of the URL into a query string. If you don't have mod_rewrite
installed, then it can't do that.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color="#ff007f" face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Bookman Old Style";color:#FF007F;font-style:italic'>Nancy E.
Wichmann, PMP</span></font></i></b></strong><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>(781)
697-6344</span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=1 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>(temporary
hearing difficulties make the phone a poor first contact)</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Injustice
anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> Tony MAC
<tony@tony-mac.com><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> support@drupal.org <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, January 27, 2012
12:10 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [support] clean urls</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><br>
Could you possibly elaborate?<br>
Thanks for all your responses.<br>
Tony<br>
tony mac is building web sites.<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: "Metzler, David" <<a href="mailto:metzlerd@evergreen.edu"
ymailto="mailto:metzlerd@evergreen.edu">metzlerd@evergreen.edu</a>><br>
Sender: <a href="mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org"
ymailto="mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org">support-bounces@drupal.org</a><br>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:15:33 <br>
To: <<a href="mailto:support@drupal.org" ymailto="mailto:support@drupal.org">support@drupal.org</a>>;
Ms. Nancy Wichmann<<a href="mailto:nan_wich@bellsouth.net"
ymailto="mailto:nan_wich@bellsouth.net">nan_wich@bellsouth.net</a>><br>
Reply-To: <a href="mailto:support@drupal.org"
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Subject: Re: [support] clean urls<br>
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