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Simple as it should be? - CMS Made Simple<\/h1>\n

Setup Pretty URLs also known as Search Engine Friendly or SEF URLS<\/h2>\n

If anything is not simple then it is a CMS system. No, also the so called simple ones often are just simple for a very specific simple task. And the lack of good and ready-to-use documentation does it's job to be not as simple as it could be.<\/p>\n

Step 1: Pre Condition<\/h3>\n

Your site is up and running and CMS is installed in a subfolder like so: http:\/\/www.DOMAIN.xyz\/cms\/<\/p>\n

The default setup for not-so-pretty URL's is as follows:<\/p>\n

Links:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.DOMAIN.xyz\/cms\/ - main site entry point<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.DOMAIN.xyz\/cms\/index.php?page=download -\u00a0 sub menu \"download\"<\/p>\n

But I just want: http:\/\/www.DOMAIN.xyz\/cms\/download<\/p>\n

So remove the ugly \"index.php?page=\" thing.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Step 2: Setup config.php for \"mod_rewrite<\/strong>\" pretty urls first<\/h3>\n

Edit \/cms\/config.php on your server via FTP.<\/p>\n

It should read like so after editing:<\/p>\n

I added<\/p>\n

$config['url_rewriting'] = 'mod_rewrite';\u00a0 # internal mod_rewrite<\/strong>
\n$config['internal_pretty_urls'] = true;<\/strong>
\n$config['use_hierarchy'] = true;<\/strong><\/p>\n

at the end.<\/p>\n

<?php
\n# CMS Made Simple Configuration File
\n# Documentation: \/doc\/CMSMS_config_reference.pdf
\n#
\n$config['dbms'] = 'mysqli';
\n$config['db_hostname'] = 'localhost';
\n# [some other settings here, omitted]
\n$config['url_rewriting'] = 'mod_rewrite';<\/strong>
\n$config['internal_pretty_urls'] = true;<\/strong>
\n$config['use_hierarchy'] = true;<\/strong>
\n?><\/p>\n

Now, the links should read:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.DOMAIN.xyz\/cms\/download<\/p>\n

So this killed the \"index.php?page=\" thing.<\/p>\n

But sill http:\/\/www.DOMAIN.xyz\/cms\/index.php?page=download also works - but because this is not used internally and not for the menu, I think Google search engine will know anything about this...<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Handling special characters<\/h3>\n

Go to Content > content Manager > Navigation, then \"Page URL\" and enter:<\/p>\n

\/videos\/a1-nivel-basico<\/p>\n

This is stupid, but simple. (If someone knows a solution for special characters beyond 7 bits, please let me know.)<\/p>\n

Reload the site on your web browser and the link with special charachters should also work.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Step 3: Add and setup .htaccess.<\/h3>\n

Copy it form .\/docs on your server to\u00a0 your main folder \"\/cms\/htaccess.txt\". Then first edit and then 2nd rename it via FTP to \".htaccess\".<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

#
\n# The following is to enable pretty URLS, only applicable if url_rewriting is set to 'mod_rewrite' in the config.php
\n#
\n<IfModule rewrite_module>
\nRewriteEngine on
\n# If your CMSMS installation is in a subdirectory of your domain, you may need to specify the relative path (from the root of the domain) here.
\n# i.e: RewriteBase \/cmsms
\n RewriteBase \/cms
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

# Rewrites urls in the form of \/parent\/child\/grandchild but only rewrites if the requested URL is not a file or directory.
\nRewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
\nRewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
\nRewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?page=$1 [QSA]
\n<\/IfModule><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

NOTE: This does only ADD the \"index.php?page=\" to a url in the background hidden from any external url access call that does not have the index.php?page= thing in it!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Links:<\/p>\n

Now this works, as before without any .htaccess:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.DOMAIN.xyz\/cms\/download<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.DOMAIN.xyz\/cms\/index.php?page=download\u00a0 -- but never link to this url<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

HINT<\/strong>: You may also need to clear your web browser cache and rebuild the php cache within your CMS!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Site logo and site icons<\/h2>\n

Next thing is icon and site-logo - you have to program and change the template ... there is no user interface for that. Including you have to render and downscale icons.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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