google tap and 404 page error

Nuke Cadet Joined: Jul 06, 2003 Posts: 2

Hello!

I have a problem with google tap , when i am trying to go to the topics ,
web links or download section , i am getting the 404 page error .
The links r in html (mysite.xxx/download.html etc.) . I dont have this
problem with the forums section nor i haven`t got the html end of file .
(which solve the problem ).

I saw in another topic that the problem could be mod_rewrite?! i tried to
look it up in the phpinfo ( i am using LYCOS SERVER) and i didnt find any
apache info or mod info.

is lycos using this mod?!how can i tell?
my site is in hebrew so i dont publish the link.
google tap support another language?

thanks/

Nuke Cops Founder Joined: Nov 14, 2002 Posts: 5939

Yes you need mod_rewrite built into your Apache.

Nuke Cadet Joined: Jul 06, 2003 Posts: 2

Ok how can i tell if mod_rewrite is enable on my server?phpinfo doesnt

work.

Lieutenant Joined: May 08, 2003 Posts: 159

Is there a way i can check if mod_rewrite is enabled on my server? Or do i have to email my WebHost and ask them??

I am using IPOWERWEB so if anyone else has got this to work on that host please let me know..

thanks for any help!!

Nuke Soldier Joined: Jun 24, 2003 Posts: 26

I'm using a trial acccount from flexihostings.net to see if I can get googletap to work too, as my current host doesn't allow mod_rewrite to work in the .htaccess files (I get server error 500 if I try it). As I'm looking to change hosts that will allow nuke w/googletap to work properly.

With the trial from flexihostings I installed the NC5 beta with googletap, I don't get the server errors, but get the 404 messages when using the archives, downloads and various other links.

I checked the php info, and it shows the mod_rewrite module loaded for Apache.
How can we tell if it was built into apache, or whatever the term is when it is not working properly?

Nuke Cops Founder Joined: Nov 14, 2002 Posts: 5939

Hi folks.. basically you need two things for .htaccess to work right:

mod_rewrite
AllowOverride All

The first is compiled into Apache, the second is a setting within httpd.conf.

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2003 12:37 am

Hi,

@ Craigster... My site is hosted with Flexihostings and I've had no problem using Googletap at all Smile

Checked my access logs this morning and found that the googlebot has visited in the night and found every download, news post and forum post so I'm a happy chap! lol!

Cheers, Paul K

Nuke Soldier Joined: Jun 24, 2003 Posts: 26

Thanks for the info Paul.
I'll go ahead and look into setting up a real account with them, i figure it's something with the trial server config, since it is just a 3 day thing they let you sign up for, and may not have the servers fully setup like they do for the regular production servers.