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Andrew
Andrew

Reputation: 1849

Page not rewriting in ExpressionEngine

I recently just launched an ExpressionEngine site and one of the last steps I take is removing index.php from the URL. In the case of this site, the default template group is called "site". Long story short, after removing index.php from the URL, all pages continue to work great with the exception of my contact page, which also lives in the "site" template group. Going to http://example.com/contact/ gives me a 404 while going to http://example.com/site/contact produces the desired result. In past ExpressionEngine site setups (including my own) this has never happened, so does anyone have thoughts on why this might not be working?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 894

Answers (2)

lealea
lealea

Reputation: 563

Andrew, this is possibly because of Strict URLs, too. Strict URLs in the template preferences mean that the default template group (in your case, "site") no longer resolves without the need of appending it the template group name (only exception is /index).

Jesse's solution works. In the past I've used Brandon's redirect tomfoolery here: http://pixelandtonic.com/blog/making-pt-structure

Upvotes: 4

Jesse Bunch
Jesse Bunch

Reputation: 6679

The first URL segment always maps to the template group. When there isn't a first URL segment, ExpressionEngine automatically loads the index template in your default template group.

Now, you're getting the 404 because you don't have a contact template group. You can do one of two things here:

  1. Move your site/contact template to contact/index

  2. Redirect /contact to /site/contact using .htaccess or Detour Pro.

Upvotes: 4

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