Feb 2, 2008
No Mod-Rewrite? Want permalinks minus the ‘index-php’?
Some breaking news.
Check my permalinks and you will see that there is no ‘index.php‘ in site even though I can’t use Mod_Rewrite. No more ugly ‘Index.php’ in my URL’s.
As you may or may not be aware, when using hosting that does not accommodate Mod_Rewrite, you can have ‘almost friendly permalinks‘, but the downside is that the ‘index.php’ is included in the URL.
There are several ways to get around this, not all of them seem to work effectively.
My hosting company, gladly took on the task of seeing if a solution could be found.
And here we are. It’s in testing at the moment, but if there are no side-affects, then this will be made available via this Blog.
If you are interested in this fix, please leave a comment.
6 comments ↓
This sounds like just the thing I’m looking for good luck!
Hi Kelly
Yeah, sounds good doesn’t it. It seems to be working OK at the moment, not causing any issues so far as we can see.
However, the solution appears to be at Server level, rather than being a plugin, or code change.
As my Host says:
“The server add-on emulates mod_rewrite functionality specifically for WP so it cannot be used with other blogs that need rewrite functionality.
It’s an ISAPI filter specifically for WP url rewriting, it plugs in to IIS (the web server software) at a low-ish level to perform the rewrite. The control panel (ie, the control panel you use to access your ftp sever with yout particular host) doesn’t support the ability to install this filter so in the first instance it will have to be requested for manual installation on a per virtual server (eg. domain) basis.”
But he says writing a plugin is possible, but only if there is suitable demand.
So right now, it seems you would need to get your host to apply this ‘change’ at server level until a client side solution is written.
Keep in contact Kelly as I will be posting updates to this on my Blog.
Graham
ImJustCreative
“On: Creativity within Life”
I wonder if this solution will work on a Zeus server which does not support the Apache mod_rewrite. Please keep us updated on your findings.
Hi Jay
Im not sure about a Zeus.
I posted a update to this just a few days ago incase you missed it.
Not being familiar with servers myself I couldn’t help you, but there are other resources out there to do with this.
My host has a F&QM on this.
Also, the chap who initially developed this server filter is here.
So my initial hope of it being client side was dashed, obviously it’s too much of issue. But if you have a decent host, or you know what to do with the information I have provided, hopefully you can do something with it.
Graham
wow would u please tell me how to do that ?
Wow wow. I wanna know
mail me if you give the code out.
thanks a BILLION !!!
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