Comments on: Using WordPress as a CMS - More problems sorted

By: Oleg (CMS developer)

Oleg (CMS developer) — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:34:32 +0000

I think in any mod_rewrite based ’smart url’ cms should be used following approach: if directory or file exists - use it. Otherwise - call appropricate php/perl handler.

something like this:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}/index.html -f
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1/index.html [L]

It is almost you wrote but in more common form.

By: Mats

Mats — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:04:33 +0000

Hi,

This is what I have in my .htaccess and I still get the same 404 page, is there anything else that could be wrong?

# BEGIN WordPress

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/awstats/
RewriteRule .* - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

# END WordPress

By: Glen Barnhardt

Glen Barnhardt — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:49:53 +0000

Howdy Tom,

I have been having this same problem with my blog. I however am on wordpress 2 platform.

I also have tried to add the code you provided and still no go on my site.

I have been searching high and low for a fix for this for about 2 weeks now. I have to put up a dummy .htaccess to view my stats. Not a good solution at all.

Any way thanks for your solution if I find one for mine I will come and put in another comment for your readers.

Sincerely,
Glen Barnhardt

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:31:27 +0000

Hey Tom, I’ve been into this issue for a couple of days now, and the suggestion you have here has also been posted on the WP support site (might have even been you? lol). At any rate, No Go for me on this one If you get a free minute and want to delve deeper into the situation, please let me know, I’d sure appreciate the help! Here’s the basics:

domain.com => root wp install
domain.com/awstats => requires http auth, but was broken by WP Permalinks. I’ve tried every variation of the

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/awstats/
RewriteRule .* - [L]

code as I could come up, to no avail What i’m wondering now is if there’s something in the apache conf that’s conflicting even further… Again, if you have a free moment and want to take a look, say the word

Thanks for a great service to website security!
Scott

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 18:25:49 +0000

Delighted the .htaccess anti-comment-spam advice has been of use Mark,

Tom

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:45:10 +0000

I just want to say THANK YOU for your awesome help with .htaccess.

This is the BEST and easiest solution I’ve found in dealing with the scourge of SPAM our domain has been hit with. We have 16 blogs and after implementing this on my domain, I finally feel secure in upgrading all of them to 1.5 SANS captcha!

Thank you!