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#18362 moving the site to a new folder doesn't update the .htaccess file

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Latest post by nicholas on Friday, 29 November 2013 06:59 CST

Thursday, 28 November 2013 10:55 CST

UglyEoin
 Hi Nicholas,

Sorry to be a bother yet again. I've been trying to speed up Joomla, and I've been testing with and without compressed resources using Admin Tools and I thought I'd try comparing it to others to see if there was any difference.

I ran into a problem when saving the .htaccess file because I've moved my site to a new folder. The .htaccess file still references the old folder, but I don't know how to make admin tools reference the new folder.

Currently I'm just updating the .htaccess file, but I don't know if this is a bug or not. Is there a way to update this? I updated my configuration file but it's not linked to that it would seem.

Cheers,
Eoin

Thursday, 28 November 2013 15:46 CST

nicholas
Of course it doesn't. You have to delete the .htaccess, go to Admin Tools and reconfigure .htaccess Maker (the relevant options are at the bottom).

There is a reason why Akeeba Backup doesn't update .htaccess. The syntax is so convoluted that automatic update is impossible. It's the same reason we have created a .htaccess Maker and why it overwrites the file by regenerating it instead of parsing and changing it.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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Friday, 29 November 2013 06:09 CST

UglyEoin
Ah HA! There it is. I was resaving the .htaccess file, but without changing the parameters it was just making a new problem. Nice one, sorry to have wasted your time. I know I always say that but I really do hate doing it.

Friday, 29 November 2013 06:59 CST

nicholas
No problem! You just needed a small push towards the right direction. If only everyone else asking for support was as easy to help as you :)

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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