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So I have a Joomla site (let's call that site A) installed at a root folder, which is still 2.5.28 and I want to work on upgrading it to Joomla 3.3.x. But before I do that I wanted to make a copy of the site in a sub-folder so I can make sure the upgrade will go well before I do it on a live site.

So I used my Akeeba BAckup file and kickstart to "restore" a version of the site in a sub-folder, we'll call that Site B.

So to even get kickstart working I had to add the sub-folder for Site B as an exception in the "Allow direct access, including .php files, to these directories" area of the .htaccess tool. Okay no big deal.

So the restore goes fine and Site B is supposedly up and running. Backend of Site B works fine and the front page of Site B is fine, but if I try to use any link on Site B, such as clicking on an article, I get a 404 error.

Can't seem to figure out why and not sure if the problem is on the Admin Tools for Site A or Site B. I want to get Site B fully functional before I start playing around with upgrade stuff. I could just turn off Admin Tools on both but I'd prefer to have both functional in case of any conflicts.

The first two things to check are:

1. $live_site in configuration.php. Sometimes you need to enter the url to Site B there, including the http:// but not including the trailing /. This problem is usually visible on the front page, so that probably isn't it.
2. Check the RewriteBase in .htaccess. If it isn't commented out (line begins with #) then it must be pointed to the subfolder where your site is located. If you used .htaccess Maker, you need to fix the urls at the bottom of the screen and regenerate the .htaccess file.

The second one is what I've been trying. Problem is that every time I try to change it on Site B instead of changing the Site B .htaccess, it changes the Site A .htaccess and then it breaks Site A instead of fixing Site B