Elgg Not Installing and mod_rewrite Not Working

[jaredjaredjared]

I posted this same message on my friend's account since I couldn't figure out how to make a forum account, but now I have one so:

Is it possible to install Elgg on my website? Whenever I try to, I get the following error:

Not Found

The requested URL /home/jrs/public_html/members/engine/handlers/action_handler.php was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

If anybody has Elgg installed on their site, can you please help me?

Also, I don't think that my mod_rewrite is working. Elgg provides a code that you can implement on your website to see of mod_rewrite is working or not, and when I go to the page that the code is on, it says that mod_rewrite doesn't work. You can try it for yourself at http://jaredstark.exofire.net/testing.php.

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[calistoy]

I looked at your site but the directory engine/ doesn't seem to exist: /home/jrs/public_html/members/engine/handlers/action_handler.php To check my statement, just follow the links from public_html and click on the next director in order from that requested url. There's members/, and then there's no engine/. The only thing in members/ are two directories called f/ and m/

That's why you're getting a 404 Not Found error. You must have installed it in another directory under public_html somewhere or you need to redo it so that it's correctly uploaded.

 

[jaredjaredjared]

Sorry, but I posted the wrong thing in the last post. The error is actually the following:

Not Found

The requested URL /home/jrs/public_html/members/m/engine/handlers/action_handler.php was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

and the URL that it's trying to go to is:

http://jaredstark.exofire.net/members/m/action/systemsettings/install

 

[calistoy]

When I go to your m/ directory, it just shows me the install.php Is this the place you are trying to go to? http://jaredstark.exofire.net/members/m/install.php

 

[jaredjaredjared]

The error occurs after I type in all of the information and click Submit.

Also, did you look at the mod_rewrite thing? That may be causing this problem:

http://jaredstark.exofire.net/testing.php

 

[calistoy]

Is there any difference in http://jaredstark.exofire.net/modrewrite.php from http://jaredstark.exofire.net/testing.php?

One says it works and the other doesn't. Please check your .htaccess file to check your mod_rewrite rules.

 

[jaredjaredjared]

This is what I put into the .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine on 
RewriteRule ^/testing.php$ /modrewrite.php

 

[calistoy]

Is your .htaccess in your public_html directory? If it is, then try:

RewriteRule ^testing\.php$ modrewrite.php

 

[jaredjaredjared]

Oh man, I just deleted my public_html directory. Can I recover it????

 

[masshuu]

There is nothing we can do to recover the public_html directory.

 

[Brandon]

Hello,

No, I have recreated the folder, the files can't be restored.

 

[jaredjaredjared]

Oh. That sucks. Back on topic now, I'll have to try that after I restore everything else that I just so stupidly deleted.

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Oh. That sucks. Back on topic now, I'll have to try that after I re-make everything else that I just so stupidly deleted.

 

[jaredjaredjared]

Is your .htaccess in your public_html directory? If it is, then try:

I tried that and it's still says that mod_rewrite isn't working.

 

[calistoy]

Then try to use Rewrite Base / at the top of everything in your .htaccess.

 

[jaredjaredjared]

There is a space specified in the .htaccess file that elgg supplied that let me do that, but it still didn't work. What about the mod_rewrite issue that my website is having? As asked my friend who also uses your host to do the same tests that I did and it said that it was working on his website.

 

[jaredjaredjared]

Actually, It's working now! Thanks for the help!