Web developing, Htaccess

patrickv · Mar 18, 2011

Hello all, new user here, first post, but obviously not a new user to forums

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This question may be dumb but at the same time many people would want to know the answer. Now I know OsX tends to hide files that begins with ".". I'm a web designer beginner web designer and I have a problem. Having switched from winderz, my htaccess file cannot be seen, therefore I cannot click links on my local websites will fail to work.

Is there "any" way that the htaccess can be like given an exclusion, or maybe in xammp, apache can parse the curse thing ?

cheers guys

thanks

chscag · Mar 18, 2011

Moved to proper forum and edited your title for clarity.

vansmith · Mar 18, 2011

It will still be read by Apache if it's hidden - the fact that you can't see it doesn't mean that Apache cannot. If you need to open it, open up a Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/) and type the following:

Code:

open -a <editor name> <location of file>

So, if I wanted to open up a file on my desktop named ".test.txt" in TextEdit, I would execute the following:

Code:

open -a TextEdit ~/Desktop/.test.txt

patrickv · Mar 19, 2011

vansmith said:
It will still be read by Apache if it's hidden - the fact that you can't see it doesn't mean that Apache cannot. If you need to open it, open up a Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/) and type the following:

Code:

open -a <editor name> <location of file>

So, if I wanted to open up a file on my desktop named ".test.txt" in TextEdit, I would execute the following:

Code:

open -a TextEdit ~/Desktop/.test.txt

Thanks man will try that.

cheers

patrickv · Mar 19, 2011

Vansmith, tried the fix, that works, i mean the editing, but oddly enough, I get the following

with a link on the local site, i have defined in the htaccess that link.html --> link.

The module is loaded though

vansmith · Mar 19, 2011

Have you restarted Apache? None of the settings in the htaccess file will take effect until you restart Apache. Execute the following:

Code:

sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl restart

As noted by their philosophy:

MAMP was created primarily as a PHP development environment for Macintosh computer and should therefore not be used as Live Webserver for the Internet.

If you're only learning web development and you don't have any intention of actually "going live" (making the pages accessible over the internet), you might want to look into MAMP. You might feel comfortable with that, especially if you're new.

kpmedia · Mar 19, 2011

Are you positive that you .htaccess syntax is correct?

Maybe we should look at that, too?

patrickv · Mar 20, 2011

vansmith said:
Have you restarted Apache? None of the settings in the htaccess file will take effect until you restart Apache. Execute the following:

Code:

sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl restart

As noted by their philosophy:If you're only learning web development and you don't have any intention of actually "going live" (making the pages accessible over the internet), you might want to look into MAMP. You might feel comfortable with that, especially if you're new.

I did actually, via the Xampp controls not via terminal. I even restarted the laptop. The file is local for development, but will go live when done.

kpmedia said:
Are you positive that you .htaccess syntax is correct?

Maybe we should look at that, too?

The syntax in the htaccess file is

RewriteRule ^about$ about.html

This is only a sample but works on windows

kpmedia · Mar 20, 2011

Did you enable htaccess in the httpd.conf? (i.e., allowoverride)
Not just mod_rewrite.

Apache Core Features

I prefer to dev with MAMP.

patrickv · Mar 20, 2011

kpmedia said:
Did you enable htaccess in the httpd.conf? (i.e., allowoverride)
Not just mod_rewrite.

Apache Core Features

I prefer to dev with MAMP.

hey kpmedia, I sorted out the issue, that was because i wasn't working in the xampp htdocs directory. I was actually working in the "sites" folder located in my home directory. It works now. I guess sometimes being stupid is fun !! lol

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