Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions G+ community.
Jim Munro: Hi ;João, you are welcome here. :)<br /><br />I am not an expert and hopefully someone skilled will pick this up but one thing you might verify in the meantime is whether the mod_rewrite module is installed on the remote server.<br /><br />Also, your .htaccess files , are they the same on both servers?
William Gomes: Bom Dia ;es Tuga?<br /><br />Your rule should look something like this right?<br />RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f<br />RewriteRule !.*\.php$ %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php [L, QSA]<br /><br />Also is mod_rewrite turned on, on your remote server? Thats probably the problem.
Matthew Stuart: Read this...<br /><br /><br /><br />I think the php needs to be there unless you have got a .htaccess file with mod rewrite activated, so the above link should help you. However, I have followed this a few times, and not once did I manage to get it to work... and in a few instances, I actually shut my website down :D but you just remove the .htaccess file to bring it back.<br /><br />Best of luck if you're trying this for the first time, it has been my nemesis for years!
Jo�o Soares: ;<br />Yes, the .htaccess it's the same on local and remote server<br />probably it's the mod_rewrite on remote server
Jo�o Soares: ;Sim sou :)<br />o meu .htaccess está assim:<br /><br />RewriteEngine on ;<br />RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d ;<br />RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f ;<br />RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php<br /><br />Em servidor local funciona optimamente, no servidor remoto se procurar por exemplo:<br /><br /> ;<br /><br />Dá erro, diz que o ficheiro hi.php não está no servidor, no entanto ele está lá
Jo�o Soares: ;Thanks for your answer, yes, i'm trying this for the first time.<br />Probably it's the mod_rewrite tha's disabled on remote server but I'll check your post.<br />Thanks
W.E. Jonk: From the expert panel in this weeks SEO Questions hangout on air on 04:00:00 into the YouTube video:
