Htaccess Mahem

[SpectrumFire]

Installed a little script on two of my sites that asked me to create an htaccess file as follows:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !\.html?$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !\.php$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} admin.php$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} install.php$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} /$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} addrecords.php$
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [S=1]
RewriteRule . cloak/loader.php [L]

The first site, www.dragonflyfringe.com now shows 404 errors when it tries to load html pages. Php pages seem fine.

The second site www.rossis-pizza.com doesn't even load at all, says it's looking for /cloak/loader.php.

I know this has to do with that last rule ( RewriteRule . cloak/loader.php [L] ) and possibly the others but I'm unsure how to undo the disaster!

Could somebody with some htaccess savv write me an undo-er file or even just point me to a page that would teach me? Time's of the essence because both sites are basically MIA right now. Help!!

[philpeterman]

Here's the link that pretty much tells you everything you ever wanted to know about .htaccess http://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/howto/htaccess.html but where you probably want to start is here http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html

first off, do you have the ability to server https pages? Also, have you checked the error logs for the sites? That should give you some insight. Hope you get it worked out.

[philpeterman]

Oh, you can also just mv .htaccess .htaccess_wonked to remove the rewrites and all should be well with the world, except of course that the script won't work.

[SpectrumFire]

One down, one to go!

Uploaded a blank .htaccess to rossis-pizza.com and fixed that one. Thanks for the idea phil!

Dragonflyfringe.com is still totally broken after doing the same thing though :/

Anyone with insights on this?

[SpectrumFire]

I just don't have time to learn the syntax... I'm willing to paypal somebody who can un-rewrite my htaccess for me.

Probably the easiest money you'll ever make!

[opifex]

If you aren't willing to take the time to learn.... just comment out what you don't need with a hash (#) or if you don't need any of it just rename or delete the file.
So easy that even a "developer" can do it.