Adding a .htaccess file to the root

The answer was already posted. Just copy the html htaccess file code in the Forum post to a Notepad text doc, save it with name html.htaccess file and upload it to your root / public_html folder and rename it to just .htaccess.

Sorry for the delayed response…

Whoops forgot about that thread completely! Shows how much the whole thing was causing me grief!

The set up is just as you have described it:

In the root folder you refer to in the last paragraph I have index.html installed. So:

My website root: public_folder

1. index.html
2. wordpress folder containing MU installation.

Beside folders for images and css in the public_html folder that’s it.

I hope that makes sense…

Chris

Ok great then you would use the html version of the of the HTML htaccess file posted in the Forum here >>> https://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/bps-html-htaccess-file-for-html-websites-or-subfolders/

Hi yes,

That’s what I had been doing but it was causing the server error….

500 Internal Error….

I’m using Mac so use Text Edit…

I’m still not clear however if something should be configured within the script?

Chris

You need to use Notepad or an equivalent text editor that saves in ASCII format. If you do not use a text editor that saves in ASCII then you will get 500 errors because there will be hidden formatting added to the file that you create.

Hi

I use text editor in plain text format – UTF-8 – which I believe is correct…Still returning the same error…

I’ll keep trying – if it should just work copy and pasting the text then it must be something I’m doing wrong – I’ll try uploading it with via different FTP clients, maybe via cPanel.

Thanks once again, and have a great weekend…

Chris