Category Archives: Note to Self

Can’t get mod_rewrite to work in Red Hat?

Posted on by Sean Redmond
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Barcode (detail) by Daniel KulinskiIn an earlier post I pointed out that last little change that you need to make to get Apache’s mod_rewrite working in Ubuntu.

I recently encountered the same thing in Red Hat (well, CentOS) and didn’t remember my own “note to self.” If everything seems right, mod_rewrite is installed and enabled, and you’re sure you understand how to write redirect rules in your .htaccess file, head to /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and change:

AllowOverride None

to

AllowOverride All

Otherwise any other configuration you setup to enable mod_rewrite will be ignored.

Image: Barcode (detail) by Daniel Kulinski

Get Name of Parent Menu Item in Joomla

Posted on by Sean Redmond
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Tiny Tots' MenuHow to get the name of the current page’s parent from the menu (i.e., get the title of the page one level up) in Joomla 1.5:

$menu = JSite::getMenu();
$parent = $menu->getItem($menu->getActive()->parent)->name;

$menu->getActive()->parent returns the id of the parent, which is why you then have to pass that id to $menu->getItem([id])->name. It would be nice to have a parent() function so that you would only need $menu->getActive()->parent()->name, but I quibble.

Photo: University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections, via Flickr Commons

Can’t get mod_rewrite to work in Ubuntu?

Posted on by Sean Redmond
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Barcode (detail) by Daniel KulinskiSetting up Apache in Ubuntu and can’t get mod_rewrite to work? You’re sure the module is enabled and a simple test rewrite rule, that you’re positive is correct, is in your .htaccess file?

Are you using the default configuration that comes in recent versions of Ubuntu, /etc/apache2/sites-available/default, or did you copy it to create your own configuration? One little change may cure all your ills.

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