Install SMF after blog software WordPress MU

[mshao]

SMF Version: SMF 1.1 RC2
Hi,
I have WordPress MU installed and running.  So I downloaded and uploaded SMF to /public_html/smf/.  But when I try to run the install.php in the directory, it tells me the file not found because it tries to find a blog page with this name.  It seems that it has some thing to do with the RewriteRule in the .htaccess file.

Any ideas on how to handle this situation.

Thanks

[Kindred]

disable that rewrite rule in your .htaccess file... otherwise you are going to have issues running with smf at all, let alone installation.

[mshao]

I don't know which specific RewriteRule that causes the problem?  Do you mean that I should turn off the RewriteEngine (in .htaccess, set RewriteEngine off) while installing SMF?  Then turn it back on after SMF installation is done?

Thanks

[Kindred]

no...

the chances are that if it is messing with the install, it will also mess with the proper running of the forum as well.   Post your .htaccess here...

[mshao]

Following is the .htaccess:

Koodi [Valitse] Laajenna


#php_flag register_globals 0
#php_flag display_errors 0
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

# Rewrite www.domain.com to domain.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_http://archexpression.com} ^www\.(.*)
RewriteRule ^(.*)       http://%1/$1 [R,L]

###
#### blogs
###
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/templates/(.*) /wp-inst/wp-content/blogs/$1/templates/$2 [L]

# mshao, 04/19, commented out
#RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/files/(.*)                  /wp-inst/wp-content/blogs.php?file=$1 [L]

#mshao, 04/19, added
RewriteRule ^files/(.*)                  /wp-inst/wp-content/blogs.php?file=$1 [L]


RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/wp-content/blogs/(.*)/files/(.*) /wp-inst/wp-content/blogs.php?file=$3 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/wp-content/themes/(.*) /wp-inst/wp-content/themes/$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^wp-content/themes/(.*) /wp-inst/wp-content/themes/$1 [L]

# rewrite these
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/category/(.*)/page/(.*)/ /wp-inst/index.php?wpblog=$1&category_name=$2&paged=$3 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/category/(.*)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /wp-inst/wp-feed.php?wpblog=$1&category_name=$2&feed=$3 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/category/?(.*) /wp-inst/index.php?wpblog=$1&category_name=$2 [L]

RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/tag/(.*)/page/(.*)/ /wp-inst/index.php?wpblog=$1&category_name=$2&paged=$3 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/tag/(.*)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /wp-inst/wp-feed.php?wpblog=$1&category_name=$2&feed=$3 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/tag/?(.*) /wp-inst/index.php?wpblog=$1&category_name=$2 [L]

RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/author/(.*)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /wp-inst/wp-feed.php?wpblog=$1&author_name=$2&feed=$3 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/author/?(.*) /wp-inst/index.php?wpblog=$1&author_name=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/([0-9]{4})/?([0-9]{1,2})?/?([0-9]{1,2})?/?([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)?/?([0-9]+)?/?$   /wp-inst/index.php?wpblog=$1&year=$2&monthnum=$3&day=$4&name=$5&page=$6 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/([0-9]{4})/?([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /wp-inst/wp-feed.php?wpblog=$1&year=$2&monthnum=$3&day=$4&name=$5&feed=$6 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/([0-9]{4})/?([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/trackback/?$ /wp-inst/wp-trackback.php?wpblog=$1&year=$2&monthnum=$3&day=$4&name=$5 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/page/?([0-9]+)?/?$ /wp-inst/index.php?paged=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/feed/?([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)?/?$ /wp-inst/wp-feed.php?wpblog=$1&feed=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/comments/feed/?([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)?/?$ /wp-inst/wp-feed.php?wpblog=$1&feed=$2&withcomments=1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/archives/p/([0-9]+)/?(.*)? /wp-inst/index.php?wpblog=$1&redirect=yes&p=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/archives/cat/([0-9]+)/?(.*)? /wp-inst/index.php?wpblog=$1&redirect=yes&cat=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/archives/m/([0-9]+)\#?(.*)? /wp-inst/index.php?wpblog=$1&redirect=yes&m=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/b2rss2.php(.*)? /wp-inst/wp-feed.php?wpblog=$1&feed=rss2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/b2rdf.php(.*)? /wp-inst/wp-feed.php?wpblog=$1&feed=rdf [L]

# We want to pass these files straight through

# mshao 07/12 RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/?wp-comments-post.php(.*)  /wp-inst/wp-comments-post.php    [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]*)/?wp-comments-post.php(.*)     /wp-inst/wp-comments-post.php [L]

RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/go.php(.*) /wp-inst/go.php$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/pages/(.*) /wp-inst/pages/$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/wp-admin/(.*) /wp-inst/wp-admin/$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/wp-atom.php(.*) /wp-inst/wp-atom.php [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/wp-comments-popup.php(.*) /wp-inst/wp-comments-popup.php [L]

# mshao 07/12 RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/wp-comments-post.php(.*) /wp-inst/wp-comments-post.php [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]*)/?wp-comments-post.php(.*)     /wp-inst/wp-comments-post.php [L]

RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/wp-commentsrss2.php(.*) /wp-inst/wp-commentsrss2.php [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/wp-counter.php(.+)? /wp-inst/wp-counter.php [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/wp-feed.php(.*) /wp-inst/wp-feed.php [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/wp-images/(.*) /wp-inst/wp-images/$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/wp-links-opml.php(.*) /wp-inst/wp-links-opml.php [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/wp-login.php(.*) /wp-inst/wp-login.php [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/wp-mail.php(.*) /wp-inst/wp-mail.php [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/wp-pass.php(.*) /wp-inst/wp-pass.php [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/wp-rdf.php(.*) /wp-inst/wp-rdf.php [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/wp-register.php(.*) /wp-inst/wp-register.php [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/wp-rss.php(.*) /wp-inst/wp-rss.php [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/wp-rss2.php(.*) /wp-inst/wp-rss2.php [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/wp-sidebar.php(.*) /wp-inst/wp-sidebar.php [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/wp-trackback.php(.*) /wp-inst/wp-trackback.php [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/xmlrpc.php(.*) /wp-inst/xmlrpc.php [L]  
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/maintenance.php /wp-inst/maintenance.php [L]  
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/favicon.ico /wp-inst/favicon.ico [L]  
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/wp-includes/images/(.*) /wp-inst/wp-includes/images/$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/wp-includes/js/(.*) /wp-inst/wp-includes/js/$2 [L]

RewriteRule ^wp-newblog.php$ /wp-inst/wp-newblog.php [L]
RewriteRule ^wp-login.php /wp-inst/wp-login.php [L]
RewriteRule ^wp-admin/(.*) /wp-inst/wp-admin/$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^wp-includes/images/(.*) /wp-inst/wp-includes/images/$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^wp-includes/js/(.*) /wp-inst/wp-includes/js/$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^signup/ /wp-inst/wp-newblog.php [L]
RewriteRule ^invite/(.*)/? /wp-inst/wp-newblog.php?u=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^index.php /wp-inst/index.php [L]

RewriteRule ^$ /wp-inst/index.php [L]

# catch all rules
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/ /wp-inst/index.php [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+) $1/ [R,L]

AddType text/css .css

# mshao, 08/10/06
php_value upload_max_filesize 3M
php_flag register_globals off


[青山 素子]

Scanning through very quickly, these two rules can cause the problems you are seeing:

Koodi [Valitse] Laajenna


# catch all rules
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/ /wp-inst/index.php [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+) $1/ [R,L]


[mshao]

Thanks for the reply.
I will try to comment the two lines out and see if I can access /smf/install.php.  But will doing so impact my blog setup of sub-domain, DNS alias, etc. (WordPress)?  I am new to .htaccess.  By the way, my web site is http://www.archexpression.com/ [nofollow]

Thanks

[青山 素子]

Yes, it very likely will, depending on how links to it are formatted. Perhaps your host offers you subdomains? You can then set the SMF subdirectory as the root of a subdomain, and avoid the whole mess.

[mshao]

Great idea.  Yes, my host offers sub-domain.  So I will set up a sub-domain like http://smf.mysite.com/ [nofollow], which is pointed to the physical path of /public_html/smf/.  Then I will run the installation file from http://smf.mysite.com/install.php [nofollow].  Is this right?

Thanks a lot.

[青山 素子]

Yep, that should work.

[mshao]

I tried last night.  Still no good after setting a sub-domain, http://smf.mysite.com.  My site was trying to find a blog named "smf", which doesn't exist.  I think the answer still lies in the .htaccess.  I am continuing to try.  In the mean time, if any ideas, I appreciate it.

[AngelSL]

If you put a .htaccess in the folder SMF is in, Apache would read that than the one doing the blog.
If you don't know what I mean, just swap places - Put SMF in the index and blog in a folder.

[mshao]

Yes, I got it.  Great idea.
If I put a blank .htaccess in the /smf/ folder to fool the server, Apache will ignore the .htaccess file in /public_html/ when I refer to /public_html/smf/install.php.  I will try it tonight and hope it will work.  Thanks for the clue.