2 htaccess files and can't seem to combine

Have you tried asking your hosts about the _htaccess file?

Am checking on it.

So they told me it is a WordPress problem and to try the forums. Did I mention I hate my host?

Well, generally WordPress takes the .htaccess file and would ignore the _htaccess one. By the looks of it, what is in the 2?

That was what I thought, but the _htaccess has all the Network rules in it. So far as I can tell, the Network is working, so it must be reading it too. Here’s what’s in it.

# -FrontPage-

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
#RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]

# uploaded files
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]

# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ – [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]p

# BEGIN WordPress

# END WordPress

The .htaccess has the following.

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

#END WordPress

Any ideas?

Well…like I said…it normally takes the .htaccess content only. Why can’t you just open _htaccess and paste it into .htaccess?

I seem to recall that _htaccess was used by a plugin. Just can not remember which one right now. And I “think” (on occassion) the settings in _htaccess can not be placed in .htaccess.
Maybe you could list which plugins you are using?
ALso if you place the contents (seperately) of both .htaccess and _htaccess we can gt it sorted for you pretty easy.

I tried that. It gave me a 500 Internal Server Error. I tried just having the .htaccess and just the _htaccess. Neither worked.

Ok, then i think webjunk may be correct…the _htacess is probably used from a plugin.

I know that the .htaccess is used for WordPress when it is first installed.

The only plug-in I have installed is Akismet. The problem seemed to start once I installed the MyMag theme and tried to create custom Permalinks. I put the following into my .htaccess file to try to correct the Permalink problem.

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

#END WordPress

That was when I noticed the other _htaccess file. I thought I had put that info in the .htaccess file and don’t remember seeing the file at all until the problem with the permalinks popped up. I guess if it works this way okay, but I can’t believe it won’t cause problems with the network if those rules are supposed to be in the .htaccess file.

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

#END WordPress

Is the defualt that WordPress does. It creates a .htaccess file and places the following in it.

Also, what exactly are you trying to fix on your site right now? It looks fine…

I guess my concern is that it will somehow mess up the network options by having the rewrite rules in a separate file. So far it seems to be working. I guess I’m being anal because I thought there was only supposed to be one file, but every time I try to merge them I get the 500 Error again. I don’t want to get down the road setting up the network and have a problem. I guess I’ll leave it as is for now until I see another problem. Thanks for all the help.

Make a backup of both files, then try ONLY a single .htaccess with the following:

# For Support Contact webjunk.com
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

# uploaded files
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]

# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
</IfModule>

I don’t see an #END WordPress. Is it not necessary?

Add it to the end if you want. When a line starts with # its a comment