How to switch from unfriendly URLs to friendly ones, e.g.:
http://bernhard.hensler.net/?p=1001
becomes
http://bernhard.hensler.net/post-with-friendly-url
Instructions for SUSE Linux, a very good reference can be found here (in german):
- in Settings/Permalinks change to: Custom Structure=/%postname%/
- edit /etc/sysconfig/apache2
##
APACHE_MODULES=”access actions alias auth auth_dbm autoindex cgi dir env expires headers include log_config mime negotiation setenvif ssl suexec userdir php4 rewrite”
##
modules added
modules removed: mod_suphp
- edit /etc/apache2/httpd.conf – add lines in red
#VHOST hensler.net
<VirtualHost *:80>
php_admin_value open_basedir /home/h/hensler.net/public_html/:/usr/local/lib/php:/tmp
DocumentRoot /home/h/hensler.net/public_html/
ServerName www.hensler.net
IndexOptions
DirectoryIndex index.htm index.html index.shtml start.htm start.html start.shtml index.php index.php3
ServerAlias hensler.net henslernet.h969344.serverkompetenz.net *.hensler.net www.hensler.net
CustomLog “|/usr/local/visas/cronolog/cronolog –symlink=/usr/local/visas/logfiles/hensler.net/access_log –prev-symlink=/usr/local/visas/logfiles/hensler.net/current_access_log /usr/local/visas/logfiles/hensler.net/%Y/%m/%d/access_log” combined
SuexecUserGroup hensler www
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/h/hensler.net/public_html/cgi-bin/
<Directory /home/h/hensler.net/public_html/>
Options FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
#/VHOST
- to restart apache: /usr/sbin/rcapache2 restart
- I did not have to convert existing posts with the help of any plugins