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By jnicola on
Okay here's the situation. I've searched a fair bit here on drupal as well and I'm now aware of where I went wrong.
I copied all the files EXCEPT for .htaccess
Since I moved and canceled the other webhost, they've backedup and empty site. Now I can't go back and get .htaccess. I couldn't have gotten it anyways on my own since I don't have SSH access to my last webhost (IXwebhosting is miserable).
Here is the question:
What do you do when you don't have the .htaccess file, you've got pathauto left on from the previous drupal setup, and everything is giving you 404 errors. Perhaps i can start from fresh with the .htaccess file, somehow disable pathauto, and start from there again?
Any help is appreciated. I'm pretty much dead in the water until this is resolved.
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Oh i should add that the
Oh i should add that the documentation concerning transfering sites should be updated to reflect this tiny yet vital piece of information.
Get a fresh drupal package
Get a fresh drupal package and upload .htaccess to your site using FTP.
Without .htaccess you would have to disable clean URLs. I remember that the documentation used to say to disable clean URLs before transferring, to avoid problems until you set them up in the new server.