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    Posted by Scott posts: 17 United States

    Installed using Web Platform on a server 2008 R2 with IIS 7. Had TW site up and running and was configuring all the features. This seems strange and I'm not sure if it was even the following that caused it.
    Made some security permission changes to a couple of folders on my other drive for the File galleries and attachments, went to clear my cache and tried to go back to the home page and received the 404 error. I set the permissions back, but still received the same error.
    I can manually enter /tiki-index.php and access the site, but the default goes "Homepage" and displays a 404 error.
    Not sure what has changed since it was working last.

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    Posted by Tom Jarvis posts: 215

    If /tiki-index.php?page=HomePage works, and /HomePage gives you a 404, you probably selected the "Search engine friendly URL" feature, and did not set up the .htaccess file correctly. If you cannot get the .htaccess to rewrite the /HomePage URL, unselect the "Search engine friendly URL" feature through Admin, Features, Global features tab.

    See: http://doc.tiki.org/Search+Engine+Friendly+URL
    There is a note near the bottom: "Do not use this feature when installing Tiki on IIS server".


    Posted by Scott posts: 17 United States

    TomJarvis - Thanks for the response and yes I did have "Search engine friendly URL" checked. I unchecked the box, but still encountering the same issue where I receive the 404 error message in my home page.
    I have a work around by entering tiki-index.php in the default document for the website in IIS 7. Not sure (if any) downstream affect that will have, but for now I can click on the Home page and I'm being redirected.