ok I've got url method 2 mostly working (it displays all of the stories fine at the correct urls). For some strange reason it http://siteurl.com/upcoming just shows my server 404 error. Any ideas why this might be happening?
Also how difficult would it be to switch from having underscores in the urls to dashes?
Here is my .htaccess file:
Code:
##### Gzip Begin #####
## To enable Gzip and decrease the load times of your Pligg site
## change /home/path/to to your absolute server path and remove the two # from both lines
##php_value auto_prepend_file /homepages/10/d205330222/htdocs/begin_gzip.php
##php_value auto_append_file /homepages/10/d205330222/htdocs4/end_gzip.php
## AddType "text/javascript" .gz
## AddEncoding gzip .gz
## RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-encoding} gzip
## RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^(.*).js
## RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME}.gz -f
## RewriteRule ^(.*)\.js $1.js.gz [L]
##### Gzip End #####
##### 404 Error Begin #####
## If Pligg is installed in a subfolder, change the below line to ErrorDocument 404 /name-of-subfolder/404error.php
ErrorDocument 404 /404error.php
##### 404 Error End #####
##### Re-directing Begin #####
Options +Indexes +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
## If Pligg is installed in a subfolder, change the below line to RewriteBase /name-of-subfolder
RewriteBase /
## If installed in a subfolder you may need to add ## to the beginning of the next line
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /.*index\.php\ HTTP/
## Remove these two lines if you have a sub-domain like http://ashdigg.pligg.com or http://localhost
## Keep if your site it like http://www.pligg.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.
RewriteRule ^\/?(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]
##### Re-directing End #####
##### You can find the below lines pre-made for you in the category management section of the admin panel ######
RewriteRule ^(all|Videos|YouTube|CollegeHumor|ShoutFile|Games|ArcadeCabin)/([^/]+)/?$ story.php?title=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^(all|Videos|YouTube|CollegeHumor|ShoutFile|Games|ArcadeCabin)/?$ ?category=$1 [L]
#####
##### URL Method 2 ("Clean" URLs) Begin #####
RewriteRule ^story/([0-9]+)/?$ story.php?id=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^story/title/([^/]+)/?$ story.php?title=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^story/([0-9]+)/editcomment/([0-9]+)/?$ edit.php?id=$1&commentid=$2
RewriteRule ^story/([0-9]+)/edit/?$ editlink.php?id=$1
RewriteRule ^story/([0-9]+)/modify/([a-z]+)/?$ linkadmin.php?id=$1&action=$2
RewriteRule ^recommend/([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/?$ recommend.php?id=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^category/([^/]+)/?$ index.php?category=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^upcoming/category/([^/]+)/?$ upcoming.php?category=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^upcoming/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)/?$ upcoming.php?part=upcoming&order=$1
RewriteRule ^inbox/?$ user.php?view=inbox
RewriteRule ^user/?$ user.php
RewriteRule ^user/view/([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/?$ user.php?view=$1
RewriteRule ^user/view/([a-zA-Z0-9+]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9+]+)/?$ user.php?view=$1&login=$2
RewriteRule ^user/view/([a-zA-Z0-9+]+)/login/([a-zA-Z0-9+]+)/?$ user.php?view=$1&login=$2
RewriteRule ^user/([a-zA-Z-]+)/link/([0-9+]+)/?$ user_add_remove_links.php?action=$1&link=$2
RewriteRule ^published/?$ index.php
RewriteRule ^published/([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/?$ index.php?part=$1
RewriteRule ^published/([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/category/([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/?$ index.php?part=$1&category=$2
RewriteRule ^upcoming/([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/category/([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/?$ upcoming.php?part=upcoming&order=$1&category=$2
RewriteRule ^search/(.+)/?$ search.php?search=$1
RewriteRule ^searchurl/(.+)/?$ search.php?url=$1
RewriteRule ^login/?$ login.php
RewriteRule ^login/([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/?$ login.php?return=$1
RewriteRule ^login/([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/?$ login.php?return=$1/$2
RewriteRule ^register/?$ register.php
RewriteRule ^topusers/?$ topusers.php
RewriteRule ^about/([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/?$ faq-$1.php
RewriteRule ^upcoming/?$ upcoming.php
RewriteRule ^submit/?$ submit.php
RewriteRule ^rss/?$ rss.php
RewriteRule ^rss/([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/?$ rss.php?status=$1
RewriteRule ^rss/category/([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/?$ rss.php?category=$1
RewriteRule ^rss/search/([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/?$ rss.php?search=$1
RewriteRule ^rss/user/([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/?$ rss.php?user=$1
RewriteRule ^rss/user/([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/?$ userrss.php?user=$1&status=$2
RewriteRule ^trackback/([0-9]+)/?$ trackback.php?id=$1
RewriteRule ^profile/?$ profile.php
RewriteRule ^admin/?$ admin_index.php
RewriteRule ^tagcloud/?$ cloud.php
RewriteRule ^tagcloud/range/([0-9]+)/?$ cloud.php?range=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^tag/(.+)/?$ search.php?search=$1&tag=true [QSA,NC,L]
RewriteRule ^live/?$ live.php
RewriteRule ^out/([^/]+)/?$ out.php?title=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^settemplate/?$ settemplate.php
RewriteRule ^comments/?$ live_comments.php
RewriteRule ^live_published/?$ live_published.php
RewriteRule ^unpublished/?$ live_unpublished.php
RewriteRule ^logout/([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/?$ login.php?op=logout&return=$1/$2
RewriteRule ^published/page/([^/]+)/?$ index.php?page=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^published/page/([^/]+)/category/([^/]+)/?$ index.php?page=$1&category=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^published/page/([^/]+)/([^/]+)category/([^/]+)/?$ index.php?page=$1&part=$2&category=$3 [L]
RewriteRule ^upcoming/page/([0-9]+)/?$ upcoming.php?page=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^upcoming/page/([^/]+)/category/([^/]+)/?$ upcoming.php?page=$1&category=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^upcoming/page/([^/]+)/upcoming/([^/]+)/?$ upcoming.php?page=$1&part=upcoming&order=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^upcoming/page/([^/]+)/upcoming=([^/]+)category/([^/]+)/?$ upcoming.php?page=$1&part=upcoming&order=$2&category=$3 [L]
RewriteRule ^topusers/page/([^/]+)/?$ topusers.php?page=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^topusers/page/([^/]+)/sortby/([^/]+)?$ topusers.php?page=$1&sortby=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^admin_links/page/([^/]+)/?$ admin_links.php?page=$1
RewriteRule ^admin_comments/page/([^/]+)/?$ admin_comments.php?page=$1
RewriteRule ^admin_users/page/([^/]+)/?$ admin_users.php?page=$1
RewriteRule ^comments/page/([^/]+)/?$ live_comments.php?page=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^published/page/([^/]+)/?$ live_published.php?page=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^unpublished/page/([^/]+)/?$ live_unpublished.php?page=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^published/page/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$ index.php?page=$1&part=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^published/page/([^/]+)/range/([^/]+)/?$ ?page=$1&range=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^search/page/([^/]+)/search/([^/]+)/?$ search.php?page=$1&search=$2 [QSA,NC,L]
RewriteRule ^user/page/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$ user.php?page=$1&view=$2&login=$3 [L]
RewriteRule ^statistics/page/([^/]+)/?$ module.php?module=pagestatistics&page=$1
RewriteRule ^view/([^/]+)/?$ admin_users.php?mode=view&user=$1
##### URL Method 2 ("Clean" URLs) End ##### 



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