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av.kondrat

Aug 21, 2012 @ 09:50 AM

Hello Berta and everyone!
I have an issue when URLs are clean, but I'm unable to download files from FTP. And vice versa.

I asked my hosting and they made some coding with .htaccess — dot remains, files are downloadable, but no Clean Urls! In this case they say to ask authors of Berta.

So the question is: How to have both functions?

Thank you very much in advance.
Berta is a really great tool, I'm in-love!
Alexander
www.sasz.info

1. 1 Posted by karlis on Aug 22, 2012 @ 10:21 AM

   

   Hi,

   I assume you mean downloading files directly (as FTP ignores .htaccess and url rewriting).

   Anyway, what do you want to achieve? I can change the .htaccess file so that you can have a folder (named "downloads") and then everything in that folder is directly accessible. Removing url rewriting altogether and allowing direct access to your /storage folder is a security risk.

   Best regards,
   Karlis / Berta Team

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2. karlis closed this discussion on Aug 22, 2012 @ 10:21 AM.

3. av.kondrat re-opened this discussion on Aug 22, 2012 @ 12:18 PM

4. 2 Posted by av.kondrat on Aug 22, 2012 @ 12:18 PM

   

   Hi Karlis,

   Thanks, you've made me to think about security reason, I've learnt how it's better to do with ftp protocol. But I'd still like some files to be accessible. For example if I want to publish downloadable pdf, picture (linked in html code) and so on. And if you can make a .htacess file for "downloads" folder — will be great! (Will it be safe?)

   Thanks!
   Alexander

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5. 3 Posted by karlis on Sep 09, 2012 @ 09:27 AM

   

   Here you go. Yes, it is safe if your webhost has turned autoindex/directory listing off. You can test this by creating a downloads folder, adding a couple of files and then opening the /downloads from web browser, if it lists all directory content then it is not safe. If it says Forbidden or Not Found then it is OK. :)

   Replace the .htaccess file on your server with the attached one.

   Best regards,
   Karlis / Berta Team

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6. karlis closed this discussion on Sep 09, 2012 @ 09:27 AM.